Past Grant Recipients

Tier 4 (formerly CU Boulder Outreach Award: Group)

Attention, Behavior, and Learning Clinic: Affordable Childhood Evaluations
Nomita Chhabildas, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Laura Hink, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience​
Erik Willcutt, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience​

Build a Better Bug: Addressing NGSS Needs With Bio-inspired Robots​
Kaushik Jayaram, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Alexandra Rose, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Colorado Shakespeare Festival in the Schools (Shakespeare and Violence Prevention)​
Beverly Kingston, Center for the Study & Prevention of Violence (CSPV)
Kevin Rich, Department of Theatre & Dance
Tamarra Meneghini, Department of Theatre & Dance

CU Restoration Ecology Experiential Learning (REEL) Program​
Tim Seastedt, Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Holly Barnard, Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Katherine Lininger, Department of Geography

The CU-Uni Hill Partnership for Equity​
Andrea Dyrness, Program in Education Foundations, Policy and Practice
Deborah Palmer, Program in Education Foundations, Policy and Practice
Enrique Sepulveda, Department of Ethnic Studies

Early-Childhood Science Education Resources for the Front Range Deaf Community and Beyond​
William Taylor, CU Boulder Museum of Natural History
Jinchun Li, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Carl Simpson, Department of Geological Sciences

InsideU: Emotions and Disney/Pixar's Inside Out at Boys and Girls Clubs​
Sam Hubley, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Tara Knight, Department of Critical Media Practices

Empowering Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents with Complex Communication Needs​
Sherri Tennant, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS)
Christine Brennan, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS)

Growing More Inclusive Communities Around Pollinator Conservation​
Adrian Carper, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology​
Rebecca Dickson, Program for Writing and Rhetoric

Pueblo Soundscapes: A Community-Led Musical Ethnography of Pueblo, CO​
Susan Thomas, American Music Research Center
Austin Okigbo, Department of Musicology

The RAP Lab: Hip-Hop Arts Programming with Denver High School Youth of Color
Kalonji Nzinga, Program in Learning Sciences & Human Development
Shawn O'Neal, Department of Ethnic Studies

SCENIC 2023: Southwestern Colorado Expansion and Multilingual Support​
Daniel Knight, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mike Hannigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Joseph Polman, Program in Learning Sciences and Human Development

Strengthening BUENO Center Support for Congress of Hispanic Educators Oversight and Advocacy
Kim Strong, The BUENO Center for Multicultural Education​
Kevin Welner, Program in Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice

Teaching Anti-Bias Tools, “Fumble Forward,” through Community Outreach
Donna Mejia, Chancellor's Scholar in Residence and Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance
Ashley Potvin, Collaborator and Research Associate, Compassion and Dignity for Educators, Renée Crown Wellness Institute

Bits and Threads: Weaving Cultural Worlds and Computing in Community-Based Settings
Ricarose Roque, Department of Information Science
Laura Devendorf, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science, ATLAS

SCENIC: Science-Engineering Inquiry Collaborative In Rural Colorado​
Daniel Knight, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Program in Learning Sciences and Human Development
Mike Hannigan, Departmant of Mechanical Engineering, Program in Learning Sciences and Human Development

University Hill Elementary School and School of Education Partnership for Equity​
Andrea Dyrness, Associate Professor, Program in Education Foundations, Policy and Practice
Deborah Palmer, Program in Education Foundations, Policy and Practice
Enrique Sepulveda, Department of Ethnic Studies

Restoration Ecology Experiential Learning Program​
Tim Seastedt, Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Sharon Collinge, Environmental Studies Program
Katherine Lininger, Department of Geography

Ütz Awäch Tz’ikin: An Art-Science Exploration of Interspecies Friendship for Maya Youth​
Beth Osnes, Department of Theatre & Dance
Rebecca Safran, EBIO

Researcher-Practitioner Collaborations for Community Wildfire Risk Reduction in Colorado​
Hannah Brenkert Smith, Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS)
Julia Goolsby, Behavioral Science 

A Collaborative Project at the Texas-Tamaulipas Border
Bernard Amadei, Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering 
Christina Sue, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology 
David Cook-Martín, Professor, Department of Sociology

Soundscapes of the People  
Susan Thomas, Professor, College of Music, Director, American Music Research Center 
Austin Okigbo, Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Musicology 
Arturo Aldama, Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Ethnic Studies 
Natalie Mendoza Gutierrez, Assistant Professor, Department of History   
Patty Limerick, Professor, Director, Center of the American West    
Jason Romero, Director, Latino History Project       
Xochitl Chavez, Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Riverside

Building Early Language and Math Together
Eliana Colunga, Associate Professor
Lei Yuan, Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience

CU Restoration Ecology Experiential Learning Program
Timothy Seastedt, Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) 
Sharon Collinge, Professor, Environmental Studies Program 
Katherine Lininger, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography 
Tracy Halward, Instructor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
Kristin Lopez, Academic Services Associate Director, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Engaging Underserved Students with CU’s Cutting-edge Space Research
Carolyn Crow, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences 
Paul Hayne, Assistant Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences 
John Keller, Senior Instructor, Planetarium Director, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
 
Empowering Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents with Complex Communication Needs
Sherri Tennant, Clinical Scholar in Residence
Christine Brennan, Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Empowering Marginalized Girls in STEM through Symbiosis Modeling
Jingchun Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Curator of Invertebrates, Museum and Field Studies Program 
Mike Gil, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
John Keller, Senior Instructor, Planetarium Director, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences 
Carl Simpson, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, CU Museum of Natural History 
Gianna Sullivan, Science Program Coordinator, CU Museum of Natural History

Fostering Inquiry-Based K-12 Science Teaching with Authentic Data
Anne Gold, Director of CIRES Education & Outreach, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Melissa Braaten, Assistant Professor, School of Education 
Kerri Wingert, Research Associate, Institute of Cognitive Science 
Jonathan Griffith, Education & Outreach Associate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

SCENIC Expansion: Developing Outreach Pathways in Rural Colorado
Daniel Knight, Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering 
Mike Hannigan, Professor, Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering 
Joseph Polman, Professor, Associate Dean for Research, Program in Learning Sciences and Human Development 
Greg Whiting, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Shakespeare & Violence Prevention in Schools
Beverly Kingston, Senior Research Associate, Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence 
Kevin Rich, Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Department of Theatre & Dance 
Tamara Meneghini, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance 
Amanda Giguere, Director of Outreach, Colorado Shakespeare Festival 
Heidi Schmidt, Outreach Specialist, Colorado Shakespeare Festival 
Laurie Keith, Research Assistant, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence

The SOE-Uni Hill Partnership for Equity
Andrea Dyrness, Associate Professor, School of Education 
Deborah Palmer, Professor, School of Education 
Enrique Sepúlveda, Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies 

CU Restoration Ecology Experiential Learning Program
Professor Tim Seastedt, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Professor Sharon Collinge, Department of Environmental Studies
Instructor Tracy Halward, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Academic Services Associate Director Kristin Lopez, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Empowering Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents with Complex Communication Needs
Clinic Faculty Member Sherri Tennant and Assistant Professor Christine Brennan
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Expanding Awareness of Colorado’s Latinx History and Culture
Distinguished Professor Emerita Marjorie McIntosh, Department of History
Associate Professor Arturo Aldama, Department of Ethnic Studies
Senior Instructor Kent Willmann, School of Education
Director Jason Ramero and Advisory Council Member Linda Arroyo-Holmstrom, Latino History Project

Indigenous Connections at Rocky Mountain National Park
Professor Patricia Limerick and Research Associate Brooke Neely, Center of the American West
Associate Professor Clint Carroll, Assistant Professor Angelica Lawson and Doctoral Student Natasha Myhal, Department of Ethnic Studies and Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies
Professor Andrew Cowell, Linguistics and Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies

Lyripeutic Storytelling Project: Urban Youth Learning Initiative
Assistant Professor Kalonji Nzigna, School of Education
Associate Professor Arturo Aldama and Doctoral Student Shawn O’Neal, Department of Ethnic Studies

Pesticide Exposures in Agricultural Workers and their Families
Professor Shelly Miller, Department of Mechanical Engineering   
Research Associate Lupita Montoya, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Rural District Partnerships for Post-Pandemic Planning
Professor Valerie Otero, School of Education
Professor Angela Bielefeldt, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Director of Curriculum and Assessment Shelly Belleau, Director of Professional Learning Emily Quinty and Director of District Partnerships Jonathan Mann, School of Education

Shakespeare and Violence Prevention in Schools
Director Beverly Kingston and Research Assistant Laurie Keith, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Associate Professor Kevin Rich and Associate Professor Tamara Meneghini, Department of Theatre & Dance
Outreach Director Amanda Giguere and Outreach Coordinator Heidi Schmidt, Colorado Shakespeare Festival

School of Education-University Hill Partnership for Equity
Associate Professor Andrea Dyrness and Professor Deborah Palmer, School of Education
Assistant Professor Enrique Sepúlveda, Department of Ethnic Studies

Science-Engineering Inquiry Collaborative In Rural Colorado
Senior Research Associate Daniel Knight, Professor Michael Hannigan and Associate Professor Greg Whiting, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean and Professor Joseph Polman, School of Education

Boulder Affordable Housing Research Initiative
Associate Professor Jennifer Fluri, Department of Geography
Associate Director Abby Hickcox, College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program
Program Director Sabrina Sideris, INVST Program, CU Engage

Bringing Colorado’s Latino History and Culture to Light
Distinguished Professor Emerita Marjorie McIntosh, Department of History
Senior Instructor Kent Willmann and Lecturer Flora Sanchez, School of Education
Associate Professor Arturo Aldama, Department of Ethnic Studies

Communities Code: Engaging Underrepresented Youth in Creative Computing
Associate Professor Eliana Colunga, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Assistant Professor Ricarose Roque, Department of Information Science (CMCI)
Director Stacey Forsyth, CU Science Discovery

Co-production of Embodied Climate Curriculum Gains STEAM
Associate Professor Beth Osnes, Department of Theatre & Dance
Assistant Professor Carl Simpson, CU Museum of Natural History and Department of Geological Sciences
Senior Educator Jim Hakala, CU Museum of Natural History
Doctoral Candidate Patrick Chandler, Department of Environmental Studies

CU Japanese and Japanese American Community History Project
Assistant Professor Megan K. Friedel, Assistant Professor Adam Lisbon, Archivist David Hays, Communications Program Manager Michael Riberdy and Digital Imaging Technologist Adrienne Wagner, University Libraries

Engineering and Science Inquiry Projects in Rural Schools
Senior Professional Research Associate Daniel Knight and Professor Michael Hannigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean Joseph Polman, School of Education

Indigenous Connections at Rocky Mountain National Park
Professor Patricia Limerick and Research Associate Brooke Neely, Center of the American West
Associate Professor Clint Carroll and Assistant Professor Angelica Lawson, Department of Ethnic Studies and Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies
Professor Andrew Cowell, Linguistics and Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies

Partnership to Strengthen Systemwide Science Education
Professor Erin Marie Furtak, Assistant Professor Melissa Braaten and Doctoral Candidate Caitlin Fine, School of Education

Past, Present, Future: Exploring Boulder’s Natural Environment
Professor Katharine Suding, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Professor Suzanne Anderson and Associate Professor Noah Molotch, Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR
Education and Outreach Coordinator Alexandra Rose, Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Program
Professional Research Assistant Eric Parrish, INSTAAR
Associate Director Sabre Duren, Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Program, INSTAAR

Shakespeare and Violence Prevention in Schools
Senior Research Associate Beverly Kingston and Research Assistant Laurie Keith, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Associate Professor Kevin Rich and Associate Professor Tamara Meneghini, Department of Theatre & Dance
Outreach Director Amanda Giguere and Outreach Coordinator Heidi Schmidt, Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Out-of-Cycle Award

Sustainable development in Brazil’s forests: education and exchange
Assistant Professor Peter Newton, Environmental Studies Program
Associate Research Professor Colleen Scanlan Lyons, Environmental Studies Program
Distinguished Professor Bernard Amadei, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

AQIQ: Air Quality Inquiry Projects in Rural Schools
Program Assessment and Research Associate Daniel Knight and Associate Professor Michael Hannigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean Joseph Polman, School of Education

Building Post-Disaster Resilience: ICT-Enabled Mental Health Support Service
Professor Bernard Amadei, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Instructor Annie Bruns, ATLAS Institute

Communities Code: Engaging Underrepresented Youth in Creative Computing 
Associate Professor Eliana Colunga, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience 
Assistant Professor Ricarose Roque, College of Media, Communication and Information
Director Stacey Forsyth, CU Science Discovery

Community-Building Facilitated Dialogues with Boulder Manufactured Home Communities 
Senior Instructor and Program Director Karen Ramirez, CU Dialogues
Professor Michele S. Moses, School of Education
Community Partnerships Director Manuela Sifuentes, CU Engage
Research Associate Ashmi Desai and Assistant Director for Coordination and Outreach Pilar Prostko, CU Dialogues

Empowering Neighboring Communities to Mitigate I-70 Construction Impacts
Professor Shivakant Mishra, Department of Computer Science
Professor Shelly Miller, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Environmental Engineering Program

Expanding Multicultural Awareness in Colorado Classrooms
Distinguished Professor Emerita Marjorie McIntosh, Department of History
Senior Instructor Kent Willmann, School of Education
Associate Professor Arturo Aldama, Department of Ethnic Studies

Indigenous Connections at Rocky Mountain National Park
Professor Patricia Limerick and Research Associate Brooke Neely, Center of the American West
Assistant Professor Angelica Lawson, Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies
Assistant Professor Clint Carroll, Department of Ethnic Studies and Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies
Professor Andrew Cowell, Linguistics and Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies

Make 3D Books with Locals for Families Worldwide  
Assistant Professor Tom Yeh, Department of Computer Science 
Associate Professor Bridget Dalton, School of Education
Director Stacey Forsyth, CU Science Discovery

Partnership for Action-Oriented Climate Change Education
Associate Professor A. Susan Jurow, School of Education 
Director of Education and Outreach Anne Gold, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Instructor Jeffrey Writer, School of Education and Environmental Engineering Program
Associate Professor Erin Furtak, School of Education

A Pilot Colorado-Brazil Program on Sustainable Development Education
Professor Bernard Amadei, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Dean S. James Anaya, Colorado Law
Assistant Professor Peter Newton, Environmental Studies Program

Reconnecting the Public to Solar Physics through Magnetism
Director John Keller, Fiske Planetarium and Senior Instructor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences (APS) 
Assistant Professor Adam Kowalski, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences (APS) and National Solar Observatory (NSO)
Lecturer Wayne Seltzer, ATLAS Institute / College of Engineering and Applied Science
Education and Public Outreach Specialist Bryan Costanza, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)

Shakespeare and Violence Prevention in Schools 
Senior Research Associate Beverly Kingston and Research Assistant Laurie Keith, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence 
Assistant Professor Kevin Rich and Associate Professor Tamara Meneghini, Department of Theatre & Dance
Outreach Director Amanda Giguere and Outreach Coordinator Heidi Schmidt, Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Boulder Affordable Housing Research Initiative
Associate Professor Jennifer Fluri, Department of Geography
Instructor Abby Hickcox, Honors Program

Building Capacity for Youth Organizing Through Data Use
Professor Ben Kirshner and Research Associate Siomara Valladares, School of Education
Assistant Professor Ben Shapiro, Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society (ATLAS) and Department of Computer Science

Community Dialogues about “Opting Out” of State Assessments
Assistant Professor Terri S. Wilson, Professor Michele Moses, Instructor Karen Ramirez, School of Education

Communities Code: Engaging Underrepresented Youth in Creative Computing 
Associate Professor Eliana Colunga, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Assistant Professor Ricarose Roque, College of Media, Communication and Information
Director Stacey Forsyth, CU Science Discovery

Custom 3D Books for 50 Families Worldwide 
Assistant Professor Tom Yeh, Department of Computer Science
Associate Professor Bridget Dalton, School of Education
Director Stacey Forsyth, CU Science Discovery

Highlighting People of Color in Colorado Classrooms 
Instructor Kent Willmann, School of Education
Distinguished Professor Emerita Marjorie McIntosh, Department of History
Associate Professor Arturo Aldama, Department of Ethnic Studies
Professor Marcia Yonemoto, Department of History

Learning and Teaching Computer Science at EPIC 
Associate Professor A. Susan Jurow, School of Education
Assistant Professor Ben Shapiro, Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society
(ATLAS) and Department of Computer Science

Shakespeare and Violence Prevention: Using Theatre to Improve School Climate 
Senior Research Associate Beverly Kingston and Research Assistant Laurie Keith,
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Assistant Professor Kevin Rich and Associate Professor Tamara Meneghini,
Department of Theatre & Dance
Outreach Director Amanda Giguere and Managing Director Wendy Franz,
Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Tier 2 (formerly Community Impact Grants)

Building Rural Community Capacity Through Outdoor Recreation and Main Street Development
Natalie Ooi, Teaching Associate Professor
Masters of the Environment Program

Partnership for Climate Resilient Mobile Home Park Communities
Skye Niles, Postdoctoral Researcher
Western Water Assessment

Redesigning Care: Collaborative Problem Solving for Nursing
Don Grant, Professor
Sociology

Connecting Colorado: a Sonic Arts Exchange
Ondine Geary, Managing Director
B2 Center for Media, Arts & Performance

Empowering Colorado Communities through ASL and Deaf Culture 
Mindy Elizabeth, Language Classes Program Coordinator
Anderson Language and Technology Center (ALTEC)

Choice with Equity: Exploring Open Enrollment in BVSD 
Terri Wilson, Associate Professor
School of Education

Science Community Outreach Program and Education (S.C.O.P.E.)
Briana Aboulache, PhD Candidate
Biochemistry Department

Buscanda la luz: Co-Designing Learning Workshops with Children
Adria Padilla-Chavez, PhD Candidate
School of Education

Engaging NVHS Students in Research, Expanding Biliteracy Pathways
Deborah Palmer, Professor
School of Education

Hands-On Astronomy Activities for Community Engagement
Jessica Hoehn, Research Associate
JILA

Establishing a Rural Microbit Learning Community
Timothy Ogino, Manager of School and Teacher Programs
Science Discovery

Community-Based Exploration of Industrial Air Pollution Impacts
Caroline Frischmon, Graduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Demystifying Entrepreneurship Rural Colorado Workshop Series, Expansion
Erick Mueller, Executive Director & Adjunct Professor
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship

Our Music Theory: A K-12 Theory/Musicianship Curriculum
Joy Yamaguchi, PhD Candidate
College of Music

Natives Vote: Increasing Voter Enfranchisement in Indian Country ($5,000)
Christina Stanton, Clinical Associate Professor, Director American Indian Law Clinic
School of Law

Investigating Shifts in Post-Fire Landscape Recovery ($5,000)
Jonathan Griffith, Education and Outreach Associate    
CIRES

Partnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community​ ($5,000)
Jessica Hoehn, Director of Public Engagement and Education Research, Research Associate
Center for STEM Learning

Science Community Outreach Program for Education (S.C.O.P.E.) ($,5000)
Chelsea Toner, Graduate Student
Biochemistry

Girls Inspire: Engineering Your Spring Break ($4,750)
Karen Ganss, Assistant Director
Engineering Partnership Program

Indigenous Connections at Rocky Mountain National Park ($3,560)
Brooke Neely, Research Associate    
Center for the American West

Theater Educational Outreach Tour ($5,000)
Kaitlin Nabors, PhD Candidate
Theater and Dance

Regional Equity Assessment in Boulder County ($3000)
Kyungsun Lee, Instructor/Lecturer
Department of Environmental Studies

Soundscapes Educator Blog ($3000)
Lydia Wagenknecht, Graduate Student
Musicology

Documenting oral literature and TEK in Dolpo, Nepal ($3000)
Phurwa Gurung, Graduate Student
Geography

Public Art Program: (un)learning about outer space ($3000)
Jeronimo Reyes Retana, Graduate Student
Department of Critical Media Practices

To support dance residency in Colorado Springs/Pueblo ($3000)
Helanius Wilkins, Tenure-Track Faculty
Theatre & Dance

Moral Reasoning for Middle School Students ($2200)
Dawn Jacob, University Staff
Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI); Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology (MCDB)

Exploring Education ($5000)
Kimberly Strong, Research Faculty
School of Education

Te lo cuento con canciones ($3000)
Brenda Aguirre Ortega, Graduate Student
School of Education

Strengthening Connections with Neuroscience ($4242)
Michael Baratta, Tenure-Track Faculty
Psychology and Neuroscience 

ATLAS STEAM workshop series for Lafayette Public Library
BTU Lab Manager Samantha Crowder and Living Matter Graduate Research Assistant Fiona Bell
ATLAS

Cal-Wood Restoration Crew: Building Community Resilience After Wildfire
Director Stacey Forsyth
CU Science Discovery

Community College Student Research at CU Boulder
Director Julie Graf
Biological Sciences Initiative, MCD Biology

Drifting North Inflatable MiniDome Polar Planetarium Experience
Communication Coordinator and Program Integrator, Professional Research Assistant Daniela Pennycook
CIRES

Driving Economic Growth in Colorado Native Reservations
Program Coordinator Madeleine Light
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship

Monitoring the Watershed After the Marshall Fire
Assistant Professor Julie Korak
Civil, Environmental Engineering​

Adolescents, Smartphones, and Social Media: Promoting Positive Relationships
Instructor Annie Margaret
ATLAS

Bringing Colorado's Chicano Movement to Classrooms
Director, Latino History Project Jason Romero
School of Education

Cal-Wood Restoration Crew
Director Stacey Forsyth
CU Science Discovery

Creating Partnerships with High School Gamers and Undergraduates
Assistant Professor Arturo Cortez    
School of Education

Exploring Science Through Art, Music and Dance
Postdoctoral Associate Emma Antonio
Chemical and Biological Engineering/Materials Science Program

Four Corners Environmental and Economic Justice Summer Internship
Program Director, Four Corners Environmental and Economic Justice, Instructor/Lecturer Julia Guarino
Colorado Law

Holistic Planetarium Virtual Field Trips with Rural Schools
Education Programs Manager Briana Ingermann
Fiske Planetarium, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences

Integrating Asian American Studies into Colorado K-12 Schools
Tenure-Track Faculty Noreen Rodriguez    
School of Education

LEAP: Learning in Partnership
Production, Outreach & Engagement Liaison Ondine Geary
Theatre & Dance

Listen, Create, Teach, Change: Racism and Wrongful Convictions
Clinical Law Professor Ann England
Colorado Law

Make CSR Training Accessible to Diverse Professionals
Interim Director, Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility Julie Waggoner
Leeds School of Business

Mobile Home Park Organizing Guidebook
Professor of Law Deborah Cantrell
Colorado Law

Pathway from High School to College: Summer Economics
Director of the Online Economics Program, Instructor Karen Gebhardt
Economics and the Division of Continuting Education

Reflections on the Future Art Exhibit and Event
Education and Outreach Coordinator for Niwot Ridge LTER Alexandra Rose
CU Science Discovery

School-based Community Garden in Fort Morgan, Colorado
Student Assistant, Graduate Student Britta Bergstrom    
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Science Community Outreach Program and Education (SCOPE)
PhD Candidate, Graduate Student Megan Mitchell    
Biochemistry

A Joint Outreach Model in the COVID Era
Director of Educational Outreach and Research, Research Associate Michael Bennett
Department of Physics, JILA

Establishing a Makerspace for Youth in Foster Care
PhD Student Brandon Grossman
School of Education

Multicultural Leadership Mentors Program
Director of Diversity Recruitment and Retention Krishna Pattisapu
School of Education

Participatory Antiracist Design with the Trident Community
Assistant Professor Shawhin Roudbari
Department of Environmental Design

SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance to Inform Decisions in Schools
Instructor Kari Sholtes
Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering

Supporting Underserved Teachers with Dome to Home
Education Programs Manager Briana Ingermann
Fiske Planetarium, Department of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences

Building Trust: Parent Engagement in Montbello
Graduate Student Ana Contreras
School of Education

Colorado Lullaby Project: Nurturing Social Connection Through Song
Community Engagement and Social Innovation Coordinator Katie Skayhan and Associate Professor Jeff Nytch
College of Music

Comics Writing and Workshops with White Earth Nation
Associate Professor Jennifer Shannon
Cultural Anthropology

Connecting Ancestral and Modern Pojoaque Communities
Graduate Student Zachary Cooper
Anthropology

Improving No Cost Grocery Programs Through Dialogue
Instructor Heide Bruckner
Geography

Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights: Education and Outreach Campaign
Fellow Danielle Lazore-Thompson and Professor Kristen Carpenter
Colorado Law

Participatory Media Needs Assessment of Boulder County Youth
Graduate Student Luz Ruiz
Media Studies

Translating Alaska WASH Research for Community Action
Graduate Student Kaitlin Mattos
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Animating Fossils through Performance in Jeffco Schools
Associate Professor Beth Osnes
Theatre

Citizen Science Capacity Building in Boulder Through GLOBE.gov
Curriculum Development & Project Coordinator Jennifer Taylor
CIRES Education & Outreach

Community Collaboration in Understanding Pueblo Agriculture
Graduate Student/Doctoral Research Assistant Kaitlyn Davis
Department of Anthropology

Critical Conversations Project (CCP)
Program Manager for Production, Outreach & Engagement Ondine Geary
Theatre & Dance

Demystifying Entrepreneurship Rural Colorado Workshop Series
Program Coordinator Sam Schanfarber
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship - Leeds School of Business

OASIS (Opportunities, Art, Science, Inspiration, and Sustainability)
Assistant Clinical Professor Marcel de Lange
Program in Environmental Design

Psychological Outreach and Research Initiative for Indigenous Communities
Assistant Director CU Upward Bound Héctor Ramírez
Office of Pre-Collegiate Outreach

A Just Energy and Climate Transition for Boulder
Assistant Professor David Ciplet
Environmental Studies

Analysis of Mentorship Plus Role Modeling Outreach Models
Graduate Part-time Instructor/Research Assistant Leighanna Hinojosa
School of Education

Creating a Cooperative Stewardship Zone in Boulder Canyon
Faculty Instructor Stacey Schulte
Program in Environmental Design

Conversations About Growing Up With Two Languages
Associate Professor Eliana Colunga
Psychology & Neuroscience

Harnessing Outreach Potential to Establish Long-term Citizen Science
Graduate Student Ashley Lorainne Whipple, Research Associate Chris Ray
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

High School Energy Education Partnership
Doctoral Candidate Kate Henson
School of Education

Latin Summer Enrichment Program 2018
Associate Professor Jacqueline Elliot
Classics

Lecture Series on the Nobel Prize in Literature
Professor of Russian Studies Mark Leiderman
Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Native American Mural Project
Assistant Director Hector Ramirez
ODECE, CU Boulder Upward Bound

STEM Summer Camp for Middle and High Schoolers
Assistant Professor Stephen Becker
Applied Mathematics

Wildfire Social Science Connection
Research Faculty Hannah Brenkert Smith
Institute of Behavioral Sciences (IBS)

Tier 3 (formerly CU Boulder Outreach Award: Individual)

College of Arts and Sciences

Astronomy and Physics Engagement with Boulder's Hispanic/Latinx Community
Marialis Rosario Franco, Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences

Brain Behavior Clinic and Boulder County Homelessness
Emily D. Richardson, Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Critical Conversations Project: Playback Theatre in Rural Colorado
James F. Walker, Teaching Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Enrichment Programs

Grand Gathering of the Chocolate Circle
Nii Armah Sowah, Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Theatre & Dance

LEAP: Learning in Partnership
Michelle Ellsworth, Distinguished Professor
Department of Theatre & Dance

Literacy Practicum
Kira Hall, Distinguished Professor
Department of Linguistics

Teaching Elementary School Natural Sciences through Asian Picture Books​
Lynn Kalinauskas, Director
Center for Asian Studies

School of Education

CU Children’s Book Festival 2023
Adam Crawley, Assistant Teaching Professor
Program in Literacy Studies

Mentor Advisory Boards: Bridging the Gaps in our Teacher Licensure Programs
Karla Scornavacco, Director
Field Experiences

Cuba Independent School District and CU Boulder Summer Research Institute
Vandna Sinha, Associate Research Professor
Program in Learning Sciences & Human Development

Graduate School

Colombian Displaced Communities: Planning and Urban Design Seminar
Jota Samper, Assistant Professor
Program in Environmental Design

Community-Led Design of Resilient Infrastructures
Valeria Henao Cano, Teaching Assistant Professor
Program in Environmental Design

College of Engineering

Crossing the Divide – Dialogue and Mentorship on Upper Colorado River Basin Water Issues
Joel Sholtes, Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Colorado Law

Constitutional Literacy in Colorado High Schools
Suzette Malveaux, Professor
Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law

The Acequia Assistance Project​
Gregor MacGregor, Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law

College of Music

Middle School Ensembles Program
David Rickels, Associate Professor
Department of Music Education

College of Arts and Sciences

Attention, Behavior, and Learning Clinic: Affordable Childhood Evaluations
Nomita Chhabildas, Research Associate
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Brain Behavior Clinic and Boulder County Homelessness
Emily D. Richardson, Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

CU Contemporary Dance Works Residency Tour
Helanius Wilkins, Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre & Dance

Critical Conversations Project: Playback Theatre in Rural Colorado
James F. Walker, Norlin Scholar
Department of Theatre & Dance

School of Education

Rural Colorado Science Teacher Leadership and Learning Collective
Melissa Braaten, Assistant Professor
Program in STEM Education

2022 CU Children’s Book Festival 
Bridget Dalton, Associate Professor
Program in Literacy Studies

Co-Creating Teaching Tools for Inclusivity in Rural Colorado Schools
Emily Gleason, Faculty Director
Program in Literacy Studies

Co-Designing Responsive Literacy Pedagogy with Rural Elementary Teachers
Elizabeth Dutro, Interim Associate Dean of Faculty
Program in Literacy Studies

Literacy Practicum
Kira Hall, Professor
Department of Linguistics

Putting Policy into Practice: Collaborating with Educators toward Implementation​
Bethany Leonardi, Principal Investigator
A Queer Endeavor

Graduate School

Colombian Displaced Communities: Planning and Urban Design Seminar
Jota Samper
Program in Environmental Design

College of Engineering

Learning Healthy Relationships with Smartphones and Social Media
Annie Margaret, Teaching Assistant Professor
Technology, Arts and Media (TAM) Program

A Teacher-Scientist-Artist Network to Support Elementary Science Education​
Emma Antonio
Materials Science and Engineering

Colorado Law

Constitutional Literacy in Colorado High Schools
Suzette Malveaux
Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law

College of Music

Middle School Ensembles Program
David Rickels, Associate Professor of Music Education
Department of Music Education

Research Institutes

Girls at the Museum Exploring Science (GAMES)
Jingchun Li
EBIO & CU Museum

College of Arts and Sciences

Attention, Behavior, and Learning Clinic: Affordable Childhood Evaluations
Nomita Chhabildas, Research Associate
Erik Willcutt, Professor
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Brain Behavior Clinic and Boulder County Homelessness
Emily D. Richardson, Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

CU Contemporary Dance Works Residency Tour
Helanius Wilkins, Assistant Professor
Ondine Geary, Production, Outreach & Engagement Liaison
Department of Theatre & Dance

Literacy Practicum
Kira Hall, Professor, Department of Linguistics 
Raichle Farrelly, Senior Instructor, Department of Linguistics, Program Director, TESOL

School of Education

2021 CU Children’s Book Festival
Bridget Dalton, Associate Professor, Program in Literacy Studies 
Jacalyn Colt, Chair, Development Advisory Board
 
Aquetza: Youth Education, Leadership, and Community Empowerment Program
Enrique Lopez, Associate Professor Program in STEM Education
CU Engage

Public Achievement: Building Equity with First-Generation Immigrant Youth
Roudy Hildreth, Instructor, Executive Director
Soraya Latiff, Assistant Director
Charla Agnoletti, Program Director
CU Engage, Public Achievement

Graduate School

Colombia Infrastructure: Upgrading for Displaced Communities
Jota Samper, Assistant Professor
Program in Environmental Design

Colorado Law

Constitutional Literacy in Colorado High Schools
Suzette Malveaux, Provost Professor, Director, Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law 
Colene Robinson, Clinical Professor, Co-director, Juvenile and Family Law Program 
Matthew Cushing, Director, Executive and Community Learning Programs 
Jennifer Sullivan, Senior Assistant Dean, Program Development

The Acequia Project: Helping San Luis Valley Farmers
Sarah Krakoff, Moses Lasky Professor

College of Music

Colorado Lullaby Project: Nurturing Social Connection Through Song
Jeffrey Nytch, Associate Professor, Director
Entrepreneurship Center for Music

Emerging Composer Project (ECP) for area High Schools
Carter Pann, Associate Professor
Department of Music Composition

Research Institutes

Craniate: Superpowered Learning for Underserved Students
Shaz Zamore, Instructor
ATLAS Institute

Expanding Representation and Access: Colorado Archaeology in Classrooms       
Samantha Fladd, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Curator, CU Museum of Natural History 
William Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, CU Museum of Natural History 
James Hakala, Senior Educator, CU Museum of Natural History 
Patrick Cruz, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
 
Researcher-Practitioner Collaborations for Rural Community Wildfire Risk Reduction
Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Associate Research Professor
Institute of Behavioral Science

Supporting Tribal Language Initiatives, Sovereignty with Visual Learning
Jennifer Shannon, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Curator, CU Museum of Natural History

College of Arts and Sciences

Attention, Behavior, and Learning Clinic: Affordable Childhood Evaluations
Research Associate Nomita Chhabildas and Professor Erik Willcutt
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Brain Behavior Clinic and Boulder County Homelessness
Associate Clinical Professor Emily Richardson
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Colorado Classics Day 2020
Professor Dimitri Nakassis and Assistant Professor Zachary Herz
Department of Classics

Literacy Practicum
Professor Kira Hall
Department of Linguistics

CU Contemporary Dance Works Residency Tour
Assistant Professor Helanius Wilkins and Production
Outreach & Engagement Liaison Ondine Geary
Department of Theatre & Dance

School of Education

2020 Children’s Book Festival
Associate Professor Bridget Dalton
Literacy Studies

Family Inquiry on Elementary Reading and Digital Literacy
Assistant Professor Silvia Noguerón-Liu

Public Impact Project on Af fordable and Quality Housing
Executive Director Roudy Hildreth and Faculty Co-Director Siomara Valladaries, CU Engage
Graduate Research Assistant Beatriz Salazar

Special Educator Roles in Multi-Tiered System of Supports
Research Associate Professor John Hoover

Graduate School

Colombian Displaced Communities: Planning and Urban Design Seminar
Assistant Professor Jota Samper
Program in Environmental Design

Colorado Law

The Acequia Project: Helping San Luis Valley Farmers
Professor Sarah Krakoff
Deputy Director Shaun LaBarre, Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment

Constitutional Literacy in Colorado High Schools
Professor Suzette Malveaux, Adjunct Professor Matthew Cushing
Clinical Professor Colene Robinson and Senior Assistant Dean Jennifer Sullivan

Criminal Clinic/City of Boulder ID Project
Clinical Professor Ann England

Expanding Representation for Colorado’s Workers
Associate Clinical Professor Zachary Mountin

Implementing Indigenous People’s Rights through the UN Declaration
Professor Kristen Carpenter

Supporting Native Voting Rights during a Global Pandemic
Clinical Professor Carla Fredericks

College of Music

Middle School Ensembles Program
Associate Professor David Rickels

Research Institutes

Girls at the Museum Exploring Science (GAMES)
Assistant Professor Jingchun Li, CU Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Science Education Coordinator Gianna Sullivan, CU Museum of Natural History

College of Arts and Sciences

Attention, Behavior, and Learning Clinic: Affordable Childhood Evaluations
Research Associate Nomita Chhabildas and Professor Erik Willcutt
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Brain Behavior Clinic and Boulder County Homelessness
Associate Clinical Professor Emily Richardson
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Colorado Classics Day 2019
Associate Professor Jackie Elliott
Department of Classics

Co-Designing an Early Education Program for Children Birth to Three
Associate Professor Eliana Colunga
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Critical Conversations Project: Playback Theatre in Rural Colorado
Senior Instructor James Walker, Norlin Scholars Program
Production, Outreach & Engagement Liaison Ondine Geary, Department of Theatre & Dance

CU Contemporary Dance Works Residency Tour
Assistant Professor Helanius Wilkins and Production, Outreach & Engagement Liaison Ondine Geary, Department of Theatre & Dance

Empowering Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents with Complex Communication Needs
Clinic Faculty Member Sherri Tennant and Assistant Professor Christine Brennan
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Intervention for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children with Developmental Disorders
Associate Professor Pui Fong Kan and Clinical Assistant Professor Amy Thrasher
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Literacy Practicum
Professor Kira Hall
Department of Linguistics

RDS Center: Reaching Out to People with Bipolar Research
Senior Associate Alisha Brosse and Adjunct Professor David Miklowitz
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Leeds School of Business

Demystifying Entrepreneurship Rural Colorado Workshop Series
Executive Director Erick Mueller, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship

School of Education

Improving Educational Outcomes for Low-Income, Latino English Learners
Professor Mileidis Gort, Research Associate Vanessa Santiago Schwarz and Research Associate Laura Hamman-Ortiz

Rethinking Family Engagement at Adams 14 School District
Professor Kathy Escamilla and Doctoral Candidate María de los Ángeles Osorio Cooper

Teaching and Learning to Queer the Curriculum
Research Associate Sara Staley and Research Associate Bethy Leonardi

College of Engineering and Applied Science

Oil and Gas Contamination of Jackson County Waters
Professor Joseph Ryan, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

Graduate School

Colombian Displaced Communities: Planning and Urban Design Seminar
Assistant Professor Jota Samper
Program in Environmental Design

School of Law

The Acequia Project: Helping San Luis Valley Farmers
Professor Sarah Krakoff

Constitutional Literacy in Colorado High Schools
Professor Suzette Malveaux, Adjunct Professor Matthew Cushing, Clinical Professor Colene Robinson and Senior Assistant Dean Jennifer Sullivan

College of Music

As One: Authenticity, Compassion and a Transgender Story
Associate Professor Charles Wetherbee

Middle School Ensembles Program
Associate Professor David Rickels, Associate Professor Leila Heil and Professor Margaret Berg

Piano for Dreamers
Professor Alejandro Cremaschi

Research Institutes

CU Restoration Ecology Experiential Learning Program
Professor Emeritus Timothy Seastedt, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)

Fire Adapted Bailey: Launching an Evidence-Based Approach
Assistant Research Professor Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Institute of Behavioral Science

Girls at the Museum Exploring Science (GAMES)
Assistant Professor Jingchun Li, CU Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Education Coordinator Cathy Regan, CU Museum of Natural History

College of Arts and Sciences

Attention, Behavior, and Learning Clinic: Affordable Childhood Evaluations 
Professor Erik Willcutt and Research Associate Nomita Chhabildas 
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Brain Behavior Clinic and Boulder County Homelessness
Associate Clinical Professor Emily Richardson 
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

CU Contemporary Dance Works Residency Tour 
Professor Nada Diachenko, Professor Michelle Ellsworth, Assistant Professor Helanius Wilkins, Community Engagement Coordinator Peg Posnick 
Department of Theatre & Dance

Co-Designing an Early Education Program for Children Birth to Three 
Associate Professor Eliana Colunga
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

CU-STARs: CU Science, Technology and Astronomy Recruits 
Associate Professor Erica Ellingson
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

Educating Prisoners in an Era of Mass Incarceration
Professor Joanne Belknap
Department of Ethnic Studies

Empowering Families Through Museum Exhibits on Child Development 
Professor Yuko Munakata 
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Literacy Practicum
Associate Professor Kira Hall
Department of Linguistics

RDS Center: Reaching Out to People with Bipolar Research
Associate Alisha Brosse and Adjunct Professor David Miklowitz 
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children with Communication Disorders
Associate Professor Pui Fong Kan and Clinical Assistant Professor Amy Thrasher
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Leeds School of Business

CU Boulder Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Senior Instructor and Teaching Professor Susan Morley

Graduate School

Collaborative Community Resilience for Heat Mitigation Through Trees
Research Associate Alana Wilson, Lecturer Mehdi Heris
Program in Environmental Design

Colombian Displaced Communities: Planning and Urban Design Seminar
Assistant Professor Jota Samper
Program in Environmental Design

School of Law

The Acequia Project: Helping San Luis Valley Farmers
Professor Sarah Krakoff

Constitutional Literacy in Colorado High Schools 
Professor Melissa Hart

The Korey Wise Innocence Project
Professor Ann England
Director Kristy Martinez, Korey Wise Innocence Project

College of Music

Middle School Ensembles Program
Assistant Professor David Rickels, Assistant Professor Leila Heil and Associate Professor Margaret Berg

Piano for Dreamers 
Professor Alejandro Cremaschi

Research Institutes

Building Science Communication Skills Through Improvisational Theater
Research Associate Megan Littrell-Baez and Director Anne Gold
CIRES Education and Outreach

Girls at the Museum Exploring Science (GAMES) 
Assistant Professor Jingchun Li, CU Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Education Coordinator Cathy Regan, CU Museum of Natural History

Interpretive Nature Trails at the Mountain Research Station
Professor William Bowman, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) Mountain Research Station 
Education and Outreach Coordinator Alex Rose, INSTAAR and CU Science Discovery
Station Manager Kris Hess, INSTAAR Mountain Research Station

Restoration Ecology: A Youth and Inclusiveness Outreach Activity
Professor Tim Seastedt
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)

College of Arts and Sciences

Attention, Behavior, and Learning Clinic: Affordable Childhood Evaluations
Associate Professor Erik Willcutt and Research Associate Nomita Chhabildas
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Brain Behavior Clinic and Boulder County Homelessness 
Associate Clinical Professor Emily Richardson
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Bringing Better Geology to Death Valley National Park
Professor Karl Mueller
Department of Geological Sciences

Colorado Classics Day 2017
Associate Professor Jackie Elliott
Department of Classics

Computation-Based Education Curricula for PISEC 
Professor Noah Finkelstein, Department of Physics
Director Michael Bennett, Educational Outreach and Research,
JILA (Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics)

CU Contemporary Dance Works Residency Tour 
Professor Nada Diachenko, Professor Michelle Ellsworth,
Assistant Professor Donna Mejia, Assistant Professor Gesel Mason,
Dance Outreach Coordinator Peg Posnick Department of Theatre & Dance

The CU/Pojoaque Youth Culture Camp
Assistant Professor Scott Ortman
Department of Anthropology

CU-STARs: CU Science, Technology and Astronomy Recruits 
Associate Professor Erica Ellingson
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

CU Boulder Theatre Tour
Assistant Professor Kevin Rich and Dance Outreach Coordinator Peg Posnick
Department of Theatre & Dance

Dance Outreach 
Senior Instructor Nii Armah Sowah, Assistant Professor Gesel Mason,
Assistant Professor Donna Mejia, Assistant Professor Helanius Wilkins and
Dance Outreach Coordinator Peg Posnick,
Department of Theatre & Dance

Educating Inmates in an Era of Mass Incarceration 
Professor Joanne Belknap Department of Ethnic Studies

Empowering Families Through Museum Exhibits on Child Development
Professor Yuko Munakata
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Literacy Practicum 
Associate Professor Kira Hall
Department of Linguistics

Philosophy Outreach Program of Colorado (POPCO)
Senior Instructor Daniel Sturgis and Professor David Boonin
Department of Philosophy

RDS Center: Reaching Out to People with Bipolar Research 
Senior Research Associate Alisha Brosse and Adjunct Professor David Miklowitz
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Walking in Another’s Shoes: Archaeology and Ancient Sandals 
Professor Elspeth Dusinberre and Instructor Erin Baxter,
Department of Classics

School of Education

Aquetza: Youth Education, Leadership and Community Empowerment
Program Assistant Professor Enrique Lopez

Building LGBTQ Inclusive Capacity Through University-District Partnership 
Research Associate Sara Staley and Research Associate Bethy Leonardi

College Readiness: Supporting Diverse High School Students in Boulder 
Assistant Professor Terrenda White

Community–Building Dialogues with Mobile Home Park Residents
Instructor and Director Karen Ramirez, CU Dialogues
Director Manuela Sifuentes, Community Partnerships, CU Engage

Cultivating Campus and Community Leaders Through Public Achievement 
Associate Director Roudy Hildreth, CU Engage
Director Charla Agnoletti, Public Achievement

Families and Educators Together: A Partnership with Boulder Valley School District 
Research Associate Kristen Davidson

Starting a Worker-Owned Cooperative on Black Mesa
Professor Ben Kirshner, CU Engage
Program Director Sabrina Sideris, INVST Community Studies

Supporting Aurora’s Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Research Associate Simoara Valladeres

College of Engineering

Expanding STEAM Kits for Children in Hospital Settings 
Research Associate Daniel Knight and Associate Professor Michael Hannigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Director Daria Kotys-Schwartz, Idea Forge Summer STEM Programs Director Brian Jernigan, CU Science Discovery

Graduate School

Colombian Displaced Communities: Planning and Urban Design Seminar
Assistant Professor Jota Samper Program in Environmental Design

Metrolab CU–City Design Workshop: Hill and Broadway Corridor
Associate Professor Brian Muller, Assistant Professor Shawhin Roudbari and
Assistant Professor Jota Samper, Program in Environmental Design
Associate Professor Joel Hartter, Environmental Studies Program
Associate Professor Beth Osnes, Department of Theatre & Dance
Program Director Mara Mintzer, Growing Up Boulder

School of Law

Constitutional Literacy in Colorado High Schools
Associate Professor Melissa Hart

College of Music

Piano for Dreamers
Associate Professor Alejandro Cremaschi

Middle School Ensembles as a Community Partnership 
Assistant Professor David Rickels, Assistant Professor Leila Heil and Associate
Professor Margaret Berg

Research Institutes

Sustaining the Success Colorado Archaeology in the Classroom Project 
Professor Stephen Lekson, CU Museum of Natural History and Department of Anthropology
Professor Cathy Cameron, Department of Anthropology
Senior Educator Jim S. Hakala, CU Museum of Natural History

Girls at the Museum Exploring Science (GAMES) 
Assistant Professor Jingchun Li, CU Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Education Coordinator Cathy Regan, CU Museum of Natural History

Tier 1 (formerly Micro Grants)

Assembling Electric Car from Electronic Waste
Maria Theresa Villatoro, Master's Student
The ATLAS Institute

Bridging Gaps for New Educators in Diverse Contexts
Deena Gumina, Assistant Teaching Professor
Program in Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy

Civic Engagement Fair
Kaysie Larson, Undergraduate Program Assistant
Department of Political Science

Establishing Relationships for Collaborative Research in Northern New Mexico​
Meg Hardie, Student
Department of Anthropology

Girasol
Jacqueline Manzo, PhD Student
Department of Ethnic Studies

Partnership for Connecting Bilingual Literacy with Creative Projects
Emily Johns-O-Leary, PhD Student
Program in Literacy Studies

Science Discovery
Alex Rose, Science Communication and Outreach Specialist
CU Science Discovery

Leading with Compassion & Dignity
Ashley Potvin, Other
Renée Crown Wellness Institute

Reparative Description in Collections: Engaging Community Stakeholders
Lauren Collins, University Staff
Center for Asian Studies

Public Art Program: For a Shared (Outer)Space
Jeronimo Reyes-Retana, PhD Candidate
Critical Media Practices

Marshall Fire Project Cont.
Jon Griffith, University Staff
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

Culturally Responsive Practices for Interpretation in the SLHC ($1,300)
Alison Lemke    
Speech, Language & Hearing Services

Movimiento Latinx XXI Dance Workshop ($2,000)
Jesus Munoz, Graduate Student
Theater and Dance

Establishing a Rural-Based 3D Printer Lending Library ($2000)
Scott Sieke, University Staff
CU Science Discovery

Astronomy Outreach Collaborations with Mesa Verde National Park ($2000)
Erica Ellingson, Other
Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

Shakespeare and Violence Prevention Research Share in the UK ($1000)
Amanda Giguere, University Staff
Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare and Violence Prevention Research Share in the UK ($1000)
Heidi Schmidt, University Staff
Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Co-designing Responsive Literacy Instruction with Rural Elementary Teachers ($2000)
Elizabeth Dutro, Tenure-Track Faculty
School of Education

Co-design Workshop for Interactive Murals in Trinidad, CO​
PhD Candidate, Graduate Student Kimberley Bianca Warren
Critical Media Practices

Piloting STEM Kits for Rural and Mountainous Communities
Manager of School and Teacher Programs Tim Ogino
CU Science Discovery

Robotics Summer Camp for Middle School Students
Graduate Student Nataliya Nechyporenko and Post Doc Shiran Dudy
Computer Science and Institute of Cognitive Science

STEM Enrichment – Supporting Budding Scientists of Colorado
Assistant Professor Karen Bailey
Sustainability Innovation Lab and Environmental Studies

STEM Summer Camp for Middle and High Schoolers
Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics Stephen Becker
Applied Mathematics

The Soul of the Oja
Graduate Student Chiamaka Odinenu 
Media Studies

Balloon Flight Lab - High School Outreach    
Instructional Laboratory and Fabrication Coordinator, Instructor Matt Rhode    
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Bringing Healing Home: A Workbook for Sexual Trauma    
Undergraduate Student Francesca Torsiello    
INVST

Bringing Molecular Biology to High School Classrooms
Instructor Kristin Moore
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Building a Literary Learning Ecology with Adjudicated Youth    
Graduate Student Daniel Moore    
School of Education

Celebrating the Indigenous Americas Week    
Director, Latin American Studies Center, Associate Professor Leila Gomez
Latin American Studies Center

Climate Change Learning Gathering: Justice, Emotion, and Action    
Professor Emeritus Dan Liston    
School of Education

Co-designing Responsive Literacy Pedagogy with Rural Elementary Teachers
Tenure-Track Faculty Elizabeth Dutro
Literacy Studies, School of Education

CU Horn Choir Western Slope Tour (9/26-28)
Associate Professor of Horn Michael Thornton
College of Music

Ecological Networks & Ecosystem Services: Online Active-Learning Games 
Doctoral Candidate Aislyn Keyes    
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Facilitating Co-production and Indigenous Community Engagement
Research Associate Keith Musselman
INSTAAR

Framework for Long-Term Community Risk/Resilience to Climate Variability    
Research Faculty Atreyee Bhattacharya    
Center for Asian Studies (CAS) The Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE), CIRES

Identifying New Outreach Pathways with the Brain
Tenure-Track Faculty Michael Baratta
Psychology and Neuroscience

Multiculturalism at the Observatory 
Doctoral Candidate Rachel Bowyer    
Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

STEM Summer Camp for Middle and High Schoolers
Assistant Professor Stephen Becker    
Applied Mathematics

Business Economic Outlook Forum Publication Support
Associate Dean and Senior Economist Richard Wobbekind
Leeds School of Business

COVID Community Economic Presentations
Executive Director Brian Lewandowski
Business Research Division

Ecological Networks & Ecosystem Services: Online Active-Learning Games
PhD Student Aislyn Keyes
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Impact of COVID in China and the U.S.
Senior Staff Associate Lynn Kalinauskas
Center for Asian Studies, Program for Teaching East Asia

Museum in a Box
Education Coordinator Cathy Regan
CU Museum of Natural History

Our Wishes | Nuestros Deseos
MFA student Alejandra Abad
Department of Art and Art History

Supporting Virtual Early-Career Researcher Talks
Education Programs Manager Briana Ingermann
Fiske Planetarium, Department of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences

Affordable Housing in Boulder: Barriers, Solutions, and Successes
Associate Director and Instructor Abby Hickcox
Arts & Sciences Honors Program

Bringing Lafayette’s Swimming Pool Story to the Community
Distinguished Professor of History Emerita; coordinator, Latino History Project Marjorie McIntosh
History

Building Community Partnerships for Equitable Co-Design in Science
Graduate Student Caitlin Fine
School of Education

Computational Physical Play Workshop
Graduate Student Junnan Yu
Department of Information Science

Engineering Identity Development in Rural High School Students
Graduate Student Leighanna Hinojosa
School of Education

Gathering/Sharing Resources about Latinos on the Western Slope
Director of Latino History Project Jason Romero
School of Education

Los Seis de Boulder at 28th and Canyon
Graduate Student Jasmine Baetz
Art and Art History

Nested Roots: A Science/Art Exhibition in Carbondale, CO
Associate Director Jorge Perez-Gallego
Nature, Environment, Science, and Technology Studio for the Arts

Shakespeare Theatre Association Conference
Director of Outreach Amanda Giguere
Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Statewide Educator Institute for LGBTQ Inclusive Practices
Assistant Research Professor Bethy Leonardi
School of Education

Student and Stakeholder Strategic Planning for Sustainable Communities
Professor Sharon Collinge
Environmental Studies Program

Supporting Early Career Researcher Talks at Fiske Planetarium
Education Programs Manager Briana Ingermann
Fiske Planetarium (Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences)

Teaching Ethnography for Social Engagement Pedagogy Workshop
Assistant Professor Kathryn Goldfarb
Anthropology

Consultation With the Pawnee and Arikara Tribes
Professor Douglas Bamforth
Anthropology

CU sponsorship of a youth leadership restoration project
Professor Timothy Seastedt
Institute of Arctic and Apline Research (INSTAAR)

Demystifying Entrepreneurship & Startup to Scaleup Development Workshops
Executive Director Erick Mueller
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship - Leeds School of Business 

Dialogue for Enhanced Disaster Relocation Recovery
Doctoral candidate Shaye Palagi
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

Engaging educators in Boulder Computer Science Education Week
Graduate Student Celeste Moreno
Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society (ATLAS)

Evaluation of Creative Districts in Rural Colorado
Graduate Student Jennifer Shelby
Environmental Studies, Environmental Design

Immigrant Moms' Activism for Community Participation
Graduate student Maria de los Angeles Osorio Cooper
Education

Impacts of Oil and Gas for Colorado Residents
Professor Joseph Ryan
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering | Environmental Engineering Program

Institute on LGBTQ-Inclusive Educational Practices
Research Associate Bethy Leonardi
School of Education

LISA 2020: Building Developing Countries' Statistical Analysis Capacity
Associate Professor and Director Eric Vance
Applied Mathematics

Marking Space for Los Seis de Boulder
Graduate Student Jasmine Baetz
Art and Art History

NAGPRA Comics panel at San Diego Comic Con
Associate Professor Jennifer Shannon
Anthropology

Orientation to Early Childhood Music Instruction
Associate Professor Martina Miranda
Music

Presenting GUB's work at EDRA Conference
Program Director Mara Mintzer
Environmental Design, The Community Engagement Design and Research Center (CEDaR)

Secondary and College Students Exploring Colorado’s Geology Together
Senior Instructor Lon Abbott & Instructor Jennifer Stempien
Geology

Service Learning for English Language Learners
Instructor Barbara Flocke
International English Center, Continuing Education

Shakespearean Haunted House with Boulder High School
Assistant Professor Kevin Rich
Theatre and Dance

Workshopping Ways of Encountering Self / Encountering Others
Graduate Student Jashodhara Sen
Theatre and Dance

Collaborative Artist-Scholar Residency at Chatauqua with Public Presentation
Professor/Chair, Department of Religious Studies David Shneer
History, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies

Colorado River Water Delegation to Mexico
Energy and Climate Justice Manager Michelle Gabrieloff
Environmental Center

Colorado Shared Ownership Summit Travel Support
Assistant Professor Nathan Schneider
Media Studies

Distribute Colorado Business Economic Outlook Books
Associate Director Brian Lewandowski
Business Research Division

Evaluation and Understanding of Creative Districts in Colorado
Graduate Research Assistant Jennifer Shelby
Environmental Design

German Language Immersion Day 2018
Instructor/Coordinator of Undergraduate German Language Instruction Ursula Jany
Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Laissez Les Bons Temp Rouler
Assistant Professor Helanius Wilkins
Theatre & Dance

Off-grid Renewable Energy in Rural Bolivia
Undergraduate Research Assistant Janelle Isenhart, Biology and Chemical Engineering, Faculty Advisor Alan Mickelson, Electrical Engineering

Presenting Community-based Air Quality Research
Graduate Research Assistant Ashley Collier-Oxandale, Faculty Advisor Michael Hannigan
Environmental Engineering

Rethinking Digital Pedagogy with Community Partners: An Unconference
Graduate Research Assistant Tarren Andrews, English, Faculty Advisor Laurie Gries, Department of Communication

State-wide Educator Institute for LGBTQ Inclusive Practices
Research Associate Bethy Leonardi
A Queer Endeavor, School of Education

Teachers of Color and Allies Summit
Associate Professor Victoria Hand
School of Education

The Korey Wise Innocence Project at CU Law
Professor Kristy Martinez
Colorado Law

Young Women's Vocal Empowerment Program - Egypt
Graduate Research Assistant Sarah Fahmy, Faculty Advisor Beth Osnes
Theatre & Dance