Volunteer EMT earns Nursing degree and President’s Award

What happens after a 911 call concludes? As an EMT and 911 volunteer with experience in wilderness rescues, Samuel Lynch…

Award-winning student finds acceptance and support as an immigrant

As Meidi Reyes pondered what to do after high school, she wondered where she belonged. Born in Mexico, she’d been…

Geologist preserves the cold truth of Earth’s past

This story appears in the fall 2025 issue of MSU Denver Magazine. At the National Science Foundation’s Ice Core Facility in Lakewood,…

More than the source of a vaccine controversy, measles can be a serious disease

For all the controversy over measles vaccines, and the talk of outbreaks in Colorado and elsewhere, little has been said…

AirPods offer real-time AI translation. What does that mean for communication?

The new real-time translation feature introduced with Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 has raised fresh questions about the role of artificial…

Why vampires get our blood pumping

Vampires are unique in the world of monsters. Unlike mermaids, sasquatches, werewolves and zombies, whose portrayals have remained fairly static…

Why mail-in voting is a reliable and trustworthy option

With midterm elections on the horizon, President Donald Trump has pledged to end the use of voting machines, and mail-in…

A lowly punctuation mark has sparked a fiercely debated AI controversy

For decades, the lowly em dash toiled in relative obscurity. Overshadowed by showier punctuation such as the aggressive exclamation point…

Experts sound the alarm on Chagas disease. Should Coloradans be concerned?

Public health experts are asking for Chagas disease, often called “kissing bug disease,” to be classified as endemic in the…

Future-proof: Why liberal arts majors thrive

Editor’s note: Throughout the 2025-26 academic year, RED’s Future-proof series will focus on real-world outcomes, community needs and the critical…

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