Students ride bumper cars on the Rec Center ice rink

10 things to do this week: CUnity Fest, a waffle bash, more

Aug. 22, 2022

Welcome back, Buffs! This week brings bumper cars on ice, DIY night, Campus Green Tour, sports clubs organizational meetings, the Be Involved Fair, a guided paint class and more.

A family hugs during move-in 2022

The week in photos: Students descend on campus for the year

Aug. 19, 2022

With maybe some jitters and a whole lot of excitement, CU’s newest Buffs moved into campus residence halls. On hand were numerous family members and campus volunteers ready to roll up their sleeves and support the new class, helping them get off to a great start.

Hannah Sharts

Hannah Sharts excels on and off the pitch

Aug. 16, 2022

Buffs soccer captain Hannah Sharts talks about playing every minute, scoring as a defender and how she’s using her name, image and likeness to help promote female student-athletes.

Laptop screen showing Canvas

Faculty: Create your Canvas courses ahead of time

Aug. 16, 2022

Create your Canvas courses now to give yourself time to prepare. If you need help, the Office of Information Technology's academic technology consultants can help.

Black Lives Matter advocates with signs and megaphone on campus

Boulder is the happiest city in the US...for some

Aug. 8, 2022

Fifteen years ago in a documentary filmmaking class, alumna Katrina Miller received a standing ovation for a short movie about her friend, a Black student who’d received a racially charged letter. Now she is once again using documentary film as a vehicle for social change, sparking important conversations about race and inclusion in Boulder.

Stock image of a person in Nepal

Alum aims to improve Nepal’s air quality

Aug. 8, 2022

Nepal has some of the worst air quality in the world. The Health Effects Institute estimates more than 42,000 deaths were attributed to air pollution in the country in 2019 alone.

Dan Zhang

Dan Zhang makes sure students ‘R’ prepared for a data-focused future

Aug. 4, 2022

Professor Dan Zhang was recently honored with a teaching award for enthusiasm, engagement and his Advanced Analytics course for MBA students, which includes teachings in the R programming language.​

Cliff and Carol Pearson

Giving back, giving forward

Aug. 3, 2022

Alumni Cliff and Carol Pearson are investing in the next generation of Forever Buffs by funding scholarships for engineering and history students at CU. Read their story and hear about their impact from two engineering scholarship recipients.

Howard B. Waltz Music Library

Black Lives Matter movement sparks composers project

Aug. 2, 2022

A new composers project on campus encourages recommendations for scores by Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) composers. Stephanie Bonjack of the Howard B. Waltz Music Library explains.

Grassy field

Ecologist Laura Dee recognized for cutting-edge work on big environmental problems

Aug. 2, 2022

CU Boulder Assistant Professor Laura Dee has been named an Ecological Society of America Early Career Fellow, a reflection of her contributions so far and to come.

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