Getting Involved

<p class="p1">Kicking off at this week’s first home football game of the season, CU Athletics this year is increasing its leadership in sports sustainability through several new programs encouraging environmentally friendly behaviors among fans.</p>

<p>With topics ranging from art history to humanism, CU on the Weekend invites the public to learn about the value of the arts and humanities in modern society with free community programs beginning Saturday, Sept. 19. The series features presentations led by some the University of Colorado Boulder’s most accomplished and dynamic faculty, featuring their intriguing research and creative works.  </p>

<p>The University of Colorado Boulder today made the Top 25 LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list issued by Campus Pride<em>,</em> a leading nonprofit national educational organization for LGBTQ and ally students and campus groups.</p>

<p>For the fourth year, the CU-Boulder's Mini Law School, which is open to the campus community and the public, will be offered from 6 to 7:30 p.m. over eight Tuesdays Sept. 8 to Nov. 3. Designed for non-lawyers wanting to grasp and navigate the basics of the legal system, the course will cover everything from constitutional law to intellectual property, environmental, estate planning, family, criminal and business law, as well as litigation.</p>

<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the University of Colorado Boulder $1 million to evaluate the impacts of climate change, including increased wildfires, on indoor air quality and health in low-income Denver area neighborhoods.</p>

<p>Thirty-two Latino and Chicano Colorado high school students are immersing themselves in college life and learning July 12-18 at the University of Colorado Boulder as part of the third annual Aquetza: Youth Leadership, Education and Community Empowerment summer program.</p>

<p>This summer, middle and high school students are helping build and test 3-D structures that complement and mimic the cutting-edge ‘photo origami’ research conducted at the University of Colorado Boulder.</p>

<p>How do we cultivate safe, affirming schools for LGBTQ students? Since creating the crowdfunding-supported <em>Breaking the Silence</em> film and supplementary practice-focused videos, Bethy Leonardi, PhD and Sara Staley, PhD have been engaging deeply to support educators and to transform our schools.</p>

<p>Teachers from Colorado and beyond are learning the ins and outs of infographic design this week so they can bring new skills to their classrooms in the fall. </p>

<p>When Balkarn Singh Shahi looks back on his high school experience, one activity stands out – the University of Colorado Boulder’s Public Achievement program. As a student at Centaurus High School participating in the program, Shahi and peers responded to national public shootings by spearheading a public campaign to prevent gun violence.</p>
<p>Now a sophomore at CU-Boulder, Shahi could not resist the opportunity to give back to the <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/publicachievement/index.html" target="_blank">Public Achievement program</a>, which pairs CU-Boulder students as coaches with groups of underrepresented K-12 students seeking solutions to their identified salient social issues. Shahi has been a Public Achievement coach, and this year he served as a teaching assistant for the corresponding civic engagement course and new class of coaches.</p>