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Graduate Students of Color Listening Session during the 2018 Diversity and Inclusion Summit

Join other community-engaged graduate students Oct. 17

Oct. 3, 2023

Grad students whose research, creative work and scholarship engage communities are invited to share and present their projects and experiences at this Research & Innovation Week event. Register, join, enjoy community and light refreshments!

Celeste Montoya

Colorado’s Latina legislators giving voice to their communities

Oct. 3, 2023

In a newly published chapter, CU Boulder researcher Celeste Montoya demonstrates how social movements have influenced Latina legislative leadership in Colorado.

Ball Brothers Orbiting Solar Observatory with employees and rocket parts, 1961-64

How Ball Aerospace helped launch CU’s entrepreneurial engine

Oct. 3, 2023

CU Boulder and Ball Aerospace have been collaborating for decades to solve mysteries of the universe. That partnership was also the university’s first commercial spinoff, and it greased the gears of an entrepreneurial engine that continues to power innovation within the university and far beyond.

Mount Blue Sky, formerly Mount Evans

Center of the American West charts a path to the future

Oct. 3, 2023

With a new strategic plan in place, the Center of the American West is charting a new course focused on undergraduate and graduate student education; interdisciplinary research; outreach to Colorado and beyond; and connection to the university community.

Podcast host Erika Randall and June Gruber recording an episode

Studying the best of humanity, even the darkest parts

Oct. 3, 2023

CU Boulder researcher June Gruber is kicking off a new season of “The Ampersand” podcast in a conversation about all the feelings, not just the positive ones.

Erika Antunez and her mom

Hispanic Heritage Month: Prevailing with grit and community

Oct. 3, 2023

Erika Antunez, a fifth-year integrated design engineering student and vice president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, shares her academic and personal story of grit and success through community.

Senator Dianne Feinstein speaking against the illegitimate markup of nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett in 2020

Age and the political machine: What happens after a lawmaker passes away?

Oct. 3, 2023

Get Associate Professor Michaele Ferguson’s take on the passing of Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving woman in U.S. Senate history, and what voters should consider before filling out a ballot.

Salomé Carrasco in the field

Counting grasshoppers: A summer in the field

Oct. 3, 2023

For community college students who study science, fieldwork opportunities are rare. Enter CIRES’ immersive paid mentorship. Read from one student as she reflects on her summer of research in Boulder.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival on stage at the Mary Rippon outdoor theater

What exactly is happening to the Mary Rippon Theatre?

Oct. 3, 2023

This season, CU Presents has heard a lot of questions and comments about the Mary Rippon Theatre renovation. Here’s the need-to-know information for curious community members.

Illustration of spacecraft orbiting cloudy planet

Does lightning strike on Venus? Maybe not, study suggests

Oct. 2, 2023

Venus is a distinctly unfriendly planet, with crushing atmospheric pressures at the surface and temperatures that hit 900 degrees Fahrenheit. But new observations from scientists at CU Boulder suggest that frequent lightning strikes may not be one of the planet's hazards.

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