CIRES team receiving an award at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

CIRES team receives governor’s award

Oct. 19, 2023

The We Are Water team at CU Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences received a governor’s award through CO-LABS, part of an event recognizing high-impact research across Colorado.

Adriana Ripley

Musical theater student looking ahead to a promising career

Oct. 19, 2023

Adriana Ripley, a third-year undergraduate student, shares her favorite aspects of the College of Music and reveals the ways in which her music education is preparing her for the future.

Sillhouette of hands pressed against a window in an old building

Ready to scream? 10 haunted houses to visit this season

Oct. 18, 2023

Gather up some friends and seek some scares…if you dare. Here’s a roundup of some of the most chilling haunted houses (and more) that Colorful Colorado has to offer.

manual labor tools laid on an American flag

Musical Nov. 3–12 to celebrate all involved in theater renovation

Oct. 18, 2023

Recognizing the people whose hands, hearts and minds brought the $2 million Roe Green Theatre renovation to fruition, CU Presents is celebrating with “Working,” the classic musical based on the bestselling 1974 book by Studs Terkel that explores the meaning of work and the importance of the unsung worker in American life.

Four faculty members at a table, one holding a microphone, discuss the Israel-Hamas war.

Israel-Hamas war an ongoing catastrophe, faculty say

Oct. 18, 2023

At a panel event on Oct. 11, CU Boulder experts on the modern Middle East noted the current war differs from previous conflicts. The faculty members discussed historical components leading to the latest Israel-Hamas war and more.

Indigo Fischer

Alumna spotlight: Indigo Fischer

Oct. 18, 2023

College of Music alumna Indigo Fischer reflects on her time at CU Boulder and discusses her new role at the Music Academy of the West.

Professor Corrie Detweiler holding up a lab sample to the light

Ranked No. 14, CU leads in translating innovation into impact

Oct. 18, 2023

The National Academy of Inventors has ranked the CU system 14th among the its top 100 institutions nationwide for recent patent activity. This prominent position reflects the strength of CU-led discoveries and their potential for translation into society-benefiting technologies.

Members of Nobuntu in traditional African garb

Meet Zimbabwe’s mothers of mbube in performance Nov. 2

Oct. 18, 2023

The award-winning all-female Zimbabwean a cappella group Nobuntu is set to return to Macky Auditorium. The group’s genre, mbube, is a bass-heavy a cappella genre typically dominated by male singers, like the internationally famous Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Nobuntu has added its own style and flare.

illustration of particle physics

New technique uses near-miss particle physics to peer into quantum world

Oct. 17, 2023

CU Boulder’s Dennis Perepelitsa and colleagues have developed a new method for measuring how fast the tau particle wobbles, unlocking an entirely new way to study quantum physics. Read more on The Conversation.

Bradley Cheetham with a model of the successful CAPSTONE satellite.

CU Boulder grads launch startups to change future of aerospace

Oct. 17, 2023

CU Boulder aerospace graduates are building the economy and future of the industry with aviation and space startup businesses.

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