Events
Honors Orientation
Tune in via Zoom for a detailed introduction to our Honors Program. Learn about opportunities that are available to you as an Honors student in the College of Arts & Sciences, including events, classes, and more! Meet some of CU's great Honors and Honors RAP faculty and staff and learn how you can make the program work best for you. There is an extensive Q&A chat after the overview, so be sure to bring your questions!
Thursday, August 29, 2024 from 5:00-6:00pm
Hosted by Honors & Honors RAP faculty & staff
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Honors Mixer
The Honors Mixer is a mix of events, topics, and styles:
Sidewalk Symposium
Tuesday, April 30th, drop in from 10:00am-2:00pm
Visual Arts Complex (VAC) Plaza
Co-hosted by the Honors Program and Undergraduate Research and Opportunities Program (UROP)
Sign up and participate in the Sidewalk Symposium! Create colorful visual presentations of your projects using nothing but chalk—with the help of a professional artist. Staff will be on hand from 10am to 2pm, and you can create and share your chalk art anytime throughout the symposium.
Honors Journal Release Event
Thursday, May 2nd from 5:30-7:30pm
British and Irish Studies Room (M549) inside Norlin Library
Join us for the release of our 2024 Honors Journal! Art show, food, live music, and discussion with published artists and authors!
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Honors Thesis Symposium
Interested in writing an honors thesis? Hear current thesis students present their research and reflect on the thesis writing process, followed by a Q&A session. If you've attended our symposium before, join us again to hear from new speakers!
Thursday, April 25th
Eaton Humanities 150
Doors open at 5:00pm
Symposium starts at 5:30pm
Hosted by Dr. Ali Hatch
This event is wheelchair accessible.
Our student speakers are:
Annabelle Farris - Art and Art History
The Whole World is a Very Narrow Bridge: The Liminal Identity of the Diasporic Jew and the Search for Belonging Through Artistic Practice
Morgan Jones - Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Semantic Development in Cantonese-English Bilingual Children: Vocabulary Retrieval Strategies and Cultural Influences
Hannah Van Meveren - Chemistry
Multi-Step Organic Synthesis of Octaaminotetraphenylene Hydrochloride for Potential Use in Material Chemistry
(Password is CUBoulder)
You are also welcome to catch up with some previous thesis presentations.
To see a step-by-step outline of how to get started, please check out our Honors Thesis - Getting Started handout. If you still have questions, please feel free to email honors@colorado.edu or call us at 303-492-6617.
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Distinguished Lecture Series
Join us for our upcoming Distinguished Lecture Series! Our Spring 2024 Distinguished Lecturer is Dr. Ann Schmiesing, Professor of German and Vice Chancellor for Academic Resource Management.
Misunderstood Ever After? The Brothers Grimm and Their Legacy
**New date and location**
Thursday, April 4th from 5:30-6:30pm
HALE 270
With Dr. Ann Schmiesing
Arrive at 5pm for a seat and a slice of pizza!
This event is open to CU students, faculty, and staff, as well as our community partners, prospective students, and their families.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
First published in two volumes in 1812 and 1815, the fairy-tale collection of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm remains famous the world over. But its origins, contents, and editorial history are generally misunderstood beyond the confines of scholarly circles. After the Grimms’ lifetimes, their tales were misappropriated by ethnonationalists, subjected to a brief postwar ban, and heavily sanitized and Disneyfied. Meanwhile, few people today know of the brothers’ vast work on mythology and medieval literature, Jacob Grimm’s groundbreaking linguistic scholarship, the German dictionary project on which they embarked, or their service to the Hessian state and frequent clashes with territorial rulers. The cultural significance they attached to such events and projects as the German-speaking lands sought an identity in the nineteenth century has also been largely forgotten. In this lecture, Ann Schmiesing will shed light on these and other issues to present the “once upon a time” of the fairy tales in the context of the Grimms’ time and their legacy.
Ann Schmiesing is Vice Chancellor for Academic Resource Management and a professor of German at the 鶹Ƶ. Her research and teaching interests span 18th- and 19th-century German and Norwegian literature and culture. She has written the books Disability, Deformity, and Disease in the Grimms’ Fairy Tales (2014) and Norway’s Christiania Theatre, 1827-1867: From Danish Showhouse to National Stage (2006), as well as a couple dozen articles on fairy tales and folklore, disability studies, book illustration, and drama and dramatic criticism. Her biography of the Brothers Grimm will be published by Yale University Press in 2024.
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Mood Boosts
Take a break in your day and join us for a Mood Boost! Stop in for something to drink, grab a snack, and hang out for a bit. Connect with Honors faculty and your fellow Honors students, work on the jigsaw puzzle, check out the BioLounge exhibits, grab some paper and draw, and more. We'd love to see you there!
All Mood Boosts will be held in the Museum of Natural History's BioLounge in the Henderson building
Spring 2024 Mood Boosts
- Thursday, January 18, 2024 from 3:00-4:00pm
- Hosted by Dr. Kate Fischer
- Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 from 1:30-2:30pm
- Hosted by Dr. Ali Hatch
- Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 from 11:30am-12:30pm
- Hosted by Dr. Amy Palmer
- Tuesday, April 2, 2024 from 3:00-4:00pm
- Hosted by Dr. Jenny Schwartz
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SciTalks Lecture Series
The Honors Program features talks on science-related topics each semester.
Understanding Depression: What We Know (and Don’t Know) from the Science of Psychology.
Thursday, February 29th from 5:30-6:45pm
With Dr. Jenny Schwartz and Dr. Mark Whisman
Clare Small 207
Cosmos Pizza will be served, including a vegetarian and gluten-free option.
This Sci Talk aims to dispel common misperceptions about the frequently bandied about phrase, “depression.” Join Dr. Schwartz and Dr. Whisman, both Honors faculty and clinical psychologists, as they discuss what the science of psychology reveals about what depression is, what causes it, and how to best treat it.
Sensitive topics: mental health, depression
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JEDI Series
Join the Honors Program for our next events in the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion series:
Building Inclusive Cities
Thursday, February 22, 2024 from 5:45-7:15pm
With Dr. Jennifer Fluri
Humanities 190
This talk will introduce the geographic concepts and equity issues involved in designing inclusive cities. Real world examples from cities like Boulder will be included, utilizing creative maps. Then, students will participate in a group activity - building their own inclusive city using Legos!
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TV With a Prof
Season 1, Episode 5
Monday, February 12th from 5:00-6:30pm
With Dr. Ali Hatch
Humanities 125
Cosmos Pizza will be served, including a vegetarian and gluten-free option.
Sex Education is an award-winning show on Netflix that brings conversations about sexuality and identity into the mainstream. Rotten Tomatoes writes, "Bawdy, heartfelt, and surprisingly wise, Sex Education is a raucous romp through a group of teenagers whose sexual misadventures are so thoughtfully rendered, adults could learn a thing or two from them."
Join Dr. Hatch for a slice of pizza and season 1, episode 5. Our post-episode discussion will cover revenge porn, hate crimes, and female empowerment.
This episode deals with mature topics relating to human sexuality in addition to violence motivated by homophobia.
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Honors Film Club
Get together and watch movies with us and your fellow Honors students! Stay tuned for the Honors Film Club dates.
Programs and Clubs
Honors Scholars Program
Students in the Honors Scholars Program take honors classes, participate in honors events, and have a role in building and promoting the Honors Community.
For the latest news about Arts and Sciences Honors Program students, visit the Student Advisory Board blog.
Honors Journal
TheUniversity of Colorado Honors Journal is currently accepting submissions of artwork, writing, music, video, and more from all undergraduates at CU Boulder.