Buffs One Read News

Share an essay, original artwork or multimedia reflection that responds to or celebrates the themes in Braiding Sweetgrass for a chance to win $500. Submissions are due by 12 p.m. on February 8.

At a sold-out talk on December 1, Robin Wall Kimmerer discussed the importance of tapping Indigenous knowledge “not so that we can go back to some imagined past but so we can go forward together and find solutions that are not embedded only by the Western worldview.”

Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Braiding Sweetgrass” is speaking at the Boulder Theater on Thursday, December 1 as part of the Buffs One Read program.

The free event is part of the Buffs One Read, a campus-wide program produced by University Libraries and Student Affairs that builds community through the shared reading of one book.

Read the chapter “Honorable Harvest” in Braiding Sweetgrass and join the discussion September 14.

First-years can get their copy of the Buffs One Read book at the campus bookstore. The University Libraries have copies to check out as well.

Connect with other Buffs by reading the same book and joining campus community events.

The University Libraries are pleased to announce the three winners of the Buffs One Read Storytelling Contest. Read their contest submissions.

CU Boulder undergraduate students have the opportunity to share their unique stories with the campus community during the University Libraries’ first Buffs One Read Storytelling Contest and exhibit. A panel of judges will select three winners to receive a $500 prize each and have their works recognized at a celebratory...

Get your copy of American Like me, this year's selection for the Buffs One Read. Join the campus community in conversation with events sponsored by the University Libraries.