Taking in 2022: The year at CU Boulder
A look back at 2022 shows a community that leaned into national and international events. Buffs finally got to resume one of the campus's most joyous traditions in person: commencement. The community rallied together around Marshall Fire survivors; adopted a land acknowledgement; set itself on the global stage co-hosting the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit; enjoyed moments with fury friends; said goodbye to CU Boulder's beloved Triceratops; welcomed Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders; and much more.
Forces for good
MLK Day donation drop-off event to benefit Community Food Share
A message from the chancellor: Becoming the change we want to see
Campus distributes more $44 million of student pandemic relief
CU police join other Colorado agencies to protect lives in Ukraine
New Thrive Grants to help pre-tenure faculty impacted by COVID-19
CU Boulder recognized for efforts to increase student voter participation
Remarkable community, remarkable individuals
Students
Kedrick Armstrong, Anthony Green among Washington Post’s ‘composers and performers to watch’
Buffs’ Evan Battey embodies all that is good about college athletics
Zoe Drigot, Rose Summers earn prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Alexandra Gladkova, Maya Palmer named Astronaut Scholars
Amy Hoagland wins national award for art about climate change
Beth Rossman awarded prestigious Udall Scholarship for work in water resources
Faculty and staff
Announcing the 2022 Marinus Smith Award recipients
Waleed Abdalati appointed to NASA Advisory Council
Distinguished Professor Mark Ablowitz wins 2022 Hazel Barnes Prize
S. James Anaya appointed by Biden to education sciences board
CU Boulder’s Lori Hunter joins White House advisory group
Adam Kaufman wins Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize
Mathematician Dan Larremore earns nation’s highest early-career award for COVID research
Margaret Murnane wins Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Sriram Sankaranarayanan wins Coursera innovation award
Wyatt Shields wins Packard Fellowship for microscale robotics
Honoring inclusiveness
CU Boulder to reflect, celebrate as Juneteenth becomes official state holiday
Land acknowledgment honors contributions of Indigenous peoples, history of land
Campus administrators: Culture survey finishes strong
Understanding bias, engaging with people with disabilities the focus of new police training
Pride of Olympic proportions
Kyle Taulman, former student Spencer Wood to compete at Paralympics in Beijing
Examining national and international events
5 things you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine war
With Russia invading Ukraine, what’s the threat of nuclear war right now?
5 questions: Understanding the magnitude of Biden's pick—Ketanji Brown Jackson
Panelists share tips for preventing, coping with gun violence
Can we avert the next mass shooting? Yes, and here’s how
How the end of Roe v. Wade could shape women’s futures
Supporting the Iranian women's revolution: A panel discussion Nov. 30
Dedicated in memory
Addressing costs, supporting our people
Returning undergraduates to see tuition, fee decrease; employees to see compensation increase
Improving the graduate student experience with our strategic plan as our guide
CU Boulder implements Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act
CU Boulder expands Bright Horizons benefit to include back-up care
Faculty promotion and tenure raises approved
Change to parental leave policy broadens employee eligibility
S'ko Buffs
CU student-athletes continue outstanding student success
CU Athletics unveils new diversity, equity and inclusion strategic plan
CU women's basketball team wins Pac-12 quarterfinal to advance
Jenny Simpson to be inducted into Pac-12 Hall of Honor
Mya Hollingshed becomes 1st CU women’s basketball player selected in 1st round of WNBA draft
CU Athletics restores hall of honor and creates new legacy wing
Tad Boyle becomes winningest coach in CU men's basketball history
Breaking ground, building community resources
Basics Needs Center addresses food insecurity, provides resources
Menstrual hygiene products more widely available across CU Boulder campus
Number of all-gender bathrooms expands on campus
CU Boulder finalizes Lactation Space Policy
Emergency alerts available in Spanish, Chinese and Hindi, addition language under review
COVID-19
Comebacks
BolderBoulder Memorial Day race
Chancellor’s State of the Campus
Navigating life with the virus
How the CU community tackled COVID-19 on campus and beyond
Here’s where (and how) you are most likely to catch COVID—new study
At-home COVID testing 101: A Q&A with virologist Sara Sawyer
Should you wear a mask on a plane, bus or train when there’s no mandate? 4 essential reads
New research in health, climate, space
New Colorado space instrument part of flagship mission to Europa
Astronauts may one day drink water from ancient moon volcanoes
Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone
Plastics of the future will live many past lives, thanks to chemical recycling
Even minor exposure to light before bedtime may disrupt a preschooler’s sleep
Another monkey virus could be poised for spillover to humans, new study shows
