Names with Degrees
Use a comma to separate a person’s name and his or her degree.
Example: Jane Smith, MA, graduated in May.
Do not use a comma to separate a person’s degree from the year it was earned.
Example: Jane Smith, MA ’96, was elected president of the foundation.
Names with Initials
Use periods and spaces to separate initials and names.
Example: J. S. Smith; J. Smith
Names with Job Titles
Capitalize a person’s job title if it immediately precedes his or her name.
Example: Professor John Smith; Chancellor M. Roy Wilson
Do not capitalize titles that follow names or stand alone.
Example: John Smith, professor in biology; the chancellor of the university
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Names with Suffixes
Do not use commas before and after suffixes that follow names (Jr., Sr., I, II, III, IV).
Use periods with Jr. and Sr.
Publication and Presentation Titles
Use italics and initial caps for publication titles (books, newspapers, magazines, movies, etc).
Examples: Stories about the university have appeared in The New York Times.
UC Denver programs are consistently ranked by U.S.News & World Report.
Use quotation marks and initial caps for titles of articles, chapters, episodes, presentations, etc.
Example: Professor Doe’s article “Life in the Mile-High City” was published on May 1, 2007.
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