Meet Our Game Changers

There’s only ever been one place you can Be Boulder.

CU Boulder has long blended tradition and innovation. The 2024 CU Buffs football team has had a season unlike any other in university history—but they also begin every game as they have for nearly 60 years, with Ralphie’s run across the field. In the lab, CU Boulder researchers are making novel advancements in space, quantum and health—while building on a century of discoveries on campus.

Then and now, we’re proud to join our Big 12 peers in pursuing excellence and sportsmanship on and off the field. Read about CU Boulder’s exciting new growth and innovations, and about the Buff spirit that has endured in every arena since the very beginning.

What it means to be a Buff, on and off the field

CU Boulder’s most beloved traditions, by the numbers

 

57 seasons 

of Ralphie running

 

75 years 

hosting the Conference on World Affairs

 

100 years 

of games at Folsom Field

 

60+ seasons 

hosting the Colorado Shakespeare Festival

More than a century of Buff memories, then and now

CU Buffs football isn’t the only CU Boulder team that had a banner year

Our research teams’ year, by the numbers

 

#1

public university recipient of NASA research funding

 

$742 million

in research funding earned during FY23–24

 

35

startups launched based on university technology in FY23–24

 

$4.6 billion

economic impact on the state of Colorado in FY23–24

Discover the global impact of CU Boulder’s research