New Buffs Edition - Jan. 19, 2022

CU Boulder Life

Transfer students: 5 easy ways to become a Buff

Whether you want to find your community, excel in your academic path or explore new things, here are some ways to have a fresh start at your new school.

Buffalo stuffed animal with a 5 lb weight

Your campus fitness guide for spring 2022

Healthy Buffs Campus Community

Whether you’re looking to be active, meet new people or explore new hobbies, the Rec Center is a great place to get started. Here are some ways to get involved.

Campus Community

Students and Chip pose for a photo during move-in

5 things everyone should know about roommates

Healthy Buffs Campus Community

Living with roommates can be an adjustment, even if you’re living with friends. Whether you’ve had roommates before or are living away from home for the first time, here are five tips for living with roommates.

Connect with Buffs if you want to be or stay active

Mind & Body Getting Involved Campus Community

There are many opportunities on campus for you to connect with people and organizations that fit your interests. Here are some ways to connect with others if you’re interested in getting or staying active.

Events & Exhibits

An image of Martin Luther King Jr. and others is projected on a large screen at the 2018 MLK Jr. Day celebration at the Old Main chapel on the CU Boulder campus. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

Jan 21: Creator of 1619 Project to give MLK commemorative talk

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

In a post-Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration, CU Boulder invites the public to join a conversation about King’s legacy and the importance of truth and history with Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor at Howard University and racial injustice reporter.

CU Boulder undergraduate students, left to right, Adrian Bryant and Rithik Gangopadhyay work in the mission operations center for IXPE.

Students operate $214M spacecraft. ‘It’s like what you see in the movies.’

Space News Headlines

In December, students and professionals sat in a mission operations center on campus to watch NASA's new Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer satellite blast off into space. But for the dedicated individuals managing the mission operations, the hard work had just begun.