Physics laboratory

32 graduate students win prestigious NSF fellowships

April 15, 2019

​The National Science Foundation has awarded prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships to 32 CU Boulder students.

Columbine Memorial

20 years later: Experts share school safety lessons post-Columbine

April 9, 2019

Twenty years after two teenage gunmen fatally shot 12 students and one teacher at Columbine High School, researchers suggest such incidents are preventable. They'll share more at a day-long conference on April 16.

PhD candidate Maya Livio, left, and undergraduate student Valerie Foley

Beyond Boulder: Students find fresh ways to promote art exhibit on climate change

Feb. 27, 2019

CU Boulder students bring individual perspectives to planning student activities for the CU Art Museum exhibition “Documenting Change,” where art and the natural world meet.

Black bear in a tree

CU’s newest student club fosters enthusiasm for local fauna

Feb. 26, 2019

At the inaugural meeting of the university’s new wildlife club, students met to develop ideas around fostering respect and on-the-ground solutions for coexisting with local flora and fauna.

cemetery

Tales from the crypt: Microbial life thrives in graveyards

Oct. 29, 2018

While synonymous with death, tombstones host microbial life in profusion, new CU Boulder research finds.

Students participate in classroom with blackboards

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.

Aaron Treher and Molly McDermott speak with the Cargills at their farm.

Pushing Boundaries: Grad students think like barn swallows to craft an artistic nesting site

Sept. 5, 2018

Side by Side is a community art and science event focused on barn swallows, a declining songbird species that nests exclusively in human-made spaces.

Headshot of Ken Burns, credit Jason Savage.

Ken Burns, award-winning documentary filmmaker, coming to Macky

Aug. 9, 2018

Emmy Award-winner Ken Burns will share four decades worth of insights. Tickets go on sale Aug. 28 for the Macky Auditorium event, which is open to the public.

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.

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