Amy Palmer with students in Mumbai

Biochemist wins Cogswell Award for Inspirational Teaching

Feb. 29, 2024

Amy Palmer, professor of biochemistry, has been recognized for revamping classroom experiences, championing diversity and striving to connect with students “beyond the course curriculum.”

Natasha Bosanac

Aerospace professor earns Air Force grant to study spacecraft trajectories

Feb. 29, 2024

Natasha Bosanac has earned a 2024 Air Force grant to advance the study of spacecraft trajectories in cislunar space—the region around the Earth and the moon.

Young students participating in SCOPE program

Meet a scientist, be a scientist: Outreach program emphasizes inclusion

Feb. 29, 2024

CU Boulder's Science Community Outreach Program and Education (S.C.O.P.E.) works with underrepresented middle schoolers to build a science identity before kids lose interest or think they cannot be scientists due to lack of representation.

Nisqually River at Mt. Rainier National Park

Celebrating the Boldt decision on tribal treaty fishing rights—March 5

Feb. 29, 2024

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Boldt decision, a seminal case on tribal treaty fishing rights that helped usher a new era for tribal sovereignty and co-management of natural resources. Join Colorado Law for scholarship, storytelling and celebration.

Students walking through UMC arch

Free things to do in March

Feb. 29, 2024

This month, get free Nuggets tickets; grab snacks in between classes; tackle debt; take advantage of the new gaming lounge; attend Women’s History Month events, free film screenings, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and more.

Woman sits strapped into heavy-duty chair wearing a virtual reality headset

With space travel comes motion sickness. These engineers want to help

Feb. 29, 2024

In amusement park-like experiments on campus, aerospace engineers at CU Boulder are spinning, shaking and rocking people to study the disorientation and nausea that come from traveling from Earth to space and back again.

Comedian Chuck Nice and daughter crack jokes about climate change in a video

Climate comedy works—why, how it can help lighten a politically heavy year in 2024

Feb. 29, 2024

Jokes can be a healing contagion as they expose hypocrisy, spark laughter and open minds. The need for levity is just one reason climate comedy works—read more from CU experts Max Boykoff and Beth Osnes on The Conversation.

Macky Auditorium at night

‘Titanic’ to explore human side of one of history’s most famous tragedies

Feb. 29, 2024

Even though “Titanic: The Musical” bears the name of one of history’s most famous ships in its title, it’s really a story about people. Join the College of Music’s Musical Theatre and Eklund Opera programs March 15–17.

Police tape

Police pullback linked to increases in crime

Feb. 28, 2024

A study of 78 Denver neighborhoods found that when police pulled back their activity amid COVID-19 lockdowns and in the wake of George Floyd's death in 2020, crime generally increased. But not every neighborhood was impacted the same.

Hyundai IONIQ 5 and EV charging station at Williams Village

Electric vehicle charger and car-share come to Williams Village

Feb. 27, 2024

CU Boulder has collaborated with Xcel Energy and Colorado CarShare to provide a shared electric vehicle and electric vehicle charging station in the Williams Village parking lot. Membership discounts and ride credits will be available to campus community members.

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