ColoradoSPH at UNC News

May 19, 2023

The Colorado School of Public Health students, faculty, and staff are recognized each year at the annual awards ceremony. “We could not do this work without the commitment and dedication of our outstanding faculty, staff, students, and community partners,” said Dean Jon Samet.

Nov 4, 2022

Eva (Jeffers) Jackson, MPH’18, ColoradoSPH at UNC alumni, recently published the CDC MMWR report which identifies the prevalence and characteristics of arthritis among caregivers in 17 States.

Oct 28, 2022

ColoradoSPH at UNC alum Rudy Vargas, director of the UNC César Chávez Cultural Center, was recently honored in the 40 under 40 for Northern Colorado. The list recognizes 40 emerging business leaders under 40 years of age who are making a mark on their communities through professional success and volunteer activities.

Sep 14, 2022

Tori Ortega, MPH student in community health education, received the Colorado School of Public Health Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Scholarship Fund. "I can continue my research and academic passions toward growing inclusivity and advocating for diversity in my field," she reflects.

Jul 13, 2022

ColoradoSPH at UNC alum Rudy Vargas is UNC’s newly named director of the César Chávez Cultural Center. Rudy shares the goal that drives him, the UNC experience that shaped him, the people who helped him along the way and his vision for the Center.

Jun 21, 2022

The LGBTQ+ Hub was created to connect and champion the CU Anschutz Medical Campus’ queer community. ColoradoSPH at UNC alum Steven Burton and ColoradoSPH at CU Anschutz alum Laurel Beaty reflect on their involvement with the hub and the positive impact it's had.

May 26, 2022

Each year, the Colorado School of Public Health honors exceptional students, faculty, and staff at an awards ceremony coinciding with graduation. Congratulations to this year's award winners!

Feb 3, 2022

For Black History Month, One Colorado is spotlighting the stories of Black LGBTQ+ Coloradans who are leaders and advocates in their communities. Included in their features was ColoradoSPH at UNC alum Shaunie Berry.

Jan 28, 2022

ColoradoSPH at UNC alum Shaunie Berry is giving away some of her art for small acts of kindness in her "Pay it Forward" display.

Jan 13, 2022

Emily Ekart, ColoradoSPH at UNC alum and advocate and educator at the Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley, discusses disturbing national trends in teen dating violence and how she sees these issues playing out in her community—Longmont, Colorado.

Aug 19, 2021

Vargas, who moved at age 12 with his family from Mexico to Greeley, is currently the coordinator of the DREAMer Engagement Program and Undocumented Student Services at UNC. He works to secure support services for students in the DACA program.

Aug 19, 2021

Burton took a leading role in the launch of the LGBTQ+ Hub, a compendium of resources, gathered specifically for the LGBTQ+ community on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He serves as communications and resource coordinator for the hub.

Jul 27, 2021

Steven Burton, resource and communication coordinator for the LGBTQ+ Hub on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and ColoradoSPH alum, shares ways to promote gender diverse inclusivity in healthcare.

May 25, 2021

Each year, the Colorado School of Public Health honors exceptional students, faculty, and staff at an awards ceremony coinciding with graduation. Congratulations to this year's award winners!

May 4, 2021

Prospective ColoradoSPH student Rosie Glaser spearheads a program that promotes menstrual equity both on the University of Northern Colorado campus and off campus.

Apr 9, 2021

Grace Franklin, public health director of San Miguel County and ColoradoSPH alum, has helped lead the charge to vaccinate 70% of San Miguel—the highest of any county in the state.

Apr 2, 2021

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Northern Colorado (UNC) students in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program would typically spend their first year attending night classes, in study groups with friends or cramming for an exam at a coffee shop. For the incoming cohort of 2020, the largest in recent years, earning a graduate degree online in a global pandemic has been anything but typical.

Dec 21, 2020

Grace Franklin, a ColoradoSPH at UNC alum, shares how her education prepared her to meet the challenges she’s faced as the public health director for San Miguel County, a job she started during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oct 15, 2020

While watching events unfold across the country over recent months, Professor Dawn Comstock was left feeling like she needed to do something tangible to address the ongoing systemic racial and ethic disparities. That’s when she decided to help establish a new scholarship fund to accelerate ColoradoSPH's efforts to increase the diversity and inclusive excellence of the school’s student body.

Sep 10, 2020

ColoardoSPH at UNC alumna Kristin Christensen, MPH '18, talked with her hometown newspaper about her experiences working for the Peace Corps in Madagascar, and having to be evacuated as COVID-19 began to spread worldwide in early 2020.