Flight to Denver, hosted by DU's Project X-ITE in collaboration with a variety of academic, public, private and nonprofit groups, is a summit for the engineers, scientists and innovators working to address the United Nations' sustainable development goals. The 17 goals, set forward in 2015, are designed to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for everyone. Teams addressing the different goals partnered with faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and experts from the nonprofit, public and private sectors.
As director of the Korbel School's Center for Middle East Studies, professor Nader Hashemi works with students and faculty alike to deepen the understanding of the societies and political structures of the Middle East and the broader Islamic world. His work aims to shrink the gap between the Middle East and the West at large.
Director of the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy Deborah Avant, along with a team of professors and researchers, is leading an investigation into the effects of nonviolent action in conflict zones. The team hopes to find the most effective ways to reduce violence and create conditions for long-term peace and stability.
Dean of the Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science, joined Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and others as they visited Brazil for Biennial of the Americas. Holston used the opportunity to help build a bridge between the entrepreneurs and innovators of Brazil with those right here in Denver.
As a private institution, we protect corporate trade secrets while performing high-value research. DU's commitment to a teacher-scholar model means that students work directly with faculty on solving problems. Our size and access to resources allows students to perform cross-disciplinary research.
Work Alongside Corporations & Nonprofits
From Arrow Electronics to the Peace Corps, corporations and nonprofits from Colorado and across the world rely on our students and faculty as problem solvers. These relationships enrich our research community and empower our students to develop skills and techniques they’ll carry into the workforce.
DU Takes High School Students to the Movies
Students from the Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science collaborated with three Denver high schools to give students a special screening of the film Hidden Figures in the hopes of encouraging girls and young women, particularly those of color, to pursue careers in engineering, technology and math. The screening was followed by a conversation with IBM executive and DU alum Carita Watso, as well as current Ritchie School students Toni Dunlap and Hannah Apuan.
The DU Day of Action is a campus and community partnership that provides a daylong college experience for local elementary school students and their families. The program aims to make college seem more tangible to children coming from lower-income families, many of whom don't consider college a realistic option.
Students and faculty at our Graduate School of Social Work partnered with 36 schools in the Denver Public Schools system for the Spotlight on Success program, which works to lessen the rate of out-of-school suspensions that disproportionately affect students of color and increase their risk for contact with the criminal justice system. The goals of the program are to identify more effective disciplinary strategies, help end the school-to-prison pipeline and give students a better chance to contribute to our shared community.
Studying STEM in Ethiopia
A PhD student in our Higher Education program, Meseret Hailu researches the persistence of women in undergraduate STEM majors in Ethiopia. Meseret conducted interviews with 30 women studying STEM in Ethiopia. She also surveyed 275 women electronically to ensure the reliability of her data.
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