Education

Parker medical school expands to Utah, adds PA program

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Just 10 years after it was founded, a for-profit medical school in Parker is in the midst of a growth spurt. It’s launching a new master’s degree program and has broken ground on a second campus.

Owner’s ambition adds up to moving Mathnasium center

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Douthit, 49, who owns the Denver franchise rights for Mathnasium, an after-school tutoring center, is relocating one of them from Greenwood Village to a spot adjacent to Cherry Hills Village this month, hoping to add more clients.

High costs doom MSU-Denver, Colorado Heights deal

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Metropolitan State University of Denver is backing out of a plan to take over and renovate 18 acres of the aging Colorado Heights University campus in southwest Denver, saying the cost is too high.

NYC coding school lands in Denver

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General Assembly, which teaches computer programming and design courses, is launching its first workshops out of RiNo’s Industry building next week.

DC card craze deals in Lakewood school

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A U.S. geography card game for kids — which is played in tournaments around D.C. — got some table time in a Lakewood school on Tuesday.

Athletic testing firm races to high school finish line

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After years working with NFL hopefuls, a tech firm is heading back to high school and hoping to provide standardized athletic testing for high school students under the eye of college recruiters.

Mines awarded $2.5M for new lab

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To test aerospace technology made from increasingly popular 3-D printers, the Colorado School of Mines is opening a new lab, with help from a recent state grant and a group of big-name corporate partners.

New CU Denver fundraising head turns eye to alumni

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After helping bring in a $5.5 million gift from J.P. Morgan, a CU Denver director is hoping to build the school’s relationship with its alumni and hopefully bring in more individual donations.