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Travelers board a light rail Tuesday morning, July 10, at the I-25 and Broadway Station. . (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel) Jun 6, 2013

TRAIN PAIN: Light rail project faces potential course change to protect sensitive equipment

“These are fundamental instruments that are critical to state-of-the-art bioscience research,” said Michael Del Giudice, director at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus’s Office of Institutional Planning.

May 30, 2013

Station relocation: CU says noise, vibration not ideal

AURORA | The light rail stop serving most of the Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado Hospital and coming VA Hospital will likely move one-half …

TIME AND SPACE: New brain ICU center at Anschutz focuses on better outcomes for stroke and aneurism patients May 2, 2013

TIME AND SPACE: New brain ICU center at Anschutz focuses on better outcomes for stroke and aneurism patients

“It’s really nothing short of a ballet,” Neumann said. “A really well-orchestrated ballet.”

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (left), D-Colo., and U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (right), R-Aurora, discuss Post Traumatic Stress Disorder during a panel meeting April 22 at Anschutz Medical Campus. Udall and Coffman created the Joint Task Force on PTSD to address issues veterans are facing and bring recommendations to Washington. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel) Apr 25, 2013

TACKLING TRAUMA: US Sen and Rep create task force to help vets with PTSD

“Our goal is to, by the end of the year, have a document that is concise and backed up with good factual data and anecdotal examples to present to Udall and Coffman,” said Arapahoe County Commissioner Bill Holen, chairman of the task force.

CU Hospital resident doc faces sex assault charges after post-op groping accusation Mar 26, 2013

CU Hospital resident doc faces sex assault charges after post-op groping accusation

The patient said he didn’t know who the man was, but while they were talking he felt the man’s hand reach inside his underwear and fondle his penis

Richard Weir, a research professor for the University of Colorado Denver's Department of Bioengineering, shows a variety of 3D plastic printed materials, March 18 at The Children's Hospital. A new, cutting-edge laser metal bonding machine came to a research lab at the Children’s Hospital Colorado thanks to a $600,000 capital equipment grant from the Veterans Administration. The equipment, which will be used to fabricate parts for artificial limbs, is part of the larger Biomechatronics Development Laboratory that’s home to researchers from CU and the VA. The machine uses three-dimensional digital imaging to turn metal dust into solid metal objects. The machine can print objects in metals like titanium, nickel, chromium, magnesium and cobalt. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel) Mar 20, 2013

Proof positive of potential

Local 3-D printer testing machinery could help artificial limb producers solve difficult problems

John Holland gets prepped for treatment Thursday afternoon, June 21 at The University of Colorado Cancer Center. For the fourth time since 1997, the National Cancer Institute has named the University of Colorado Cancer Center a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Less than 50 centers nationwide carry that title; the Cancer Center headquartered at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora is the only facility in Colorado to have earned the Comprehensive Cancer Center title. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel) Mar 6, 2013

HEALTHY GROWTH: UCHealth looks to getting comfortable with its new size

“We’ve done mass amounts of work. It’s almost putting together a new city for a year,” said Bruce Schroffel, CEO of UCHealth.

Dr. Erin Spiegel, a senior scientist for Greffex, Inc., demonstrates how Greffex, Inc. generates gene therapy vectors and vaccine vectors in cells Monday afternoon, May 7 at Fitzsimons Life Science District. Greffex officials say the company's technology could produce vaccines for the flu and other illnesses much faster than current technology. Economic experts say industries like this in Aurora are showing impressive job growth despite the recession. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel) Feb 12, 2013

Aurora industries job growth pulls past recession losses

“The stars are starting to align for our region,” the report’s author, Metro Denver EDC’s Chief Economist Patty Silverstein said in a statement announcing the findings.

Jan 30, 2013

RTD officials talk light rail progress at public meeting

"You are getting the opportunity to live through the transformation of Aurora from a suburban community to an urban one," said Dave Chambers, director of Public Works for Aurora.

Spero Manson is a professor of psychiatry at the Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building at the Anschutz Medical Campus. Manson is also the director of the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel) Jan 30, 2013

GROUP INSURANCE: Medical anthropologist works to keep cultures and communities fit for life

Health problems among American Indians are issues that Manson is keenly familiar with, because they are rampant in his own family. About two-thirds of his 66 cousins have suffered from health problems including diabetes, alcoholism and cardiovascular disease, he said.