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June 11, 2009

Students may be solution to shortage of medical professionals in rural Colorado

As part of its community benefit program, Kaiser Permanente made a $2.4 million dollar grant to establish the University of Colorado Denver’s Interdisciplinary Rural Training and Service Program (IRTS).

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June 4, 2009

State’s Only School of Public Health Marks First Anniversary with Renewed Support

As the state’s first and only school of public health nears its one-year anniversary, The Colorado Health Foundation is showing its ongoing support of this emerging regional public health leader. The Foundation is giving the Colorado School of Public Health more than $2 million to expand programs and recruit top faculty.

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May 28, 2009

$1.2 Million Grant to CU-Boulder Team Supports Promising Cellular Research

Scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder may get a step closer to identifying all proteins present in a single cell type, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. The grant could better enable researchers to understand the complex changes within a cell that are triggered by disease, food or other means — which could accelerate the development of targeted therapies for cancer, heart disease and other diseases.

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May 26, 2009

Colorado’s Public Health Programs Get Boost From Kaiser Permanente

The arm of public health in Colorado now is able to improve its reach in our state thanks to a generous grant from Kaiser Permanente Colorado. The state’s largest nonprofit health plan has given $600,000 to the Colorado School of Public Health to support the development of The Center for Public Health Practice (CPHP).

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May 14, 2009

Compassionate care catalyst for major gift

Old-fashioned bedside manner prompts $1.875 million gift to support cardiology research and to establish First Tee scholarship program.

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May 4, 2009

UCCS professor, community advocate wins $10,000 service award

Abby Ferber, professor of sociology and women’s and ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, will be honored with the 2009 Chase Faculty Community Service award at Tuesday’s annual UCCS Campus Awards ceremony.

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April 21, 2009

CU Foundation Names Kristen Dugdale as Vice President for Gift Planning

The University of Colorado Foundation announced today that Kristen Dugdale has been promoted to Vice President of Gift Planning.

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April 6, 2009

New UCCS Development Chief a 14-year CU Veteran

The University of Colorado Foundation named Brian Winkelbauer as vice president for development, effective April 1.

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April 2, 2009

CU President Bruce D. Benson responds to Churchill verdict

“While we respect the jury’s decision, we strongly disagree. It doesn’t change the fact that 21 of Ward Churchill’s faculty peers on three separate panels unanimously found he engaged in deliberate and repeated plagiarism, falsification and fabrication that fell below the minimum standards of professional conduct. The jury’s award is an indication of what they [...]

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March 18, 2009

$5.5 million gift to boost UCCS student scholarships

A $5.5 million gift will be used to support student scholarships and other high-priority goals at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, university officials announced today, March 19. Representatives of the university and the CU Foundation received the gift from an anonymous donor earlier this month. The donor required that $5 million be used [...]

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