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UC Denver Experiential Learning Center has new director
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Tony Smith has been chosen director of the University of Colorado Denver Experiential Learning Center. Smith holds a bachelor's degree in music with a concentration in vocal performance, and a MEd. in Student Affairs Leadership. He currently is pursuing his Ph.D. in Education from the University of Northern Colorado.
Smith comes to UC Denver from the University of Northern Colorado, where he developed the current internship program and worked extensively with the development of many successful Experiential Learning programs and initiatives. His administrative and research passions are focused on providing resources and opportunities to students on the local and national stages. As a member of the National Society for Experiential Education's (NSEE) Board of Directors, Smith is looking forward to expanding UC Denver's presence as the Western region's premier Experiential Learning campus through its Strategic Partnership with NSEE.
The UC Denver Experiential Learning Center is located in the Auraria Campus Tivoli Student Union building, Suite 260.
Denver professor uses grant money to study writing in high school, college
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Joanne Addison, associate professor of English at the University of Colorado Denver, and her colleague Sharon James McGee (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) received a $25,000 grant from the National Council of Teachers of English/College Composition and Communication.
They wrote an article, "Writing in High School/Writing in College: Research Trends and Future Directions" for College Composition and Communication Vol. 62, No. 1 (September 2010). It is one of a number of conference presentations and upcoming publications to stem from this grant-funded research.
The article synthesizes and extends data from some of the most prominent and promising large-scale research projects in writing studies while also presenting results from the authors' own research. By juxtaposing these studies, the authors offer a complex understanding of writing practices at the high school and college level. Future directions are suggested in light of these research findings.
Communication professor's book looks at trust in breast cancer research
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UC Denver Associate Professor of Communication Lisa B. Keränen's new book, "Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics and Trust in Breast Cancer Research," was published in June. It explores the role of trust in a high-profile breast cancer research misconduct controversy that erupted in 1994 after the Chicago Tribune announced "Fraud in Breast Cancer Research: Doctor Lied on Data for Decade."
More about the book is posted at http://www.scientificcharacters.com/. The website contains a discussion guide for classroom use in medical ethics, rhetoric of medicine, rhetoric of science or research ethics classes.
Plant Society recognizes duo from UC Denver
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UC Denver's Kim Regier, instructor of integrative biology, and Leo P. Bruederle, associate professor and past chair of integrative biology, recently were recognized with Special Merit awards at the 2010 annual meeting of the Colorado Native Plant Society, which was sponsored by integrative biology and held in the Tivoli Turnhalle.
Regier and Bruederle have served the society in a variety of capacities over the past five years, including editing and producing Aquilegia, the society's newsletter, which is distributed to members in Colorado and across the country.
Visual arts professor has lecture, symposium set
UC Denver Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Maria Buszek spoke on Monday, Oct. 4, at the University of Nebraska Department of Art and Art History as part of its "Year of the Woman" programming, which also will include legendary artists Orlan, Martha Rosler and Carrie Mae Weems. Her lecture, titled "Personal, Political, Popular Culture: Confronting Some Issues in Feminist Art," critiqued feminist art scholars' difficulty with addressing feminist popular culture and activism as related to the lingering classism in the field of art history.
Next she'll help moderate "Crossing Boundaries: A Symposium on Feminism and the Arts," set for 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at Colorado College's Gaylord Hall, Worner Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs. Tickets to the lunch are $15; e-mail idea@coloradcollege.edu or call 719-389-6066 to make a reservation, which is required.
Pharmacist elected Fellow
Cindy O'Bryant, clinical pharmacist and associate professor at UC Denver's School of Pharmacy, recently was elected a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). She, together with 30 fellow ACCP members, will be recognized during the annual meeting this month in Austin, Texas.
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