Campus News
- What do 112 CU-Boulder alums have in common? They are all Peace Corps volunteers who helped CU-Boulder become first in the nation for the second consecutive year in Peace Corps participation.
- Audrey Hepburn’s role as a headstrong princess leads her to fall in love in the 1953 movie Roman Holiday. But screenwriter Dalton Trumbo’s relationship with the film was seemingly nonexistent as he was excluded from its credits until this year.
- A significant number of online dating sites may reveal more personal information than users realize, according to research done by CU business professor Kai Larsen and his students last fall.
- Having thousands of people arrive on campus for events enables the university to showcase its best. Yet there is one unofficial event attracting thousands of people the university and many of its students would love to extinguish.
- As part of the Forever Buffs initiative, the CU-Boulder Alumni Association began a new tradition by providing “legacy cords” to graduating students whose family members are CU alums.
- While excavating a 1,000-year-old seaside house in Alaska’s Seward Peninsula, researchers led by CU-Boulder made a startling discovery.
- CU-Boulder was awarded an astonishing $359 million in research funding in 2011. It is the No. 1 NASA-funded public university.
- Four favorite restaurants in Boulder as well as other activities to do around town.
- Lofts on The Hill on 13th Street, even with some letters missing on its sign, is a dramatic departure for The Hill, as it has commercial space (burger chain Five Guys) on the ground floor and residential units above.For decades The Hill has been the
- Astrophysical and planetary sciences associate professor Mark Rast spearheaded efforts to land the National Solar Observatory, drawing support from Colorado’s legislators, U.S. senators and Gov. John Hickenlooper in addition to numerous CU academic