Teaching in the Communities of Colorado: A Sampler
For
many years the President's Teaching Scholars have wanted to give
back to the community in Colorado. The discussion of "what" and
"how" arose at almost every one of the Scholars' annual retreats.
With the assistance of Bob Nero, Assistant Vice President for Public
Education and University Relations, and Marilyn DeCalo, Director
of Business and Community Relations, the new program has taken shape
as "President's Teaching Scholars Teaching in the Community." As
part of this program, Teaching Scholars from the three campuses of
the university speak on a variety of topics to alumni, prospective
students, and citizens in different cities and counties across the
state.
Two
Teaching Scholars presentations are being offered this year: a CU-Mini
College in Grand Junction, and a CU-Mini College in San Diego. Contact
Mary Ann Shea, 303-492-4985,
for information about times and dates.
"Entertain
Your Brain" - CU Mini College, Grand Junction, CO, Spring 2001
J.
John Cohen, M.C. (Medicine,
Health Sciences Center) "Murder,
Suicide, and Cannibalism in Your Immune System"
Michael Dubson, Ph.D., (Physics,
Boulder)
"Why Professors Can't Teach (Effectively)"
William
A. Robinson, M.D., Ph.D., (Medicine, Health Sciences Center)
"The Dark Side of the Sun: Skin Color, Moles and Melanoma"
Susan
K. Avery, Ph.D., (Electrical and Computer Engineering/ CIRES)
"Follow the Water: A New Integrated Approach to Climate
and its Impacts on Water in the Interior West"
Dennis
VanGerven, Ph.D., (Anthropology, Boulder) "Dead Men
Do Tell Tales. But What are They Saying, and How Do We Know They
are Telling the Truth?"
"Entertain
Your Brain " - CU Mini College, San Diego, CA, Spring 2001
Denis
VanGerven, Ph.D. (Anthropology,
Boulder) and J. John Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. (School of Medicine,
CU Health Sciences Center) "Death:
What are the Alternatives?"
Teaching Scholars Outreach to the Communities of the State
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LOGO - Library On the Go
A program to provide reading materials to children displaced by hurricane Katrina.
Professor Barbara Swaby, School of Education
Director Graduate Reading Program
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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CU Mini Med
CU Mini Med School is a free, non-accredited, eight-week program and does not attempt to fulfill any academic requirements. You won't get a medical degree nor can you practice medicine, but you will get the background, the overviews, and the updates that can make all the pieces of the biomedical puzzle fall into place. The purpose is simply to enlighten, entertain, and provide a scientific background that will improve your understanding of the human body.
Professor J. John Cohen, MD, Department of Immunology
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Profile of Professor Cohen
published February 2006 in Nature Medicine
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Café Scientifique
The Café Scientifique idea started in England a few years ago, based on the French Café Philosophique. In the Café Scientifique, people (often science buffs) come together in a friendly pub after work and hear an informal introduction to an interesting current scientific topic, led by an expert. After this there is an hour or so of questions and answers and general discussion. There will be opportunity for everyone to ask questions, and we welcome those which begin "This might be a stupid question, but... " These questions are invariably not stupid and often rather insightful.
Dates for meetings in Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, and Summit County are here.
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K-12 Civil Policy Presentations
My main outreach activity is giving guest presentations in K-12 schools on the subject of youth empowerment and citizenship. My
themes are that public policies affect young people, that youth can
and do have a voice about these effects, and that their voices should
count. For 2006, this outreach will be focused on McKinley-Thatcher
Elementary School in south Denver, which my children have attended for
many years. My daughter's fifth-grade teacher, Erika Morris,
and Principal Vicki Cyr have accepted my invitation to help
McKinley-Thatcher students identify issues of concern to them and to
provide them with resources and opportunities for voicing their
concerns to the media and to public officials directly. Except for my
general commitment to youth empowerment, I will not attempt to shape
the students' public-policy preferences. Rather, I will facilitate
sessions in which the students discuss policy issues, seek to develop
consensus positions, and communicate with youth outside their
school in order to maximize their influence on public officials
Professor Mike Cummings, Political Science
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
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