Awards & Recognition

The Strategic Relations and Communications team is recognized for its work telling university stories, engaging campus audiences and advancing university priorities through integrated marketing and communications. Learn about our awards for media relations, editorial content, internal communications, integrated campaigns and more.

2026

Gold Pick Award, Integrated Communications

Value of Research Campaign

Team award in the integrated communications category

Gold Pick Award, Integrated Communications

2026 State of the Campus Campaign

Team award in the integrated communications category, led by Kellen Wilson

Silver Pick Award, Internal Communications

CU Boulder Wi-Fi Improvement Project

Team award in the integrated communications category, led by Greg Stauffer

Silver Pick Award, Best In-House Team
Gold Pick Award, Feature Story
Gold Pick Award, Feature Story
Gold Pick Award, Media Relations

2025

SWARM Writing Award, Institutional Science Communication
Silver Pick Award, Feature Story

2024

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Award

Prime Attention research campaign – Videos on a shoestring (promotional) category

Gold Pick Award, Social Media—Single Channel Use

CUin60, a weekly 60-second series on @cuboulder
Instagram Story

Gold Pick Award, Feature Story
Silver Pick Award, Events and Observances

ScienceWriters 2023, co-hosted by CU Anschutz

Silver Pick Award, Media Relations

2023

Gold Hermes Creative Award, Video
Gold Pick Award, Newsletters

CU Boulder Today digital newsletter

Gold Pick Award, Media Relations
Gold Pick Award, Media Relations
Gold Pick Award, Feature Stories
Silver Pick Award, Data Analytics

CU Boulder Today digital newsletter

Silver Pick Award, Internal Communications

Get out the Vote campaign

Silver Pick Award, Community Relations

2022

Silver Pick Award, Media Relations
Silver Pick Award, Media Relations
Silver Pick Award, Media Relations
Excellence Award Honorable Mention, Short-form

2021

Silver Pick Award, Media Relations

2020

Gold Pick Award, Editorials/Op-Ed Columns
Gold Pick Award, Integrated Communications
Gold Pick Award, Media Relations
Silver Pick Award, Media Relations
Excellence Award, Short-form

2019

Gold Pick Award, Media Relations
Gold Pick Award, Media Relations
Gold Pick Award, Media Relations
Gold Pick Award, Feature Writing
Gold Pick Award, Crisis Communications
Silver Pick Award, Feature Writing
Top Pick, Best Shortform Science Writing
Honorable Mention, Best Shortform Science Writing