Oct 20, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

Through her "Music, Meditation, and Technology" class, Jiayue Cecilia Wu, PhD teaches students the art of using sound engineering and technology to create more effective meditative techniques. At CU Denver, Cecilia is an assistant professor and the recording arts graduate program (MSRA) director. She recently shared about three goals she’s been working toward lately.

Oct 8, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

Illustrators face many options when it comes to career paths. At CU Denver, faculty members have experience in a wide array of industries and help students build a foundation of professional skills that will carry into their careers. With many opportunities to show their work during their time at CU Denver, both in public exhibitions and portfolio reviews, illustration students leave with a repertoire of work to show.

Oct 6, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

Located in the basement of the Auraria campus’s historic Tivoli building, MEIS will use the Tivoli Underground to host concerts and classes. In speakeasy fashion, the subterranean space has an intimate, cozy feel with a capacity of about 170 people.

Sep 29, 2025

(CU Denver News) Film & Television instructors David Liban and Christopher Beeson are both celebrating the release of independent films this fall. Liban’s latest project is a short film and dark comedy titled Love Less Likely. Beeson is a documentary filmmaker whose film The Healing Animal spans human and animal mental health and well-being.

Sep 24, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

In the list of 30 schools, CU Denver stands out for its affordability and the thorough, sequence-based nature of its curriculum that affords students ample time on sets as they build one skillset on another. The school's connections to Hollywood are also highlighted.

Sep 22, 2025

(CU Denver News) The exhibition Ireland Abroad included artwork produced by CU Denver students who went on a month-long study abroad trip to Ireland this summer. The students worked at the Burren College of Art, which is located on the grounds of a 16th-century castle, and explored their new environment through art and performance mediums.

Sep 18, 2025 by Mary Knight

Surrounded by a 16th century castle in the stunning Burren landscape in Ireland’s Atlantic coast, thirteen CU Denver students immersed themselves not only in interdisciplinary art, but an exploration of self. This four-week intensive art practice study abroad experience culminated in what viewers will see in “Ireland Abroad”, opening Sept. 18 at the CU Denver Experience Gallery.

Sep 12, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

On display September 25 through December 13, 2025, “Homeland” invites viewers to reconsider what they know about Nepal through the work of Lain Singh Bangdel (1919–2002), the father of Nepali modern art and a pivotal figure in the nation’s cultural history. Featuring more than 40 paintings, it represents the largest exhibition of Bangdel’s art presented in the United States to date.

Sep 9, 2025

(CU Denver News) CU Denver alum Brody Miller learned of CU Denver's Music Business program thanks to a Billboard Magazine article. Now Miller works with musicians in Denver and credits the skills they picked up in the College of Arts & Media with getting them started in the industry.

Aug 20, 2025

(Urban) “Create relentlessly and unapologetically…Don’t wait for permission or perfect conditions…Focus on authentic storytelling.” This is the advice CAM alum and filmmaker Jai Harris has for aspiring filmmakers. Read about Jai and the projects her company, Free Royalty LLC, is working on right now.