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ICB Welcome Party

September 27, 2013 | Best Way to Start a Semester
Reporter: Yunsheng Ma
Editor: Xianghan Ma

There’s no better way to start a new semester than with a little party.

On September 25th, a welcome party was held in the Recruitment Hall on the third floor of the Princess Building. Freshmen and new foreign professors gathered together to celebrate the beginning of a fantastic new fall semester at ICB (Beijing).
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London Calls to CU Denver International Business Student

September 19, 2013 |

Maymester Abroad Program Provides Access to High Profile Business Venues and Influential Business People

A new semester has started at the University of Colorado Denver, and for many international students, the summer of 2013 was one of their best in memory.  Just ask Mihir Rathod. A graduate student from India who’s studying information systems, Rathod wisely chose an elective class that provided access to business venues and influential business people in one of his favorite cities—London. Read More

Sustainability in Berlin

August 12, 2013 |

CU Denver and Ecologic Institute Sign Agreement for Semester-long Study Abroad Program

On August 12, an agreement between the University of Colorado Denver and the Ecologic Institute of Berlin formalized the start of a new semester-long program of applied research: Sustainability in Berlin. The MOU (memorandum of understanding) was signed by university representative Provost Roderick Nairn and R. Andreas Kraemer, Founding Director of Ecologic Institute of Berlin. Read More

An Invaluable Perspective on the Middle East

July 26, 2013 |

Student Richard Hancock

“I knew I would gain an invaluable world perspective by studying and living in Jordan, ” explained Richard Hancock, an International Studies major and Global Education: Study Abroad student at the University of Colorado Denver. Drawn to the Levant region of the world, on a spring semester 2013 mission to harness the challenging Arabic language, Richard participated in an intensive semester study abroad program through CET, focusing on Arabic and cultural studies. Read More

Internationalizing U.S. College Campuses: University of Colorado Denver Participates in Key Forum

July 24, 2013 |

By welcoming international students to the United States and encouraging American students to study abroad, institutions are enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. educational system, connecting future global leaders with American culture and business, and creating a positive impact on the national economy. Read More

University of Colorado Denver Hosts China Delegation

June 3, 2013 |

The University of Colorado Denver was one of three American institutions visited by a seventeen member educational delegation sponsored by the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), China’s professional association focused on the internationalization of Chinese higher education that conducts international educational exchanges and cooperation. The delegation, comprised of high-ranking officials and faculty members from eleven different Chinese institutions, arrived on the CU Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus on May 31 with the goal of exploring a variety of educational partnership options. Read More

Taking The Leap

May 24, 2013 |

Semester in Beijing Program Expands Chinese-American Student’s Education

Amy Ng, earning BA in English Literature
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

 

How did you originally hear about the Semester in Beijing Program, and what made you pursue this study abroad program?

I had wanted to study abroad in China for a very long time, and when I saw the University of Colorado Denver Semester in Beijing program, I took a leap.  The scholarship opportunities offered in the program were another major reason why I chose it. I had looked into other programs, but the cost of this one compared to the others was significantly more economic for me.  This program had the combination of what I had already wanted to do and the opportunity to do it—that’s why I am in Beijing right now.   Read More

Retracing Her Japanese Cultural Heritage

May 23, 2013 |

Gilman Scholarship Winner Stella Yuan

Stella Yuan, International Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Colorado Denver
BS, Spring 2013

Growing up in Colorado, Stella Yuan experienced not only American culture, but also the cultural influences of her family’s Japanese heritage. Speaking Japanese with her family members was an everyday conversational practice; but she still wished to learn even more about the country, the people, and the complex written system of the language.  To accomplish this, Yuan decided to break free from her comfort zone in Denver, and pursue Japanese linguistic studies in the busy capital city of Tokyo, Japan. Read More

Engineering Senior Design Team wins First Place at Shell Eco-Marathon

May 17, 2013 |

HOUSTON – Determined to be the first team from the University of Colorado Denver to participate in and win the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas competition – which encourages students to design the most fuel-efficient vehicles in the world – nine members of the university’s Mechanical Engineering Senior Design class achieved their goal on April 7. The team won first place in their category for a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle they designed and built that achieved a maximum of 205 miles per gallon.  (Last year’s winner in the same category achieved 169 miles per gallon.) Read More

Immersion in English and Architecture

May 17, 2013 |

CU Denver ESL Academy Students Further Education at Denver Art Museum

 

The bold modern design of the Denver Art Museum’s (DAM) Hamilton Building, which includes innovative features such as 9,000 titanium panels to reflect Colorado’s 300 days of sunshine, provides a perfect example of contemporary architecture. It also provided an ideal setting for 25 international students from the University of Colorado Denver’s ESL Academy to refine their English language and listening skills and to deepen their understanding about the field of architecture. Read More