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��ɫ��Ƶ researcher named on Grist 50 list

Megan Maneval — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:12:38 +0000

��ɫ��Ƶ researcher named on Grist 50 list Megan Maneval Thu, 09/25/2025 - 09:12

Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine

Zia Mehrabi joins a cohort of climate leaders from across the United States who are working on solutions to the planet's biggest challenges.

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Healthy Minds Study set to query students beginning Sept. 25

Megan Maneval — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:46:05 +0000

Healthy Minds Study set to query students beginning Sept. 25 Megan Maneval Wed, 09/24/2025 - 13:46

The Healthy Minds survey will be sent to 24,000 randomly selected students, with results playing a critical role in helping inform the Student Flourishing Initiative's strategic planning efforts during the spring semester.

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131 ��ɫ��Ƶ faculty members honored at convocation

Megan Maneval — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:29:14 +0000

131 ��ɫ��Ƶ faculty members honored at convocation Megan Maneval Wed, 09/24/2025 - 07:29

Last week, ��ɫ��Ƶ celebrated and honored faculty members who have earned tenure, been promoted to full professor or teaching professor, and received the Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award—one of the campus’s highest faculty honors. Together, these recognitions highlight the impact of faculty research and creative work, as well as the campus’s ongoing commitment to faculty success.

The recognition ceremony, held on Sep. 13 at the Center for British & Irish Studies, opened with remarks from Chancellor Justin Schwartz, who welcomed attendees and emphasized the campus’s priorities of supporting faculty success and excellence in research and creative work. Schwartz also highlighted the role of faculty as champions of student success, noting that the recent record retention and graduation rates are a credit to both major scholarly contributions and the many small, often unseen acts of excellence that add up to make a lasting impact.

“Faculty excellence is at the heart of our mission,” said Provost Ann Stevens, who led the ceremony. “These recognitions reflect the extraordinary contributions our faculty make in their fields, in the classroom and in the communities we serve. Their work inspires our students and strengthens ��ɫ��Ƶ’s role as a leader in innovation and discovery.”

The Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award honors faculty whose research or creative work demonstrates significant influence in their disciplines and beyond. This year’s honorees represent a wide range of fields but share a common thread—their work addresses important challenges, advances knowledge and opens new opportunities for creative expression.

Faculty members earning tenure and promotion this year also deserve special recognition. These milestones mark years of dedication to teaching, research and service, and they represent an important investment in the long-term success of ��ɫ��Ƶ.

“These achievements are not only about individual success,” added Stevens. “They reflect the collective strength of our academic community and our shared commitment to advancing knowledge, supporting creativity, and building an environment where faculty and students thrive.”

Below is a list of this year’s awardees.

Provost’s Faculty Achievement Awards

Tenure-track faculty

Kalonji Nzinga (Education) has been granted this award for his groundbreaking article, “Why Errybody Sayin ’No New Friends’?: The Proverbs of Rap and Why Young People Recite Them,” published in 2023 in the top journal, Cognition and Instruction.

Jihye Park (Chemistry) has been granted this award for her pathbreaking article, “Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production through Functionalized Semiconductive Metal-Organic Frameworks,” which was published in 2024 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a high-impact journal in her field.

Nicholas Reinholtz (Business) has been granted this award for his high-impact 2021 article, “Do People Understand the Benefit of Diversification?”, published in Management Science, a top-tier journal in his field.

Tenured faculty

Joëlle Cruz (Communication) has been granted this award for her award-winning article, “Invisibility and Visibility in Alternative Organizing: A Communicative and Cultural Model,” published in 2017 in Management Communication Quarterly, one of the field’s top journals.

Henry Lovejoy (History) has been granted this award for his 2024 article, “Conceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trace Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920,” which was published in the top journal Past and Present and showcases a significant contribution to public digital humanities.

Orit Peleg (Computer Science) has been granted this award for her transformative body of work on collective computation in nature, which reveals how social insects are able to synchronize, solve complex problems and build structures as a team, without central planning or sophisticated communication.

Ross Taylor (Journalism) has been granted this award for his moving documentary film, “The Hardest Day,” which earned viral media coverage, as well as 12 awards from juried film festivals.

Marina Vance (Mechanical Engineering) has been granted this award for her impactful body of research on the formation, transport and fate of airborne contaminants known as aerosols, using methods such as controlled laboratory experiments and field studies in real environments.

2025 Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award winners

Faculty receiving tenure

Katherine Laura Bos Alexander (Asian Languages and Civilizations)
Natasha Bosanac (Aerospace Engineering Sciences)
Carson J. Bruns (Mechanical Engineering)
Jeremy Calder (Linguistics)
Melissa Hart Cantrell (University Libraries)
Guofeng Cao (Geography)
Edward Boyi Chuong (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)
Brianne Caitlin Cohen (Art and Art History)
Heather A. Demarest (Philosophy)
Laura Kay Devendorf (Information Science)
Jason A. Dexter (Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences)
Emily Holliday Dommermuth (University Libraries)
Emily Anne Gallagher (Business)
Ashton Lewis Hawk (Business)
Hannah Haynie (Linguistics)
Shu-Wei Huang (Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering)
Maryam Jamshidi (Law)
Hilary B. Kalisman (History)
Marina Kassianidou (Art and Art History)
Brian Keegan (Information Science)
Isabel Koster (Classics)
Morteza Mehdi Lahijanian (Aerospace Engineering Sciences)
Christine M. Larson (Journalism)
Grace Leslie (Music)
Ryan C. Lewis (Business)
Katherine Lininger (Geography)
Francisco Lopez Jimenez (Aerospace Engineering Sciences)
Steven Miller (Environmental Studies)
Jessica Ordaz (Ethnic Studies)
Alessandro Peri (Economics)
Catherine Alisha Quandt (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Julian Resasco (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Benjamin John Robertson (English)
David H. Root (Psychology and Neuroscience)
Ricarose Roque (Information Science)
Charles L. Samuelson (French and Italian)
Nathan Todd Schneider (Media Studies)
Benjamin Rogers Shear (Education)
Carl Simpson (Geological Sciences)
Ashley Nicole Skinner (Business)
Yangwei Song (Economics)
Sara J. Staley (Education)
Amanda Jean Stevenson (Sociology)
Lauren Shizuko Stone (Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures)
Aneesh Chamakuzhi Subramanian (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)
Elizabeth Kay Swanson (Music)
Cristina Torres-Machi (Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering)
Georgianna Tsouhlarakis (Art and Art History)
Nishant Upadhyay (Ethnic Studies)
Brian Todd Waters (Business)
Bethany R. Wilcox (Physics)

Faculty hired with tenure

Alan Conrad Bovik (Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering)
Bryan H. Choi (Law)
Chloe N. East (Economics)
Bethany L. Ehlmann (Geological Sciences)
Shiv Ganesh (Communication)
Steven D. Jacobsen (Geological Sciences)
Ann M. Lipton (Law)
Govind C. Persad (Law)
Shanti Simon (Music)
Ann Huff Stevens (Economics)
Amanda Haertling Thein (Education)
Hong Tien Vu (Journalism)

Faculty receiving tenure and faculty hired with tenure in 2025

Faculty promoted to full professor

Jennifer K. Balch (Geography)
Lecia Jane Barker (Information Science)
Sarah Calve (Mechanical Engineering)
Shideh Dashti (Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering)
Zoe R. Donaldson (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; Psychology & Neuroscience)
Lori Emerson (Media Studies)
Patrick Ferrucci (Journalism)
David Glimp (English)
Stefanie K. Johnson (Business)
Jennifer E. Kay (Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences)
Eric R. Keller (Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering)
Dejun "Tony" Kong (Business)
Javier Krauel (Spanish & Portuguese)
Rebecca Kuglitsch (University Libraries)
Manuel E. Lladser (Applied Mathematics)
Noah P. Molotch (Geography)
Rahul Nandkishore (Physics)
Scott G. Ortman (Anthropology)
Kelly A. Parkes (Music)
Andrew Q. Philips (Political Science)
Melinda Piket-May (Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering)
Antje Richter (Asian Languages & Civilizations)
Richard W. Saxton (Art & Art History)
Scott Skinner-Thompson (Law)
Julia Staffel (Philosophy)
Maciej A. Walczak (Chemistry)
Alexander Watkins (University Libraries)
Laura Winkiel (English)

Faculty promoted to full professors in 2025

Faculty promoted to teaching professor

David L. Allen (Psychology & Neuroscience)
Tyler J. Alpern (Libby Arts RAP)
Daniel R. Bolton (Physics)
Jennifer Bone (Business)
Janet L. Casagrand (Integrative Physiology)
Murray W. Cox (Computer Science)
Ryan Dean Curtis (Psychology & Neuroscience)
Paul Daugherty (Journalism)
Dawn M. Doty (Advertising, Public Relations & Design)
Karen Gebhardt (Continuing Education)
Abby Hickcox (Honors Program)
Steven Hobbs (Integrative Physiology)
Rhonda Hoenigman (Computer Science)
Eric O. Klinger (Undergraduate Education)
Tyler Lansford (Classics)
Yingjie Li (Asian Languages & Civilizations)
Zachary P. Mountin (Law)
Joshua R. Neil (Business)
Natalie Ooi (Masters of the Environment Program)
David H. Paradis (History)
Lonni Pearce (Program for Writing & Rhetoric)
Jose R. Santos (Computer Science)
Leif Saul (Integrative Physiology)
Willem A. Schreuder (Computer Science)
Elisabeth Stade (Computer Science)
Ted Stark (Theatre & Dance)
Jennifer M. Stratford (Psychology & Neuroscience)
Chiara Torriani (French & Italian)
Alina Van Nelson (French & Italian)
Michael Edward Walker (Mechanical Engineering)
Meta Weiss (Music)
Noah T. Zikmund (Business)

Faculty promoted to teaching professor in 2025

��ɫ��Ƶ recently celebrated and honored faculty members who have earned tenure, been promoted to full professor or teaching professor, and received the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award.

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��ɫ��Ƶ selected to lead new Carnegie Elective Classification for Sustainability

Megan Maneval — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:07:52 +0000

��ɫ��Ƶ selected to lead new Carnegie Elective Classification for Sustainability Megan Maneval Tue, 09/23/2025 - 14:07

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education (ACE) have announced that ��ɫ��Ƶ has been chosen to serve as the administrative and operational host for the new Carnegie Elective Classification for Sustainability.

The Carnegie Elective Classification for Sustainability recognizes and celebrates higher education institutions that demonstrate a commitment to sustainability and climate action as integral to their academic missions.

“We want to help every community enjoy access to clean air, fresh water, abundant food and a vibrant natural environment—the necessities for building a happy, healthy life,” said ��ɫ��Ƶ Chancellor Justin Schwartz. “Our motivation to host the new elective classification is to partner with a broad array of educational institutions to center sustainability in our missions, closely engage the publics we serve, and support practical solutions for communities near and far to achieve environmental resilience and a sustainable future.”

Officials from ��ɫ��Ƶ and the American Council on Education convened a panel on the new Carnegie Elective Classification for Sustainability. Left to right: Cara Carmichael, associate vice chancellor for sustainability, ��ɫ��Ƶ; Andrew Mayock, vice chancellor for sustainability, ��ɫ��Ƶ; Mushtaq Gunja, executive director of the Carnegie Classification Systems, American Council on Education; Marisol Morales, executive director of the Elective Classifications, American Council on Education.

��ɫ��Ƶ Vice Chancellor for Sustainability Andrew Mayock celebrated the announcement during his keynote address at the Green Schools Conference at Cornell University ILR School’s New York City conference center as part of New York City Climate Week events.

“We are grateful that Carnegie and ACE have entrusted ��ɫ��Ƶ with this critical leadership role, and we are excited to get to work with the initial cohort of colleges and universities participating in the pilot program,” said Mayock, who previously served as the U.S. government’s chief sustainability officer. “This selection places ��ɫ��Ƶ at the center of a rigorous new framework for assessing and advancing sustainability efforts in curriculum, research, operations and community engagement.”

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is the nation’s leading framework for categorizing diverse U.S. higher education institutions. The Carnegie Elective Classification for Sustainability will be the third such elective classification offered by Carnegie, the first two being for Community Engagement and Leadership for Public Purpose.

“��ɫ��Ƶ undertakes world-class sustainability research and is dedicated to ensuring their students are exceptional stewards of our planet, no matter the professional path they choose,” said Timothy F.C. Knowles, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. “Carnegie is thrilled to partner with ��ɫ��Ƶ and ACE to recognize colleges and universities for their essential contributions to global sustainability.”

A cohort of 21 diverse institutions representing minority-serving institutions, community colleges, research universities and large liberal arts colleges is participating in a yearlong pilot program that will help shape the framework, indicators and application process for the sustainability classification.

��ɫ��Ƶ will refine the framework based on feedback gathered through the pilot phase and will emphasize a number of key factors in developing a formal approach to the framework, including:

Inclusive and accessible methodology
Sustainability as an active area of rigorous academic inquiry
Career development and workforce preparation
Ecosystem model and climate action
Complementary to existing sustainability frameworks, such as AASHE’S STARS certifications and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The official application process for the elective classification is expected to launch in February 2026.

“We are excited for the ways in which this new classification will recognize the great efforts colleges and universities are making to ensure a sustainable future,” said Ted Mitchell, president of ACE, a membership organization that represents all sectors of colleges and universities in the United States. “And we are thrilled for the ways in which it inspires colleges and universities to push their efforts even further.”

��ɫ��Ƶ’s status as a leader in sustainability and climate research spans decades, and the university’s student body is highly engaged. The university is home to the first student-run Environmental Center, founded in 1970. ��ɫ��Ƶ was also the first school to achieve a Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). And ��ɫ��Ƶ’s athletics department is also active, with the first major college football stadium to launch a zero-waste program.

More recently, ��ɫ��Ƶ updated its Climate Action Plan, committing to a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by no later than 2050. In July, the university announced a new pouring rights deal with Pepsi that eliminates single-use beverage plastics on campus. And in August, ��ɫ��Ƶ announced the launch of the Buckley Center for Sustainability Education, made possible by a $10 million gift from alumnus Spike Buckley.

About the American Council on Education

ACE is a membership organization that leads higher education with a unified vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change and collaborating across the sector to design solutions for today’s challenges, serve the needs of a diverse student population, and shape effective public policy. As the major coordinating body for the nation’s colleges and universities, our strength lies in our diverse membership of more than 1,600 colleges and universities, related associations, and other organizations in America and abroad. ACE is the only major higher education association to represent all types of U.S. accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities. For more information, please visit www.acenet.edu or follow ACE on X (@ACEducation) and LinkedIn.

About the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

The mission of the Carnegie Foundation is to catalyze transformational change in education so that every student has the opportunity to live a healthy, dignified, and fulfilling life. Enacted by an act of Congress in 1906, the Foundation has a rich history of driving transformational change in the education sector, including the establishment of TIAA-CREF and the creation of the Education Testing Service, the GRE, Pell Grants, and the Carnegie Classifications for Higher Education. For more information, please visit www.carnegiefoundation.org.

About ��ɫ��Ƶ

CU is Colorado’s leading public research university, transforming lives since 1876. As the state’s flagship university and one of only 38 U.S. public research institutions in the Association of American Universities (AAU), ��ɫ��Ƶ has proudly served Coloradans since the state’s founding. Home to five Nobel Laureates since 1989 and the only university to send space instruments to every planet in the solar system, ��ɫ��Ƶ provides a strong return on investment by aligning efforts to achieve research and creative excellence, global sustainability impact and the success of all students, faculty and staff. Learn more at colorado.edu/about.

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Call for proposals: Student Success Conference

Megan Maneval — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 18:20:12 +0000

Call for proposals: Student Success Conference Megan Maneval Fri, 09/19/2025 - 12:20

Share your expertise and inspire innovation by submitting a session or poster proposal for the Student Success Conference. Organizers are looking for dynamic presentations that spark conversation, foster collaboration and empower student success across ��ɫ��Ƶ.

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Three Minute Thesis competition applications now open

Megan Maneval — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:53:51 +0000

Three Minute Thesis competition applications now open Megan Maneval Fri, 09/19/2025 - 11:53

Interested doctoral students must register by Oct. 8 to participate in this signature event. Get details and plan to participate.

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Williams Village East's new namesake has long legacy at ��ɫ��Ƶ

Elizabeth Lock — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:52:51 +0000

Williams Village East's new namesake has long legacy at ��ɫ��Ƶ Elizabeth Lock Thu, 09/18/2025 - 16:52

The University of Colorado Board of Regents voted unanimously to rename the Williams Village East residence hall the Onizuka Hall to honor ��ɫ��Ƶ graduate and astronaut Ellison Shoji Onizuka, who perished in the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger—the latest in a long list honors.

Onizuka attended ��ɫ��Ƶ as an undergraduate (bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, June 1969) and graduate student (master's degree in aerospace engineering, December 1969) and received his commission as a U.S. Air Force second lieutenant through ��ɫ��Ƶ's U.S. Air Force ROTC program. He entered active duty in 1970.

"Ellison Onizuka exemplified many of the qualities that Buffs hold dear: tenacity, compassion, valor," said Chancellor Justin Schwartz. "It's fitting that we remember and honor his achievements with the renaming of ��ɫ��Ƶ’s largest residence hall."

He served as an aerospace flight test engineer at McClellan Air Force Base and at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s western Mojave Desert, and was selected as an astronaut candidate in January 1978 from among 8,000 applicants.

Onizuka's first NASA flight was on the space shuttle Discovery, and he became the first Asian American, the first person of Japanese ancestry, and the first Hawaiian to explore space. On board the Discovery, he was a mission specialist responsible for primary payload activities.

From Jan. 24 to Jan. 27, 1985, Discovery completed 48 orbits of Earth, for a total of 74 hours in space. Onizuka carried CU memorabilia with him on this mission: a CU flag and football.

After the completion of the Discovery mission, Onizuka was selected to be a member of the Challenger mission. On Jan. 28, 1986, the Challenger exploded shortly after launch, killing Onizuka and six other astronauts on board.

Among the wreckage recovered from the sea was the CU football Onizuka had brought on the mission and which his family donated to ��ɫ��Ƶ shortly after the opening of the CU Heritage Center in Old Main in 1986.

The university has also honored Onizuka in other ways:

Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial: A memorial plaque honoring Onizuka and his fellow astronauts from the Challenger disaster is located in front of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
An annual ceremony for Onizuka and other fallen astronauts: Organized by the Air Force ROTC and Arnold Air Society, the ceremony honors the memory of Onizuka and Kalpana Chawla (Columbia disaster) and the other astronauts who perished in space shuttle tragedies. The ceremony culminates at the Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial at ��ɫ��Ƶ’s Engineering Center and the Challenger/Columbia Memorial located near Fiske Planetarium, where a rose is placed for each fallen astronaut.
The campus's Arnold Air Society Squadron is named after him.
A conference room on the third floor of the Ann & H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences building is named after Onizuka.

The CU Board of Regents voted unanimously to rename the Williams Village East residence hall Onizuka Hall to honor a ��ɫ��Ƶ graduate and astronaut, the late Ellison Onizuka.

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Compliance Week: Why it matters

Megan Maneval — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Compliance Week: Why it matters Megan Maneval Mon, 09/15/2025 - 00:00

Each September, ��ɫ��Ƶ partners across campus to deliver Compliance Week—a coordinated series of messages about the policies and resources that keep our community safe, ethical and connected. Over the coming days, you’ll receive eMemos on key topics such as student privacy, voter registration, alcohol and other drugs, and the Annual Security Report.

Why it matters

At ��ɫ��Ƶ, successful Buffs thrive in an environment built on respect, integrity and accountability. Compliance safeguards the integrity of our research, supports a safe and inclusive campus where everyone can succeed, and sustains our shared values over the long term. By learning and following these policies, we demonstrate how Buffs collaborate to protect opportunity and well-being for all.

Campus resource: OCEP

The Office of Compliance, Ethics and Policy (OCEP) provides leadership across the university to strengthen accountability, manage risks proactively and support compliance through training, communication and reporting.

Simplifying reporting: 1 page for all concerns

As part of Compliance Week 2025, ��ɫ��Ƶ is highlighting the updated reporting website—a single, accessible location for reporting compliance, ethics and policy concerns. This tool makes it easier for students, faculty and staff to raise concerns, while ensuring reports are directed quickly and consistently to the correct offices. The new site reflects our commitment to transparency, collaboration and a culture of trust.

Join the Education Series

OCEP will host the next session in its Compliance, Ethics and Policy Education Series on Thursday, Oct. 16, from noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom, featuring Conor Waladay, OIT’s AI program manager. This session will explore the intersection of compliance and artificial intelligence at ��ɫ��Ƶ, highlighting emerging risks, responsibilities and opportunities for higher education in the era of AI. Register here.

Learn more about the Education Series and register for upcoming events.

Over the coming days, you can expect to receive e-memos about topics such as student privacy, voter registration, alcohol and other drugs, the Annual Security Report and more.

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RIO awards Distinguished Research Lectureships for 2025–26

Megan Maneval — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:45:57 +0000

RIO awards Distinguished Research Lectureships for 2025–26 Megan Maneval Thu, 09/11/2025 - 09:45

The Research & Innovation Office announced that Dan Doak and Alexis Templeton have been recognized with Distinguished Research Lectureships, which are among the most esteemed honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at ��ɫ��Ƶ.

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Take this year's Constitution Day quiz

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