July 2, 2008
Boettcher Foundation, Webb-Waring and CU Partner to Support Medical Research
Colorado’s medical research industry will receive a boost of up to $40 million by the creation of a grant program aimed at advancing medical research.
News archive for 2008
June 29, 2008
More than $3.3 Million Raised in First-Ever AVON Walk for Breast Cancer Rocky Mountains
The sixth annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer season continued with the Avon Walk Rocky Mountains this weekend, which raised more than $3.3 million to advance access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer
June 12, 2008
CU Foundation on Pace to Bring in Record Green
The University of Colorado’s foundation is on pace to shatter another record this year — and behind the scenes, the fundraising arm is running dramatically leaner than it has in the past.
June 10, 2008
University of Colorado Denver’s School of Pharmacy Breaks Ground on New 165,000 Square-Foot Building on the Anschutz Medical Campus
As drug therapies become more complex; as our understanding of disease pathology grows; and as health care evolves; the University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy is preparing future pharmacists for a profession that is changing dramatically.
June 6, 2008
For the love of rock: CU alumnus sets up scholarship fund
Phil Lobel introduces the Eagles before their July 1978 concert at Folsom Field. The former director of CU’s Program Council has donated money to set up a scholarship fund for future directors.
May 13, 2008
UCD grad creates women’s program in Saudi Arabia
Zuhair Fayez credits all his success as one of the top architects in Middle East to his education at the University of Colorado Denver.
May 8, 2008
New Culture of Health and Wellness Launched at University of Colorado Denver
Colorado’s health and wellness movement took a giant step forward today as the University of Colorado Denver received a $15 million gift from The Anschutz Foundation to create a Health and Wellness Center.
May 3, 2008
Scholarship can help a dancer’s dreams come true
While growing up in the Carbon Valley during the 1930s, Betty Jean Bruno loved dancing and dreamed of someday becoming a professional dancer. Her dream faded when the realities of life got in the way.
April 29, 2008
Scholarship Program Expands To Include Pueblo, Trinidad, Lamar, Otero Colleges
Contact: Tom Hutton, UCCS, (719) 262-3439 The Kane Family Foundation will expand its merit-based college scholarship program, one of the most generous in Colorado, to include students at four southern Colorado community colleges. Students at Pueblo Community College, Trinidad State Junior College, Otero Junior College and Lamar Community College, will be eligible to become Kane [...]
April 16, 2008
Endowed professorship will honor UCCS professor who has a passion for literacy
For 31 years the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor has been rescuing the futures of children doing poorly in school because they can’t read well. As director of the UCCS Graduate Reading Program and the Graduate Reading Clinic, she teaches graduate students how to teach reading.