Scenic view of campus and the Flatirons

Provost announces 3 finalists for Arts and Sciences dean position

March 7, 2022

Provost Russell Moore has announced three finalists for the position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Naming a new dean marks the next step in the reorganization of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Gov. Jared Polis

Gov. Jared Polis to speak at graduation recognition ceremony

March 7, 2022

The University of Colorado Law School is pleased to announce Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will be the speaker for its graduation recognition ceremony, which will be held in person on May 6.

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Coffee and Conversations on Community Engagement March 17: Planning with partners

March 7, 2022

This spring, our series—designed for those interested in outreach and community-engaged research, teaching and creative work—will focus on partnership development: from reaching out to partners and solidifying equitable relationships to planning and achieving goals and assessing impact together.

Sheet music and a trumpet

Explore the history of women in jazz March 29

March 7, 2022

Women have been involved in jazz since the early 1920s, not just as vocalists but as instrumentalists, composers and arrangers. An understanding of jazz would not be complete without highlighting the influence and contributions of women—such as Bessie Smith, Valaida Snow, Mildred Bailey, Mary Lou Williams, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn.

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March 29 Student Tech Share to explore productivity

March 7, 2022

As end-of-semester deadlines approach, we want to get as much as we can out of our study time. How can technology help us work smarter? Stop by to chat with other CU students about platforms we can use to boost our efficiency when time seems scarce.

Researchers in the field

Expedition to highest active volcano unearths clues about life on other worlds

March 7, 2022

This past December, three CU Boulder researchers climbed up the side of the world’s highest active volcano, 22,615-foot Ojos del Salado, to understand how tiny organisms persist at one of the driest and highest points on the planet. This first-of-its-kind project may ultimately help inform the search for existing and extinct life on other planets.

View of outdoors from inside a camping tent

Talk March 12 to explore camping grounds—public nature in American history

March 7, 2022

A closer look at recreational camping reveals how its history and meanings are far from obvious. In the next CU on the Weekend lecture, Professor Phoebe Young will explore its unexpected and interwoven histories.

鶹Ժ doing arts and crafts on campus

Make a ‘womxn’ appreciation card March 8

March 7, 2022

Show love and support for a friend, loved one or mentor by making a card and celebrating International Women's Day—from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Dennis Small Cultural Center. The event is free and open to all students, faculty and staff.

鶹Ժ catch up on studying and relaxing at the UMC fountain area

10 things to do this week: Fire Pit Friday, ‘Jurassic Park’ trivia, more

March 7, 2022

This week brings women's rock climbing night, the Graduate School Fair, an LGBTQ+ pool party, St. Patrick’s Week at the Rec Center, fire pits at Beach Park, a “Legally Blonde” film screening and more.

A black and white photo of Old Main Chapel on the CU Boulder campus.

On lonely Boulder ‘prairie,’ Mary Rippon saw glory

March 6, 2022

Mary Rippon was a bona fide pioneer who became a CU icon, but CU almost did not become her home. When CU’s first president, Joseph Sewall, invited Rippon to teach at CU, which had just opened its doors in September 1877, Rippon initially declined.

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