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Meet CU Boulder’s Viking-cowboy-scholar
He’s a competitive pistol shooter who spends much of his free time roaming the wilds of Wyoming. And he has thousands of followers on YouTube, where he regales followers with tales of Nordic heroes in a dulcet baritone. Read more
Prof seeks volunteers for study on freshmen with depression
Research focuses on young people who face ‘a dizzying duality of both resilience and risk.’ Read more
Beavers feed mourning cloak butterflies
I found the mourning cloak when I was trying to photograph the beavers living at the confluence of the Green and Yampa Rivers. Read more
Statistics lab helps developing world do high-impact research
Solving big problems sometimes involves crunching big data, and a University of Colorado Boulder initiative has won a significant grant to help the developing world do just that. Read more
Bright beetle gains protection through similarity to wasps
A defenseless insect can gain protection from predators if it evolves to resemble a well-defended species. Read more
CU Boulder pika researcher receives conservation award
A CU Boulder researcher is being recognized by the Denver Zoo for her extensive work studying the pika across the Colorado alpine Read more
Features
Stalking the dirt vaccine
Can good bacteria make the brain more stress-resilient? Christopher Lowry has dedicated his career to finding out.
News from CU Boulder Today
How weather and climate shape Earth's life-sustaining surface
New research shines a light on how rainfall shapes ridgetops, valley floors and the critical zone of Earth's surface.
Donors
Alum will support students of the (far) distant future
After spending considerable effort trying to stay in Boulder for the long term, Courtney Rowe has also found a way to leave a little bit of herself behind when she’s gone—long gone. Read more
Scholarship recipients thank donors, in person, for their help
Peter Rock is among scores of students whose tuition costs have been reduced thanks to donors and among the scholarship recipients and scholarship donors who recently shared lunch and conversation. Read more
Physician’s gratitude, desire to help is bone deep
One visit to a hospital operating room was all it took for Alex Meininger to choose a career path. Read more
Alumni
Alumnus finds generational synchronicities in geology
Grandson following footsteps of legendary CU Boulder geologist Mary Oswald Griffitts. Read more
Alum blends literary prowess, political commentary
While Luis Alberto Urrea was at CU Boulder, Vine Deloria mentored him on a “lifelong project” that would later become The Hummingbird’s Daughter. Read more
Alum will support students of the (far) distant future
After spending considerable effort trying to stay in Boulder for the long term, Courtney Rowe has also found a way to leave a little bit of herself behind when she’s gone—long gone. Read more
Kudos
Statistics lab helps developing world do high-impact research
Solving big problems sometimes involves crunching big data, and a University of Colorado Boulder initiative has won a significant grant to help the developing world do just that. Read more
CU Boulder pika researcher receives conservation award
A CU Boulder researcher is being recognized by the Denver Zoo for her extensive work studying the pika across the Colorado alpine Read more
Scientists, educators honored for excellence in science education
In both the classroom and the lab, the University of Colorado Boulder is a great place to learn physics and other natural sciences, according to the American Physical Society. Read more
Books from our faculty
English department administrator interviewed in LA Review of Books
Grant Souders is not just the face you see as you step into the office of the English department in Hellems Arts & Sciences. He is also an accomplished poet, whose debut collection, Service (Tupelo Press, 2017), has been receiving some well-deserved attention. Read more
Kingdoms of Faith
A New History of Islamic Spain About the Book : In Kingdoms of Faith ,... Read more
Is That the Sound of a Piano Coming from Several Houses Down?
"'The devil is in the details' is not a phrase that I feel I fully understood until I read Noah Eli Gordon's clever book, Is That the Sound of a Piano Coming from Several Houses Down? The problem is, as Gordon might write, that the devil, while enjoying his/her residence among the details, has no necessary relationship to them. Read more
