Faculty in Focus
- College of Music Dean John Davis addressed what’s on the horizon as the college begins a new year with a new dean.
- After leading a call to action on the burgeoning mental-illness crisis, a CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº professor has launched a massive, open online course on mental health.
- CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Bert Tolbert is celebrating his 100th birthday.
- CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s David Pyrooz and an Arizona State University colleague won the outstanding book award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
- Lori Peek of the CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº Natural Hazards Center conceived of a project calling for 1,000 letters to help inform the Biden transition team on how to respond to hazards and disasters.
- We sit down with Dean Robert Shay to hear about his musical journey, proudest moments as dean of the College of Music and goals for the future as he rejoins the faculty.
- Law Professor Benjamin Levin discusses the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and criminal justice reform, police unions and their role in policymaking, and mass incarceration in the United States.
- With results still being counted, threats of lawsuits and some suggesting it could be days or even weeks before the presidential race is resolved, election night was far from decisive. But a few things did emerge as certain.
- CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s LISA 2020 project was designed to foster 20 statistics labs in the developing world by 2020; the latest count is 28.
- Violist Richard O'Neill is joining the College of Music faculty and the Takács Quartet this year.