CU-Boulder ranks No. 1 in state for sending, receiving students internationally, says new report

Nov. 17, 2014

The 鶹Ƶ enrolled more international students during the 2013-14 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2012-13 academic year than any other higher education institution in Colorado.

Low-cost IVF method wins Popular Science “Best of What’s New” award

Nov. 13, 2014

A novel, low-cost method of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) developed at the 鶹Ƶ and successfully used in human clinical trials in Belgium has been awarded a “Best of What’s New Award” from Popular Science magazine in 2014 in the health category.

CU-Boulder National Education Policy Center launches project to recognize top high schools

Oct. 2, 2014

A 鶹Ƶ research center will recognize public schools for what they do to give all students the chance to succeed, rather than turning to test scores to determine school quality. The Schools of Opportunity project is now seeking applications from public high schools in Colorado and New York. Next year, the project will expand to include schools nationwide, recognizing schools that use research-based practices to close the opportunity gaps that result in unequal opportunities to learn, in school and beyond school.

Bruce Montgomery

Visiting Kurdish delegation to receive Iraqi secret police documents from CU-Boulder human rights archive

Sept. 22, 2014

A Kurdish delegation will visit the 鶹Ƶ campus Sept. 29 and 30 to deliver a public talk on the political situation in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and receive an electronic copy of important documents captured by Kurdish rebels in 1991 but removed from Iraq for safekeeping and analysis.

CU-Boulder freshman class sets record for academic qualifications and diversity

Sept. 18, 2014

The 鶹Ƶ welcomed a freshman class of 5,869 students, a slight increase by 0.4 percent over last year, and in the process achieved the most academically qualified and diverse incoming class in the campus’s history. Fall 2014 census figures show a total enrollment of 29,772 degree- and licensure-seeking students, 447 students more than last year. A total of 3,083 Colorado residents enrolled as new freshmen in the fall class, as well as 2,786 from out of state and a record 386 freshman international students, a 41 percent increase from last year.

MAVERIC team

Two CU-Boulder student teams win awards for space mission design contests to Mars, moon

Sept. 4, 2014

Two 鶹Ƶ student aerospace engineering science teams have won prestigious international and national awards for the design of real-world space missions to Mars and the moon.

Drone test at Pawnee Grasslands

CU-Boulder leads international unmanned aircraft testing event at Pawnee Grassland

Aug. 21, 2014

An international research effort organized by the 鶹Ƶ conducted the first multiple, unmanned aircraft interception of a telltale rush of cold air preceding a thunderstorm known as a “gust front” as it rolled across the Pawnee National Grassland in northeast Colorado on Aug. 14.

Hundreds of first-year CU-Boulder students to take part in ‘Buff Day of Service’ Aug. 23

Aug. 20, 2014

Nearly 800 incoming students at the 鶹Ƶ will spend their first Saturday as college students helping others in the community during the “Buff Day of Service” on Aug. 23.

CU-Boulder’s Week of Welcome features convocation, music fest and more

Aug. 14, 2014

New students at the 鶹Ƶ will be greeted with dozens of activities including a welcome convocation, a Folsom Field pep rally and a “Global Jam” international food and music fest during Week of Welcome beginning Aug. 21. The free events give new students a chance to get acquainted with each other, the campus and surrounding community before classes start on Aug. 25. The activities are scheduled in addition to orientation sessions that cover the details of class registration, policies and student services at each college.

Kids enjoying game design

NYC schools to use video games to teach computer coding

July 29, 2014

A program designed at the 鶹Ƶ to teach kids to code using video games is being introduced into New York City public schools as part of an initiative to give every student access to computer science education. Scalable Game Design is a program developed over two decades by CU-Boulder computer science Professor Alexander Repenning to spark an interest in coding among kids by allowing them to design and build their own video games. The idea behind the program, which uses drag-and-drop programming tools, is to combat the widely held notion that computer programming is hard and boring.

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