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State Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Monday September 16, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Cold Weather Shelter Plan Expands, Newcomer Services Consolidate
DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 15 -- Denver Mayor Mike Johnston issued the following news on Sept. 13, 2024: The City and County of Denver today announced it will provide more robust options for people experiencing homelessness during cold weather. In a coordinating move, the city will also consolidate newcomer shelter operations due to low occupancy. Changes will take effect in late September. Under the new cold weather shelter plan, Denver will provide around the clock emergency shelter when there  more

CU Denver Faculty Develop New App to Help People With Intellectual Disabilities Navigate Indoor Spaces
DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Colorado issued the following news: * * * Researchers are part of CU Denver's Smart Futures Lab to help faculty entrepreneurs turn their discovery into impactful tech. * * * By Zenaida Kotala Gonzalez Inspiration comes at unique moments--just ask CU Denver Civil Engineering Professor Caroline Clevenger, PhD. During a sabbatical in 2023, Clevenger noticed colleagues at the Center for Inclusive Design Engineering (CIDE) were talking a  more

University of Colorado: Writing Center Set to Spark Writing Passion and Proficiency in 2024-25
DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 15 -- The University of Colorado issued the following news: By Jeremy Simon The CU Denver Writing Center does a lot of things for the 1,500 students it annually serves in roughly 3,300 mentoring, reviewing, and brainstorming sessions. But one thing its staff and consultants do not do for students is edit. "That's our semantic bad word," said Drew Bixby, assistant director of the Writing Center. "We're not just fixing stuff for students, because they don't learn in that  more