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Through our four campuses, the University of Colorado plays a profound role in the lives of individuals, businesses and communities throughout Colorado, across the country and around the world. Nearly half a million alumni have led the way in business, science, the arts, health care and their communities, and they're joined by 15,000 more each year. In Aurora, Boulder, Colorado Springs and Denver, all four of our campuses are all for Colorado.

CU across Colorado: CU Denver team fans out to help rural areas with community projects

Community and culture, Learning and teaching

In this month’s CU on the Air, we talk to representatives of the University Technical Assistance program, or UTA. It’s a unique collaboration between a Colorado Center for Community Development in the College of Architecture and Planning at CU Denver, and a division of local government within the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, or DOLA. … Continue reading CU across Colorado: CU Denver team fans out to help rural areas with community projects →

A rare and fatal lung disease, IPF has met its match

Discovery and innovation, Health and wellness, Uncategorized

September is pulmonary fibrosis awareness month and today we’re privileged to talk to Dr. David Schwartz at the CU School of Medicine, one of the world’s leading researchers in the area of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Dr. Schwartz chats with host Ken McConnellogue about his research and discoveries concerning this rare but fatal lung disease, as … Continue reading A rare and fatal lung disease, IPF has met its match →

Catching up with CU’s 23rd president – what’s ahead?

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This month, CU on The Air talks with new University of Colorado President Mark Kennedy, who was named by the Board of Regents on May 2 to be the 23rd President of the University of Colorado system. Host Ken McConnellogue chats with the president about: Touring the campuses and the state and learning about this … Continue reading Catching up with CU’s 23rd president – what’s ahead? →

Buried in unmarked graves, Leadville’s Irish miners now have a voice

Community and culture

A sign in Leadville’s Evergreen Cemetery calls it the Old Catholic section, while period maps list it as the Free Catholic section. CU on the Air host Ken McConnellogue talks with Jim Walsh, assistant professor of political science at CU Denver, who for more than decade has researched Leadville’s Irish community during the late 1800s … Continue reading Buried in unmarked graves, Leadville’s Irish miners now have a voice →

From 100 barrels of beer on the boat to the original India pale ale, beer is a social function

Community and culture, Discovery and innovation, Learning and teaching

We continue chatting (and maybe sipping a little) with lecturer Travis Rupp at Avery Brewing Co. about his unique career exploring and recreating ancient and not-quite-as-ancient beers – all while teaching Greek and Roman archaeology, art history, Egyptology, and Roman history at CU Boulder. Host Ken McConnellogue chats with Rupp about the Ales of Antiquity, the places … Continue reading From 100 barrels of beer on the boat to the original India pale ale, beer is a social function →

Road trip! We visit Avery Brewing Co. to discuss the history of beer

Community and culture, Discovery and innovation, Learning and teaching

CU Boulder lecturer Travis Rupp has a unique career that’s likely the envy of many: He explores and recreates ancient and not-quite-as-ancient beers – from the Gordium area of ancient Turkey to the United States’ first president – all while teaching Greek and Roman archaeology, art history, Egyptology, and Roman history at CU Boulder. Host … Continue reading Road trip! We visit Avery Brewing Co. to discuss the history of beer →

What the Virtual Human has taught and will teach us

Discovery and innovation, Health and wellness, Learning and teaching

Dr. Spitzer discusses the process in giving new life to Susan Potter as a living cadaver Dr. Victor Spitzer, director of the Center for Human Simulation at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, chats with host Ken McConnellogue about the amazing Virtual Human living cadaver. Dr. Spitzer and his team froze, sectioned and sliced body-donor Susan Potter, … Continue reading What the Virtual Human has taught and will teach us →

Seeing isn’t believing: CU Denver center masters the science of truth in audio/video

Community and culture, Discovery and innovation, Learning and teaching

In this month’s CU on the Air, we talk with Catalin Grigoras, director, and Cole Whitecotton, IT professional, at the National Center for Media Forensics at CU Denver. The only one of its kind in the U.S., the center not only graduates the top media forensics specialists, it and its students assist law enforcement and … Continue reading Seeing isn’t believing: CU Denver center masters the science of truth in audio/video →

A look back at what we learned in 2018

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

For our 2018 in review, we revisited some of our listeners’ – and our own – favorite and most hard-hitting moment from the past year. – Unearthing the effects of climate change on human health, with Dr. Jay Lemery, CU Anschutz The rise of health related climate issues — what are we seeing in Colorado, … Continue reading A look back at what we learned in 2018 →

The horror! Why we watch it, write it, and love to dread it

Community and culture, Learning and teaching,

Why the heck do we love horror so much? This month, CU on the Air host Ken McConnellogue talks with Stephen Graham Jones, CU Boulder professor and author of experimental, horror, crime and science fiction, about our fears, the origins of monsters, the appeal of zombies and a whole lot more. Jones has won the … Continue reading The horror! Why we watch it, write it, and love to dread it →