Mar 12, 2020 by Alice Crogan

Nine student-led teams from the College of Arts & Media (CAM) have been awarded a total of $15,000 in funding for creative and scholarly projects as a part of the inaugural Dean’s Student Innovation Award. The awards, which encourages collaboration and idea exchange, will support large-scale, cross-disciplinary projects to be completed this spring and presented at the first CAM Innovation Awards Celebration to be held May 1, 2020.

Aug 3, 2021 by Megan Briggs Pintel

"When the Power Comes Back On," a song by CAM sophomore Finn O'Sullivan, was chosen as the winner of 2020’s John Lennon Songwriting Contest “Song of the Year” award.

May 15, 2025 by Jasper Lipscomb

Meet the seven graduating students who have been recognized for their dedication to their studies in performing arts, recording arts, media forensics, art practices, art history, and film & television.

Jan 8, 2025 by Jasper Lipscomb

CU Denver Film & Television students gained hands-on experience capturing stunning wildlife footage during an exclusive visit to The Wild Animal Sanctuary, utilizing professional-grade Canon equipment to enhance their cinematography skills. This unique opportunity allowed students to build their portfolios with industry-level work, preparing them for careers in film and television production.

Feb 9, 2019 by Haleigh Shipley

Storm Gloor, CU Denver’s 2018 award winner for Excellence in Teaching, has spoken at music conferences all over the nation. In 2018, Gloor, along with three College of Arts & Media students, visited the international Music Cities Conference in Lafayette, Louisiana where they reported on a project done in conjunction with the City of Arvada, Colorado.

Mar 15, 2022 by Megan Briggs Pintel

Pierre Bensusan joins the outstanding CU Denver guitar faculty for a night of music celebrating the diversity and brilliance of the guitar.

Apr 18, 2023 by Megan Briggs Pintel

"Out of Many, More: Voices of the Americas" is an exhibition featuring artists with ties to the cultures and people from North, Central, and South America.

Nov 3, 2022 by Megan Briggs Pintel

“The show was sold out so definitely one of the coolest moments was when we ended our set and I looked up to the venue and saw thousands of people standing, cheering, and applauding us,” says CAM student Zoe Moff, who plays bass.

Mar 6, 2023 by Megan Briggs Pintel

This year's Guitar Night will welcome Christie Lenée, "one of the brightest lights in contemporary fingerstyle acoustic guitar today," according to MEIS chair and guitar performance professor Sean McGowan.

Aug 30, 2023 by Megan Briggs Pintel

“We at CU Denver are excited about this new partnership and grateful for Kyser’s support and belief in CU Denver’s next generation of songwriters,” says Associate Professor Dan Hodges, DBA.

May 2, 2025

(Radio Free Europe) Romania is in the process of electing a new president, and the election has taken a dubious turn. CU Denver professor and director of the National Center for Media Forensics Catalin Grigoras was sought for his expert opinion on some images one of the candidates posted on her Facebook account appearing to depict two of the other presidential candidates attending a clandestine meeting. Grigoras concluded that the images had likely been altered.

Apr 28, 2025

(Baltimore Banner) Dazhon Darien, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School, has been sentenced to four months in prison for using artificial intelligence (AI) to create a fake recording of Eric Eiswert, the principal of the school, making racist and antisemitic remarks. Catalin Grigoras, an associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver and director of the National Center for Media Forensics, concluded that the audio recording in question contained traces of AI-generated content.

Apr 11, 2025

(Yahoo) Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, who formed the band Tennis in 2010, have announced that their new album, Face Down in the Garden, will be their last. The couple met as students at the University of Colorado Denver and went on to create 7 albums and tour. The couple says they are dissolving Tennis to pursue other creative pursuits.

Mar 11, 2025

(Westword) The group has been making waves with its madcap sound and stage presence, which you can see for yourself at Globe Hall this weekend alongside Gestalt and Tiny Tomboy. Horse Bitch was founded in 2020 by David Knodle and Ashley McKinney, who met while studying at CU Denver.

May 1, 2025

(Westword) World-renowned street artist Shepard Fairey will be at CU Denver on May 6 for a special event, Emmanuel Art Gallery Conversations: Shepard Fairey & Gregg Deal. The event is open to both the CU Denver community and the public, and it’s part of an ongoing effort to bring bold, creative voices to campus. Fairey hopes that the work he and Deal have done will inspire people to use their voices creatively.

Apr 14, 2025

(DU Clarion) The CU Denver band Blackberry Crush performed at KXDU's latest Tiny Dorm Session, a creative take on NPR's tiny desk concerts. The band consists of College of Arts & Media students Charlie Laxague and Pyper Tiffany on guitar and vox, supported by bass player GG Tyler and Nick Schell on drums. Laxague shared that the band is putting the finishing touches on a record that’s coming out under the indie label Mean World Records.

Apr 18, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

Each year the CAM community looks forward to experiencing the work of its graduating students. This year's visual arts thesis events have been organized into three days of panels, celebrations, and screenings.

Apr 17, 2025 by Jasper Lipscomb

"Guilty" 2025 was a round up of students in CAM as well as some outside the college. The title of the exhibition is a clever nod to the visual arts norm of a juried show, where a juror determines whether submitted artwork gets placed into a gallery.

Apr 15, 2025 by Jasper Lipscomb

PAW (Performance Art Week) XIII is here! Read about all the events and artists who will be performing this year.

Apr 8, 2025

(Patch) Boulder-based illustrator Penny Serrano and author/actor George Psomas from New York City have been honored with Christopher Awards for Manoli the Greek Mouse. Penny attended the University of Colorado Denver, earning her B.F.A. in illustration and a minor in creative writing. Penny uses digital media for her illustrations where she plays with color and texture.