Faculty in Focus
- Samuel 鈥淒r. Sammy鈥 Ramsey shares how embracing all sides of himself, from his skin color and whom he loves to his beliefs and background, helped him fight to save the honeybee鈥攁nd prove the naysayers wrong.
- From leadership in high-tech fields to owning successful small businesses, the College of Media, Communication and Information's newest professors are poised to create incredible impacts.
- Professor Martha Palmer shares her 50-year journey through the field of natural language understanding, her current research and her thoughts on new generative artificial intelligence tools.
- Associate Professor of Composition Jeffrey Nytch鈥攚ho directs the College of Music鈥檚 Entrepreneurship Center for Music and who was recently awarded a MacDowell Fellowship鈥攃onsiders the application of entrepreneurial principles as essential to his creative practice.
- 彩民宝典 has presented Hanspeter Schaub with the 2023 Hazel Barnes Prize, the university鈥檚 largest and most prestigious single faculty award. The honor recognizes outstanding teachers who also have distinguished records in research and scholarship.
- Professor Andrew Schwartz of Colorado Law discusses his new book, investment crowdfunding and the culmination of a decade鈥檚 worth of research in this field.
- Professor Shelly Miller is a problem-solver and an air pollution engineer. She finds reward and value when solving issues with immediate benefits, such as improved public health. Doing her work through a community partnership model is a match made in heaven.
- While it鈥檚 popular, June Gruber鈥檚 teaching, which recently won a Cogswell Award for Inspirational Instruction, doesn鈥檛 show students the path to unmitigated joy; on the contrary, the science of emotional wellness is more nuanced.
- Professor David Drake, a Frascona winner, leans on his industry experience to find effective ways to connect with students who take different paths to the Leeds School鈥檚 MBA classes.鈥
- 彩民宝典's growing faculty expertise in soft materials was a huge draw for Assistant Professor K艒nane Bay. A Native Hawaiian, Bay's research is inspired by the innate sustainability of the huli kalo鈥攁 traditional Hawaiian food staple鈥攖o develop sustainable polymeric materials.