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Talented and diverse student body

Connect with real-world peers: nearly 5,000 graduate students, including more than 500 U.S. students of color and 800 international students.

In addition to the many student organizations on campus, the United Government of Graduate Students (UGGS) provides a graduate student voice in decision-making and pursues issues specifically of interest to graduate students.

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Hiking, biking, teaching, discussing philosophy (as in this photograph taken of myself and some fellow graduate students in a radio studio), participating in development committees and hosting regular social events. CU Boulder was at the top of my list. — Michael Zerella
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To test our new wireless protocols, my group in the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program (ITP) mounts radios in small unmanned planes and flies them at a range north of Boulder. Our hope is that these protocols will help people stay connected during disasters. I am also the Director of ITP. I enjoy the challenge of leading a major unit on campus while maintaining a research program. — Timothy Brown
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Why Graduate Education?

Ensuring Our Quality of Life

Graduate education is a key factor in countering the decline of America's competitiveness in the global marketplace. It fosters the capacity to discover, create, and market new products, services, and knowledge.

"Only by providing leading-edge human capital and knowledge capital can America continue to maintain a high standard of living—including providing national security—for its citizens. -Norman Augustine, lead author for the National Academy of Sciences

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The Graduate School serves the community of graduate students, faculty, and staff at CU-Boulder, one of the nation's premier comprehensive research universities. We offer guidance on a wide array of academic, social, and financial issues, and can assist in navigating the often complex world of graduate education.

Serving as an umbrella organization since 1892, the Graduate School currently oversees 100 graduate and professional programs. We work to guarantee a standard of quality and cohesion across all disciplines, ensuring the continuing integrity and value of a CU-Boulder graduate degree. The Graduate School also helps make possible the many connections between the campus and outside constituencies, in the state, the nation, and the world.

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104th Distinguished Research Lecture

Dr. Veronica Bierbaum professor of chemistry, will present the Distinguished Research Lecture on August 30, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in Chem 140. Dr. Bierbaum's research focuses on the development of new techniques in physical and organic chemistry and their application to studies of gas phase ion chemistry.