UCCS, school districts, manufacturers teaming to develop workforce 
A Colorado Springs middle school and a university professor are experimenting with a physics program that could revolutionize the region’s future workforce. [...]

A Colorado Springs middle school and a university professor are experimenting with a physics program that could revolutionize the region’s future workforce. [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: May 4,2012
Tags: Colorado Springs, Economic impact, oil and gas exploration, UCCS
Twenty-five master’s-level students from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs have been investigating the local issue of oil and gas exploration. They will reveal their findings at a public meeting at 4:45 p.m. May 11 in Dwire Hall on the campus. The students began with the premise that El Paso County stands to benefit [...] [...]

by Amy Gillentine Published: March 30,2012
Tags: gerentology, palisades, UCCS
For gerontology professors and students at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, the Palisades at Broadmoor Park is a living research lab ... [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: February 1,2012
Tags: College of Business, Small Business Development Center, UCCS, Venkat Reddy
A search committee is reviewing applicants now for the director’s position at the Small Business Development Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The committee hopes to start interviewing candidates in February and name a new director by March, said Venkat Reddy, dean of the UCCS College of Business. Marcella Hurley, who took [...] [...]

by Amanda Miller Published: January 27,2012
Tags: architecture, UCCS
In the last decade, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has evolved from a humble commuter school to a hilltop university... [...]

by Monica Mendoza Published: November 11,2011
Tags: CiBER-ATOM, research, Technology, UCCS
UCCS physics professor Anatoliy Glushchenko is building a bridge he hopes will lead to growth of high-tech companies in Colorado Springs. He calls the bridge the Center for Innovation in Biophysics and Energy Research, Advanced Technologies and Optical Materials, or CiBER-ATOM. It links the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the area’s high-tech industry [...] [...]

by Amanda Miller Published: November 11,2011
Colorado Springs might seem a long way away from the auto-manufacturing hub of Michigan, but there is more progress being made here toward engineering the next generation of electric vehicles than many outside the industry might expect. “People in the know, know we exist,” said UCCS professor of control systems engineering Gregory Plett. “That’s nice.” [...] [...]

by Monica Mendoza Published: October 14,2011
Tags: entreprenuer, khet, Michael Larson, patent, UCCS
For three long years, a small toy company headed by a UCCS professor has been at war with one of the country’s toy giants. Innovention Toys, LLC, founded by Michael Larson, director of the Mind Studios at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, has sued MGA Entertainment, Inc., the mega toy-maker known for its [...] [...]

by Monica Mendoza Published: September 20,2011
Tags: College of Business and Administration, enrollment, UCCS
Business students at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are interested in sports management, PGA golf management and information systems. [...]
by Amanda Miller Published: August 8,2011
Tags: business, classes, El Pomar, entrepreneur, start-up, UCCS
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is now offering online entrepreneurship classes. The school’s College of Business has launched its Practical Entrepreneurship Program, a non-credit track program that includes 21 courses on subjects ranging from market evaluation to raising capital, legal structures for new businesses, writing a business plan and setting up an office. [...] [...]