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Pro-Palestinian protesters on Auraria Campus, university officials meet, fail to reach agreement
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Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment on Denver’s Auraria Campus told university officials they are engaged in “civil disobedience” and have no plans to dismantle the tents. Meanwhile, the officials reiterated that the activists may engage in a peaceful protest — but they need to take the encampment down, as it violates campus policy. That’s…
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Multi-million dollar grant to support underrepresented Denver engineering students
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In an effort to boost opportunity for underrepresented populations who wish to enter scientific fields, the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Naval Research has granted $10.9 million to five Denver-metro community colleges and two universities. The grant, led by the University of Colorado Boulder, is intended to increase the number of engineering students from…
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INSIGHTS | Colorado usually leads the pack
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My friend Patty Calhoun, the editor of Westword, put the right words to what’s been on my mind lately during a chat on Colorado Inside Out, KBDI-Colorado Public Television’s current-affairs discussion show. In a two-part taping for the Dec. 7 and Dec. 21 episodes, we talked about Denver proposing to waive minor pot possession convictions from before…
