Economics professor Zach Schaller awarded CLA’s first-ever research grant from Russell Sage Foundation

Assistant professor of Economics Zachary Schaller studies labor unions in the US. In early 2024, Schaller received a $50,000 grant from the Russell Sage Foundation, the first grant ever awarded to a CLA faculty member from this prestigious national funder and only the second for CSU overall.

Denver’s experiment in providing a soft landing for newly arrived migrants and asylum-seekers isn’t cheap – but doing nothing might cost more

The burden of supporting asylum-seekers with food and housing often falls to cities, creating severe budget crunches. But Denver is piloting a new approach designed to integrate immigrants into the workforce faster.