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Winners of the ACSA and Buell Center 2022 Course Development Prize include CalArts, CU Denver, & Rice

January 18, 2022

Columbia University’s Temple Hoyne Buell Center and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) announced the winners of this year’s 2022 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society. 2022 Winners: Mono-poly-dollar - Lindsey Krug, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Sarah Aziz, University of Colorado Denver.

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Science Friday

Ivermectin’s False Reputation Exemplifies How Misinformation Spread

January 14, 2022

Not a single scientific or health authority in the U.S. recommends the use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19. Still, some Americans see the unproven drug as a way out of the pandemic. … The fact that unvetted research conducted in labs overseas could wreak such havoc across the U.S. is a testament to the vulnerable social and political situation in the country, said Jennifer Reich, a sociologist at the University of Colorado Denver.

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Colorado Springs Business Journal

Grocery braces for strike over pay, safety

January 14, 2022

Traci Sitzmann has a pretty clear idea about what the looming strike at King Soopers means. “American workers are telling us that they are fed up with the world where the person at the top gets enough money to live in multiple mansions, and the people at the bottom can’t feed their children,” said Sitzmann, a management professor at the University of Colorado-Denver.

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Rocky Mountain PBS

Colorado scientists uncover oldest female infant burial in Europe

January 9, 2022

A team of archaeologists in northwestern Italy has found what is currently the oldest female infant burial in Europe, dated to about 10,000 years ago. Two Colorado scientists, Dr. Jamie Hodgkins and Dr. Caley Orr, headed the research team and co-authored the publication.

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The Christian Science Monitor

No landlord: Mobile home community finds stability in self-government

January 10, 2022

With guidance from a housing nonprofit and majority support from the community, mobile home park residents succeeded in purchasing a roughly 15-acre property within five months. “This is one of our nation’s largest sources of deeply affordable housing, and it’s deeply affordable without any federal subsidy,” says associate professor of sociology Esther Sullivan at the University of Colorado Denver.

Read full article at The Christian Science Monitor

The Denver Post

What does it take to recover from a Colorado disaster? These people have experience — and some tips

January 7, 2022

More than 1,000 new families in Superior, Louisville and unincorporated Boulder County are displaced after late December’s devastating Marshall fire wiped out their homes. Gregory Simon, an associate professor of geography and environmental sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, has tracked several fire recoveries.

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FOX 31 Denver

Denver sheriff, former public safety director under investigation after scathing retirement letter

January 7, 2022

When Denver Sheriff Maj. Jodi Blair suddenly retired last summer rather than face a demotion to captain, she did so via email. Mary Dodge, a professor of criminology at the University of Colorado Denver, who after reading Blair’s letter said it should have warranted immediate attention and follow-up.

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NBC News

Schools need teachers of color. This is how to retain them, educators say.

December 20, 2021

A high school district in Phoenix boasts a diverse teaching staff. A key to their success? Listening to what teachers of color say they and their students need. “The frustration is this has been a problem for 20 years,” said Margarita Bianco, an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of Colorado in Denver. “And while we know what needs to happen, it happens at a snail’s pace. It seems like it’s taking forever.”

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Minnesota Public Radio

Explainer: The ‘slip and capture’ argument in ex-cop Kimberly Potter’s defense

December 16, 2021

Potter faces manslaughter charges after she fired her gun, killing Daunte Wright shortly after warning she was going to tase him. The stakes are a lot higher when it involves law enforcement, said Paul Taylor, a former police officer and assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Colorado in Denver.

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KCUR

How shaky ivermectin studies overseas wreaked havoc in the U.S.

December 16, 2021

Not a single scientific or health authority in the U.S. recommends the use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19. Still, some Americans see the unproven drug as a way out of the pandemic. The fact that unvetted research conducted in labs overseas could wreak such havoc across the U.S. is a testament to the vulnerable social and political situation in the country, said Jennifer Reich, a sociologist at the University of Colorado Denver.

Read full article at KCUR

The National Tribune

Human Rights Council President Appoints Members of Racial Justice Body

December 16, 2021

The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji, announced today the appointment of Tracie L. Keesee of the United States to serve as member of a recently established body tasked with advancing racial justice and equality in law enforcement in all parts of the world. Tracie L. Keesee (United States of America) served for 25 years in the Denver Police Department (retired Jan 2015). She was also Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado Denver, teaching courses on race, crime and justice.

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Archaeology Online

Mesolithic Grave in Italy Held Remains of Female Infant

December 15, 2021

Paleoanthropologist Jamie Hodgkins of the University of Colorado, Denver, and her colleagues have analyzed the remains of an infant discovered in a cave in northwestern Italy in 2017. The study included radiocarbon dating of the bones, DNA and protein analysis, and microscopic examination of the teeth revealing that the baby, who has been nicknamed Neve, was a girl who died some 10,000 years ago at about two months of age.

Read full article at Archaeology Online

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