Person hiking at sunrise in Chautauqua Park in Boulder, Colorado

Exposure to great outdoors reduced risk of depression, anxiety during pandemic

March 1, 2022

A new study of 1,200 Denver residents found those who spent more time in green spaces the first year of the pandemic reported less anxiety and depression. It also found that more than one-third spent more time in parks and on trails than they did pre-pandemic.

Aerial view of the CU Boulder campus

Regents approve 2021 Campus Master Plan

Feb. 11, 2022

The CU Board of Regents approved CU Boulder’s 2021 Campus Master Plan, which lays out a vision for the campus physical environment that best supports the university’s core mission of education and research.

Pete Davidson with his mom in a Super Bowl commercial

What Super Bowl ads can teach us about ourselves: Q&A with Kelty Logan

Feb. 10, 2022

From Coke's “I'd like to teach the world to sing” in 1972 to Apple's iconic launch in 1984 to this year's raucous, carefree humor, Super Bowl ads reflect who we are as a culture—or what we'd like to be. Take a look back and forward with advertising industry veteran Kelty Logan.

A buffalo sculpture on the CU Boulder campus is blanketed in snow.

Analysis of campus survey responses continues ahead of April release of results

Feb. 7, 2022

Nearly 18,000 CU Boulder community members participated in the Campus Culture Survey this past fall, and university staff who administered the survey are analyzing anonymized responses from students, faculty and staff in preparation for the public release of the survey results in early April.

Buffalo sculpture on campus, blue sky with sun peeking through faint clouds in the background.

Graduate students provide feedback through SERU survey

Feb. 3, 2022

A spring 2021 survey shows CU Boulder graduate students are highly satisfied with the education and advising they receive. Also, many report pandemic-related anxiety.

Carla Ho'a

Carla Ho’a, vice chancellor and chief financial officer, to retire in November

Feb. 3, 2022

Carla Ho’a will retire after more than 30 years of service to CU. Campus leadership will launch a national search for Ho’a’s replacement in the spring.

Richard Rogers

Too many Americans are dying young. This professor is calling for action

Jan. 31, 2022

A comprehensive new report spearheaded by CU Boulder Sociology Professor Richard Rogers shows U.S. youth are far less likely to make it to their 25th birthday than their peers in wealthy nations, due largely to child poverty and a lack of social safety nets here. The authors are calling on policymakers to take "immediate and aggressive action."

Children play at a light table for part of a sleep study

Even minor exposure to light before bedtime may disrupt a preschooler’s sleep

Jan. 25, 2022

A new study shows when preschoolers are exposed to even dim light in the hour before bedtime it can significantly lower levels of the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin, potentially disrupting sleep. The research serves as a reminder to parents to turn off electronics and dim the lights to promote healthy sleep in children.

A cyclist braves the snow and ice after a snowstorm on the quad. (Photo by  Patrick Campbell/University of Colorado)

Employees: Pick up breakfast on your way in Jan. 24

Jan. 21, 2022

Staff Council and the Office of Chief Operating Officer Patrick O'Rourke want to recognize employees as the in-person mode kicks off for the semester. Grab a bite on your way in on Monday!

A stone column engraved with a CU symbol.

From the Provost and the Chief Operating Officer: CU Boulder implements Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act

Jan. 20, 2022

Campus officials have worked to implement the state's equal pay act to address gender pay inequities, increase transparency and protect employees from pay discrimination.

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