International education has been incorporated into the lives of many at the University of Colorado Boulder, enriching the academic and cultural environment of campus and beyond.
As a leader in the state of Colorado among higher education institutions, CU-Boulder was home to 1,681 international students during the 2011-12 school year. CU-Boulder sent 1,316 students overseas during the 2010-11 school year. It also ranked No. 12 in the nation for study abroad participation in semester-long programs, according to the Institute for International Education.
CU-Boulder and the Office of International Education celebrate International Education Week Nov. 12-16, 2012, and the campus community's pursuit of some of the greatest academic, research and service endeavors around the world.
Feature Articles
Stationed in a small town of 100 people on an island located within the Federated States of Micronesia, Peace Corps volunteer Nicholas Canfield is the only white American in a three-mile radius.
Meg Ross has already done a lot in her academic and professional careers. She’s an ambitious go-with-the-flow type, she says -- a good fit for adventurous journeys.
After graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2010, Natalie Ziemba joined the Peace Corps and served in a rural village in Samoa, an island in the South Pacific Ocean.
It’s a brisk January day on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, but Yousef Husain enjoys the chill in the air.
Singing in your first professional opera is challenge enough. Throw in a 12-hour, trans-Atlantic flight and a mere two days of rehearsal time — with two different conductors — and you’ve got a grand task indeed.
The University of Colorado Boulder’s International English Center, or IEC, which provides English as a Second Language courses to international students, is experiencing record enrollment and more than 50...
Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula make it more susceptible to collapse, according to University of Colorado Boulder researchers who spent the last four Southern...
The University of Colorado Boulder shares the No. 3 rank among 238 higher education institutions in the nation for hosting students of Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Undergraduate Program.
News Releases
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CU-Boulder ranked No. 4 nationally for Peace Corps volunteers - February 05, 2013
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New public gut bacteria study expected to reach around world - November 21, 2012
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CIRES study shows summer climate change, mostly warming - November 13, 2012
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