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Top 16 in 2016

Dec. 15, 2016

In 2016, we again celebrated a campus community that brings innovation and positive impacts to Colorado and the nation. We marked new discoveries, faculty achievements, Olympic medalists and a resurgent football program while welcoming high-profile visitors to campus and sending satellites throughout our solar system. Enjoy this recap of an...

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Stolen backpack spawns creation of student venture Mµ tag

Dec. 12, 2016

Catalyze CU grads invent tiny tracker for your valuables For anyone who has lost a backpack or purse, Lang Mei feels your pain. After a thief stole his backpack from a coffee shop in Paris last year, the business administration senior began thinking about how to prevent that from happening...

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Colorado entrepreneur brings a world of experience to the classroom

Nov. 30, 2016

Cynthia Banks didn’t have the opportunity to study abroad as a student. The summer after graduating in 1989, she helped a marketing professor take a group of undergraduates to Australia to study at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. The experience was so successful she was asked to take more...

Egypt

Again top in state for sending, receiving students internationally

Nov. 18, 2016

“Many people do not know the coasts of Egypt have some of the best scuba diving in the world," said Erin Neale, a CU Boulder student who studied in Egypt. "Many people do not know the Egyptian beaches are some of the more gorgeous landscapes in the world; where the...

Education student with child_photo courtesy of the School of Education

Offering new degrees in elementary education, leadership and community engagement

Nov. 9, 2016

Beginning in the 2017 school year, entering freshmen at the University of Colorado Boulder will have two new degree options for pursuing transformative careers in education and leadership — a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a bachelor’s degree in leadership and community engagement, both conferred by the School of...

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CU Boulder to lead $15.3 million initiative for sustainable water and sanitation for development

Nov. 3, 2016

Photo: Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering / University of Colorado Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder has been selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to lead a $15.3 million effort to better understand how to improve the sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions...

Lockheed Martin Chief Technology Officer Keoki Jackson met with several students working on Lockheed Martin-supported research projects. From left to right: Keoki Jackson, Andrew Wylde, Lt. Col. Diana Loucks, Caitlyn Cooke and Paige Anderson Arthur.

New partnership with Lockheed Martin forges research, career opportunities for students

Aug. 25, 2016

Paige Anderson Arthur got hooked on science fiction and the prospect of space travel when she started watching Star Trek at age 13. Now, the Denver native is immersed in aerospace engineering at CU Boulder, which is why she joined in the celebration Thursday as a new $3 million partnership...

ATLAS Expo Spring 2016: A showcase of creative invention and design

April 25, 2016

Throughout the spring semester, hundreds of ATLAS students have hacked, designed and prototyped their creative visions into reality, and now they are ready to share their work for ATLAS Expo Spring 2016 , which takes place this Wednesday, April 27, 5 to 6:30 p.m. From automated drum kits, to musical...