CU On The Air Podcast

CU On The Air Podcast


Latest Episodes

Honoring CU’s First African American School of Medicine Graduate
March 04, 2021

Endowed scholarship will benefit underrepresented medical students Charles J. Blackwood was born and raised in Trinidad, a small town in southern Colorado. After he graduated from high school there, he thought of running off to join a band.

Assisting COVID Survivors through Tele-rehab ‘AFTER’ Discharge
February 09, 2021

NOTE: Coloradans age 35 and older who have been recently discharged from the hospital with COVID infection interested in taking part in the AFTER program can go to movement4everyone.com or call (303) 724-9590.

Top 5 Episodes of 2020: Learning, Growing Through Adversity
January 08, 2021

As we welcome 2021, CU on the Air looks back on 2020 to highlight our Top 5 shows. Not surprisingly, three of the five most popular podcasts were COVID-19 related. The other two were about CU in space, and the importance of diversity,

Throwing a Curve into Street Planning for Safer Communities
December 16, 2020

Today on CU on the Air we talk with Wes Marshall, professor of civil engineering with a joint appointment in urban planning in the College of Engineering, Design and Computing at CU Denver. Host Ken McConnellogue discusses with Professor Marshall what ...

Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine Trial at CU Anschutz Shows 94.5% Efficacy
November 20, 2020

UPDATE: Moderna has requested emergency use authorization from the FDA, and the vaccine could be available to high-risk populations as early as the end of December. More than a quarter million people in the United States and some 3,

Sláinte! We Toast UCCS Professor Janel Owens’ Whiskey Research
November 05, 2020

CU On The Air welcomes Janel Owens, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. While she teaches courses and applied analytical chemistry,

‘Biology Everywhere’ on CU on the Air
October 08, 2020

Biology is everywhere and science plays a major role in all existence. Sometimes, however, it seems too daunting and intimidating to embrace how these areas factor into our daily lives. On this episode of CU on the Air,

CU Boulder Team Builds Hope for Trek to Mars
September 08, 2020

United Arab Emirates sent its first mission to Mars, the Hope Mars Mission, on July 19. And although the launch was more than 6,000 miles from Colorado, the University of Colorado Boulder played a major role in putting Hope into orbit.

Mind the Brain, You Can’t Go Without It
August 27, 2020

As we navigate the coronavirus, there’s a great need for frank discussions about psychiatric disorders as the weeks and months roll on. CU on the Air host Ken McConnellogue speaks with Dr. Neill Epperson about her weekly podcast, Mind the Brain,

CU group compromises on correctional industries affiliation
August 19, 2020

Students, faculty and staff groups at CU, led by CU Boulder’s Black Student Alliance, called on the University of Colorado to sever ties with the Colorado Correctional industries (CCi) on the grounds that the use of inmate labor was morally and ethical...