hand holds a smartphone while the other hand scrolls through a facebook profile on a laptop

Social media is a lot like junk food. Here’s how to make healthy choices

Nov. 1, 2023

In the wake of a historic lawsuit filed against the social media giant Meta by more than 30 states, the ATLAS Institute’s Annie Margaret shares her take on how apps like Facebook and Instagram are affecting the mental health of young people. It’s not too late, she says, for people of all ages to build a healthier relationship with their smartphones.

Vol de Zombis (1946) by Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite

Pirates and zombies are not so different

Nov. 1, 2023

In a recently published article, CU Boulder researcher Kieran Murphy traces the concurrent paths and points of intersection between pirate and zombie lore in Haiti and popular culture.

Vijay Khatri, Tandean Rustandy Endowed Dean of the Leeds School of Business

Leeds Media Day highlights dean, state’s economic outlook, faculty experts

Oct. 31, 2023

Local and regional media met with Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold to discuss the quarterly business and economic indicators report during Media Day at the Leeds School of Business.

Golden Buffalo Marching Band members

Embracing the Prime Era: How the band is thriving beyond the field

Oct. 31, 2023

Since the hiring of Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders, game days have taken on a new meaning for the Boulder community....and the band is feeling the love.

Charles Hull and President Joe Biden

Alum’s invention of 3D printing recognized by President Biden

Oct. 31, 2023

Charles Hull—a CU Boulder alumnus who invented stereolithography, commonly known as 3D printing—was named among the 2023 recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

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Researchers strive to help models learn from ‘noisy’ data

Oct. 31, 2023

CU Boulder’s Bortz group, in applied math, has won a $1.88 million National Institutes of Health grant to study methods for learning models directly from data.

An instructor points to a black board.

Buff Undergraduate Success celebrates retention gains, aligns work with provost priorities

Oct. 31, 2023

For more than two years, the BUS Leadership Implementation Team has been focused on increasing undergraduate retention and graduation rates. Get the latest update.

Constance and Don Juan

Haunting Don Juan through the centuries

Oct. 31, 2023

Time and the popular imagination have been kind to Don Juan—perhaps too kind. In a newly published paper, CU Boulder’s Emmy Herland explores how the very old story of Don Juan remains relevant through its ghosts.

Students debrief after leadership challenge course during the Fall 2023 Experiential Leadership Intensive

Reflection as a tool for constructing meaning from experience

Oct. 30, 2023

Students learn and create knowledge through a concrete experience, and by reflecting on and making meaning of the experience, they can transfer and apply new understandings to future situations.

Panelists speak about book censorship

Rise of book banning stems from ‘culture war,’ experts say

Oct. 30, 2023

At a panel discussion co-sponsored by the CU Boulder Center for Humanities and the Arts, literacy experts championed children’s access to literature.

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