CU Denver Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities

Meet Chris Fitzgerald! Our third EURēCA! Summer Fellow researching S*x differences in heart rat variability in chronic kidney disease. Swipe to read his Up Goer challenge (describing his project using the 1,000 most common words). Welcome Chris, so excited to have you this summer!

Meet Rachel Smolka! Our second EURēCA! Summer Fellow researching zoster-derived exosomes in relation to vascular injury. Swipe to read more about it on her Up Goer (describing her project using the 1,000 most common words). Welcome Rachel, very excited for you to join us this summer!

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Meet Josh Slim! A EURēCA! Summer Fellow researching if psilocybin effects exercise. Swipe to read more about it on his Up Goer (describing his project using the 1,000 most common words). Welcome Josh, very excited for you to join us this summer!

Meet the 2026 EURēCA Summer Fellows! This group of 11 students will be conducting research and creative activities across 8 different majors, leading to a presentation on July 24th at LynxConnect. Happy researching Summer Fellows!

Thank you for such an amazing Fall and Spring semester! Our students rocked RaCAS and continued to push the boundaries of research and creative scholarship this year. To our EURēCA! Summer Fellows, congratulations, we look forward to seeing you in June since our office will be closed until then. Stay curious, safe, and happy researching this summer!

Thank you to all of our 280 presenters at this year's RaCAS! Thank you to all our attendees and to our bingo winners, who enjoyed their cute ducks. Thank you to all of our mentors, family, and friends who came to support! It was an incredible day, celebrating Research and Creative Activities at CU Denver.

Congratulations to our Award winners! Check out everyone’s presentations on our virtual showcase on Symposium! Feel free to comment on your favorites!

We highlighted some of our past researchers in the week leading up RaCAS on our story! Thank you for such a great RaCAS this year and we look forward to seeing you next year! Stay curious, safe, and happy researching!

Are you presenting at RaCAS next week? Make sure you're prepared! Stop by LynxConnect on April 21st to answer your last-minute questions about RaCAS and browse our selection of FREE professional attire. There will also be FREE food and great networking opportunities to practice sharing about your projects before RaCAS. 👔

We are excited to announce that look at fiona will be performing a closing performance at RaCAS this year! They are recipiences of our Fall Grants for 2025. Here is their band description: “ look at fiona. has taken the indie scene by storm. Weaving crystalline guitars, hypnotic melodies, and tender lyricism, the young songwriters have entranced their way from house show basements to sold-out theaters. Their fusion of dream pop, art rock, folk and shoegaze has cultivated a sound unlike anything done before. After first crossing paths in their university's songwriting ensemble, vocalists Kennady and Jeremy shared an emotional clarity like nothing they had ever experienced. Kennady's ability to articulate indescribable emotions synthesized with Jeremy's surreal poetry, and through their dreamlike voicings and cavernous guitar tones, look at fiona. was born. in the same songwriting ensemble, exactly a year after finding Jeremy, Kennady met gabby. without ever speaking a word to each other, Kennady knew Gabby was the next of fiona's messengers. with the audition of their dear friend Charlie, look at fiona. was complete.” We are so excited for this expectational band to perform! Make sure you stay to watch them perform.