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A mountain lion statue in front of the rocky mountains

UCCS scholarship celebrates 25 years with generous pledge

Through the combination of a generous planned gift and state funding, $800,000 has…

A researcher stares into a microscope

$40 million gift to fuel research and new eye therapies

The anonymous gift to the CU Anschutz Department of Ophthalmology, Colorado’s only…

Staff working in the Basic Needs Center food pantry

Basic Needs Center helps students overcome barriers

When a CU Buff lost everything in a devastating apartment fire just two months before…

The Davison family

Couple creates fund to support special education teachers

Former teachers Frances and Ross Davison pledged to create the Richard Keith Davison…

Adelita Aguirre in a gray blazer against a gray background

Financial aid brings UCCS student’s higher education dreams within reach

First-generation student Adelita Aguirre’s UCCS journey began with a childhood tour…

Dr. Kim Paxton smiles at the camera, she has short blonde hair and is wearing a red blazer

CU Anschutz professor's free textbook makes education more affordable

Nursing professor Dr. Kim Paxton gave students the gift of her time and expertise,…

A student jazz performance

Thompson endowment swings jazz forward at CU Boulder

Last fall, CU Boulder’s College of Music added a vocal jazz degree option to the…

A man and a woman examine a jawbone

CU Denver receives unusual donation of animal bones

Anthropology student Michelle Wilson has facilitated the donation of a unique and…

ENT Center of the arts at UCCS

Colorado cardiologist supports hearts and arts

Known as “Dr. Diva” for her passion for classical voice and opera, Dr. Susan Rae…

Dr. Martin McCarter

Family of patient establishes chair to further cancer research

Martin McCarter, MD, has been named the Gary, Debbie, and Brandon Mandelbaum Endowed…

Chris VanDjik stands in front of a firestation with firefighters from Zadar, Croatia

Study abroad trip transforms Denver firefighter’s perspective

CU Denver’s Finish Line scholarship enabled 50-year-old firefighter and School of…

Karen and Donald Ringsby

$1.9M bequest from couple bolsters CU Boulder art museum

Late alumni Donald and Karen Ringsby’s gift is the largest in The University of…