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Your Impact

Every gift to CU Denver makes a difference, whether in helping our students succeed, opening avenues for innovation, funding research that benefits our communities, or in numerous other ways that matter most to our donors, our students, and our faculty. Below are just some of the ways philanthropy at CU Denver helps us fulfill our educational mission. Our sincere thanks to the many generous donors who accelerate success at CU Denver.

Student Success

Programs & Initiatives

Fostering Effective Role Models in the Classroom

Apr 17, 2024 by Jackson Campbell

Short for “Mentors Instructing Students Towards Effective Role Models,” the Call Me MiSTER program aims to recruit inspiring male teachers by offering financial and academic support as well as the opportunity to learn and grow within a cohort over the course of their academic careers.
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CU Denver’s Madhavan Parthasarathy Is Rethinking Entrepreneurship—One Student at a TimeOpens in a new window

Feb 20, 2024

At CU Denver, investing in your education is about more than getting a degree. It is about becoming part of a community that connects the dots between big and small ideas and develops innovative learners that give back. That practice is on display at the Business School’s Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship.
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Leveling the Playing Field in Corporate America

Feb 19, 2024 by Jackson Campbell

CU Denver’s Business School introduced Empowering Women in Business (EWiB), a program launched last fall to equip students with the distinct tools they need to navigate the workforce and successfully pursue leadership roles in their careers. Now in its second semester, EWiB thus far has served as an incredible beacon of inspiration that acknowledges often overlooked issues regarding the playing field between men and women in the workplace.
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Quantum Information Technology Certificate Program Opens New Doors for Students

Nov 13, 2023

The future may present many questions, and thanks to a strategic and philanthropic investment from Google, CU Denver’s new Quantum Information Technology Certificate Program holds the promise for many new answers—answers that could reduce the environmental impact of batteries, make food production more efficient, and lower the cost of health care, to name just a few.
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Research

School of Education & Human Development Projects Selected for FundingOpens in a new window

Aug 11, 2023

Faculty in the School of Education & Human Development are incredibly productive researchers. They nearly tripled research grant success last fiscal year, securing more than $17.1 million in multi-year external funding for projects that prepare, advance and inspire education and mental health leaders while growing a more diverse workforce.
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Unprecedented Improvements Lift Denver Students

Mar 8, 2023

If you were a student in the Denver Public Schools between 2008 and 2019, you may not have realized it at the time, but you were likely benefiting from the most comprehensive and effective education reform initiative in the history of the United States. You were learning more than students in other comparable Colorado school districts, and you were more likely to graduate within four years than students from previous years.
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CU Denver CityCenter Announces 2022-23 TIAA Chancellor’s Urban Engaged ScholarsOpens in a new window

May 10, 2022

One faculty member from each school and college has been selected to receive the TIAA Chancellor’s Urban Engaged Scholars award for the second year. Presented by CityCenter, this award recognizes the outstanding contributions of CU Denver faculty to the Denver-metro region through research and creative activities that drive our community forward.
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A Lifelong Passion Brings a PhD Student to the Pediatric Research in Equity & Prevention Lab

Mar 25, 2022

Supported by the Rick and Elizabeth Gardner Doctoral Fellowship, Nevita George is pursuing a PhD in Clinical Health Psychology, focusing her research on health equity with a goal of reducing disparities in care and outcomes for young women of color.
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