Oct 27, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

Nestled within the College of Arts & Media’s (CAM) contemporary Music & Entertainment Industry Studies department, the music business degree track has students studying alongside music performance, recording arts, and singer/songwriting students, giving them ample opportunity to collaborate.

Oct 24, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

“Try everything” you can while studying, advises CU Denver alum Natalie Maul Ruskaup. “Employers really value people who know where they want to be. Take risks while the stakes are low,” she says.

Oct 23, 2025

(The Sheridan Press) Pyper Tiffany, a CU Denver student, is turning her passion for music into career opportunities. Tiffany plays guitar and sings for her band, Blackberry Crush, which recently finished its first tour. While her degree ultimately focuses on audio engineering, Tiffany is keeping her options open as she finds out what the best route for her would be post graduation.

Oct 22, 2025

(Sentry) The ILL Exhibition returned for a second time at CU Denver’s Experience Gallery. Showcasing 36 by undergraduate students from CU Denver’s College of Arts & Media, the exhibition features a wide range of artistic styles and tones, all unified by illustration as the central medium of expression.

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.