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CU Boulder announces Center for African and African American Studies

May 20, 2021

CU Boulder’s newest center supports teaching, research and creative work on the history, culture and struggles of people of African descent. It will also provide Black students, staff and faculty a permanent space for building community and more.

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New interdisciplinary writing certificate launches this fall

Oct. 16, 2018

Students from across disciplines can hone their writing skills, something most employers have been calling for in recent years, through the new Interdisciplinary Certificate in Writing.

winter session at Yellowstone

Winter Session offers ecology at Yellowstone, horror writing at the Stanley and more

Sept. 25, 2018

From jazz in New Orleans, to horror writing at the Stanley Hotel and ecology in Yellowstone National Park, for-credit courses are available on diverse topics in fascinating locales.

Lindsay Scott with a dog at Boulder's Humane Society

Pushing Boundaries: Certificate can lead to career serving animals

July 19, 2018

The new Animals and Society Certificate is for students wanting careers related to wild or domesticated animals, but who are not necessarily interested in becoming biologists, zoologists or veterinarians.

Doctoral candidate Tim Passmore taking photos in Beirut

Q&A: Peacekeeping fieldwork on horizon for grad student with research award

July 7, 2017

Tim Passmore, the recipient of a Horowitz Foundation grant, discusses what's up next involving his study of how young and weak democracies can prevent military coups by committing to peacekeeping missions.

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Chemistry undergraduate wins prestigious 2017 Goldwater Scholarship

April 7, 2017

Jacob Rodriguez, a junior the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, has been awarded the 2017 Goldwater Scholarship Award, one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific awards for undergraduates.

Explore at the Arts and Sciences Majors Fair

Explore your options, declare a major at A&S Majors Fair

April 3, 2017

Speak to departmental advisors and faculty from Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Business, Education, CMCI, Environmental Design, Music, Study Abroad and Career Services at the 2017 Arts and Sciences Majors Fair on April 6.

Portrait of Robert Kaufman.

Kaufman named fifth visiting scholar in conservative thought

Dec. 21, 2016

Described as one of the leading critics of recent American foreign policy, Robert G. Kaufman has been named the 2017-18 Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy at CU Boulder.

Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril addresses a room full of students

Ex-Libyan prime minister says technology won’t save the world

Sept. 15, 2016

Five years after the Arab Spring uprisings rocked the Middle East, former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril offered University of Colorado Boulder students a front-row perspective on the protests’ genesis, their shortcomings and the lessons the world should absorb in the coming decades.

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Motte named college professor of distinction

Sept. 9, 2016

Warren F. Motte Jr., professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been named the 2016 Professor of Distinction by the College of Arts and Sciences in recognition of his exceptional service, teaching and research.