Pathways2Teaching Makes Strides to Diversify, Grow-Your-Own Teachers

Community and culture, Learning and teaching

The percentage of K-12 students of color has raised dramatically in Colorado in the past few years, making up near 50% of our school population. Unfortunately, the teacher population has not kept up. For nearly 11 years, the University of Colorado Denver’s Pathways2Teaching program has aimed to balance that teacher-to-student ratio. Today, on CU on … Continue reading Pathways2Teaching Makes Strides to Diversify, Grow-Your-Own Teachers →

Stepping Back in Time to the Virtual Immersive Global Middle Ages

Community and culture, Discovery and innovation

Roger Martinez, associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, is using immersive virtual reality tools to recreate worlds that no longer exist. The Immersive Global Middle Ages project, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities, will … Continue reading Stepping Back in Time to the Virtual Immersive Global Middle Ages →

CU Boulder PhD Grads Bolster Educational Opportunities at Fort Lewis College

Community and culture, Discovery and innovation, Learning and teaching

A University of Colorado collaboration has crossed the Great Divide to advance educational opportunities some 350 miles into Southwest Colorado. CU Boulder and Fort Lewis College have established a partnership that leverages the strengths of both institutions, where Arts & Sciences PhD graduates teach undergraduate students for a year – or more – at Fort … Continue reading CU Boulder PhD Grads Bolster Educational Opportunities at Fort Lewis College →

Top Five of 2021: Innovation, Health Care, Fire Resilience, Community and Outreach

Community and culture, Discovery and innovation, Health and wellness, Learning and teaching

Happy holidays, CU on the Air listeners! As the end of the year draws near, we reflect on our top podcasts of 2021. It was a tough choice, as we spoke again this year with some of the most leading-edge and fascinating faculty and researchers at the University of Colorado.   At No. 5, we … Continue reading Top Five of 2021: Innovation, Health Care, Fire Resilience, Community and Outreach →

Burnout Among Health Care Workers Continues. Here’s What to Do

Community and culture, Health and wellness

Burnout among health care workers is at an all-time high. And while there has been progress in curbing the COVID pandemic, there seems to be no respite for those working in health care. On this episode of CU on the Air, host Emily Davies talks with Dr. Marc Moss from the University of Colorado Anschutz … Continue reading Burnout Among Health Care Workers Continues. Here’s What to Do →

CU Continues Its Long History of Honoring, Serving Veterans

Community and culture

November is National Veterans and Military Families Month, one of the 12 months each year that the University of Colorado prioritizes and supports the needs of those who have served our country. Today on CU on the Air, we talk to Lisa Buckman, director of veteran and military affairs at the University of Colorado Colorado … Continue reading CU Continues Its Long History of Honoring, Serving Veterans →

CU Denver Engineers Diverse Ways to Serve Communities

Community and culture, Discovery and innovation, Learning and teaching

  Engineering is a higher calling, a service today to diverse communities that benefits society for generations to come. There are many avenues for engineering graduates and today on CU on the Air, host Emily Davies talks to Dr. David Mays, professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado Denver. He has assisted more … Continue reading CU Denver Engineers Diverse Ways to Serve Communities →

RECCS pairs community college students with CIRES scientists

Community and culture, Discovery and innovation, Learning and teaching

Participants research STEM as they prepare to transition to four-year institutions The Research Experience for Community College Students, or RECCS (pronounced Rex), is a paid summer research internship program at the University of Colorado Boulder open to all Colorado community college students. RECCS gives community college students an authentic research experience where they explore environmental or geosciences and … Continue reading RECCS pairs community college students with CIRES scientists →

UCCS’ Bachelor of Innovation Boldly Goes Where None Have Gone Before

Discovery and innovation, Learning and teaching

Benjamin Kwitek, director of innovation at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, understands that innovation is critical to solving the problems our society faces. Kwitek understands the United States is at the forefront of innovation at a local and global level. At UCCS, he is also the innovator of the world’s first Bachelor of Innovation. … Continue reading UCCS’ Bachelor of Innovation Boldly Goes Where None Have Gone Before →

The Affordable-Housing Crisis and Building Transportation, Health and Wealth in Underserved Areas

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For many families in the Metro area, safe, adequate housing is a dream, and the limited access to transportation is a nightmare. Today on CU on the Air, we’re talking to CU Denver’s Carrie Makarewicz, associate professor of urban and regional planning in the College of Architecture and Planning, about the housing and commuting crises … Continue reading The Affordable-Housing Crisis and Building Transportation, Health and Wealth in Underserved Areas →