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Photo of the Week: Clear Skies

It wouldn't be summertime in Boulder without a cloudless blue sky and a high above 90. Read more

10 Fun Facts about the Flatirons

It might not be hyperbole to call the Flatirons CU’s biggest recruiting tool. Here's 10 facts you might not know about Boulder's most famous landmark Read more

Photo of the Week: In Bloom

You don't need this year's solstice — Saturday, June 20 — to tell that summer has arrived in Boulder. With flowers blooming, the average temperature has been a warm 89 degrees over the past two weeks. Read more

Feature Stories

The Right Stuff

Forty-five years ago, Vance Brand made history when he and his apollo crew members met with Soviet cosmonauts in space, only to narrowly survive a near-fatal landing back on Earth. Read more

Powerful Prose

Shakespeare’s enduring legacy is on display at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Read more

Sweeping Changes

After moving up the ranks from custodian to principal, Michael Atkins has his sights set on an even broader goal– transforming the education system. Read more

Mapping Afghanistan

Put rural communities on the map and you might literally be building roads to prosperity. For Walker Kosmidou-Bradley, that’s the plan. Read more

The Looping Artist

Digital artist Pamela Z is known for creating unique loops, voice manipulations and compositions. Her work earned her the Rome Prize. Read more

Thinking of You

Vintage postcards dating as far back as 1911 speak to the Norlin Charge, first read in 1935: "The University consists of all who come into and go forth from her halls, who are thinkg of you touched by her influence and who carry on her spirit." Read more

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SATC camp at CU Boulder during Spanish Flu

The 1918 Flu at CU

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During the 1918 flu epidemic, the visiting Student Army Training Corps who lived in the Armory were dispersed into “barracks-like tents” so the building could be used as a hospital.