Mayhoffer Farm

Students help preserve farm as a crucial urban buffer

March 2, 2022

As part of their capstone project for the Master’s of the Environment program, three graduate students worked with local community to create a plan for the Mayhoffer Farm’s ongoing success.

The first shot of the American Civil War was fired on April 12, 1861, in a bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor.

Historian harnesses the power of memory

Feb. 28, 2022

Lawrence-Sanders’ research looks at how Black memory exposes the ‘lost cause’ myth

Ken Washington at an antiwar protest on campus.

How a Stanford student prompted CU to challenge discrimination

Feb. 25, 2022

Denver resident Ken Washington joined Stanford’s chapter of Sigma Chi, igniting controversy and a legal challenge at the University of Colorado.

Nilon addressing students in 1963 about civil rights. Photos courtesy of CU archives.

First CU Boulder Black professor, librarian paved way for others

Feb. 16, 2022

Black history snapshot: Racial bias hindered Charles and Mildred Nilon’s search for a home to buy, but they strove to make the university more inclusive and welcoming to those who came after

Gil Cruter clearing a high jump.

On the playing field, CU’s opponent was racism

Feb. 10, 2022

A Black history snapshot: student legislators and university leaders fought against ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ to bar Black players

Seastedt (third from the left) and Wildland Restoration Volunteers build erosion control structures to enhance sage grouse habitat and re-wet meadows in North Park area, CO.

Retired ‘free-range ecologist’ helps students become green ambassadors

Jan. 25, 2022

Professor emeritus was recently awarded an outreach grant to assist in community efforts to mitigate environmental degradation on the Front Range

NASA scientists including Kellogg integrating some equipment

NASA-scientist alumnus takes quantum leap to ‘far-out science’

Jan. 10, 2022

Physics grad talks astronauts through installation and upgrades of ultracold experimental laboratory based on CU Boulder research.

Coral rescue

Student cares for Caribbean corals at a Colorado ‘ark’

Dec. 15, 2021

CU Boulder undergraduate joins an innovative effort to rescue dying coral reef and bring it back from the brink of extinction

Nicholas Turco

With 20k award, undergrad advances inclusion in sports

Dec. 1, 2021

CU Boulder undergraduate creates scholarship to elevate LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport.

Tribe Flag

Native American grad student wins critical acclaim, support

Nov. 30, 2021

The competitive scholarship recognizes students who ‘want to contribute an Indigenous voice in the field of archaeology’

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