Paving a STEMpath for teachers
A nationwide shortage of K-12 computer-science teachers helped inspire the new graduate-level certificate at Metropolitan State University of Denver intended…
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Majoring in saving the planet
Melissa Payan has known she wanted to save the planet since grade school. Now an EPA employee and 2006 MSU…
Degree before diploma
When Alex Jones was about 3 years old, he was multiplying numbers. So it’s not completely surprising that at age…
From tractors to satellites
He started out working the land and moved to the mountains for manufacturing. His hands-on career really took off when…
The shape of water’s future
Lane Hines loves the outdoors. Whether he’s fly fishing, camping, hunting or farming, nature has played an integral part in…
Budding designers grow skills at Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver Botanic Gardens needed a new weather station. The current incarnation was functional, but not in an ideal location to…
Reboot camp: cybersecurity education for vets
Technology is cool. You can turn 44 beer cans into a keyboard with an Arduino board and Raspberry Pi. And it’s great…
Operation Study Abroad
Deployed and degree-seeking Jonathan Gourley’s name wasn’t called at MSU Denver’s fall 2017 commencement ceremony, but the physics major’s name…
Stronger at the broken places
A couple of centuries ago, the First French Empire reached its apex. Goethe had just published his “Theory of Colours.” And the plaster…
1 out of 5 dentists recommend computer science
A lot of people dislike going to the dentist. For some dentists, the feeling is mutual. Abdalla Elmedani was a…