Oct. 25, 2024
CU Boulder’s School of Education celebrated moving into its new home: the Ofelia Miramontes and Leonard Baca Education Building. The milestone was marked with a festive building dedication and community open house.
Campus Community
Andrés Montoya-Castillo earns Packard fellowship
CU Boulder chemist Andrés Montoya-Castillo will use a five-year Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering to study tailoring cycles affecting energy flow in solar energy conversion.
Jazz Studies Lecturer Matt Smiley awarded prestigious MacDowell Fellowship
Matt Smiley has been awarded a MacDowell Fellowship, enabling him to advance his compositional goals by exploring the intersection of jazz and contemporary classical music, and embrace improvisation and innovative composition techniques that challenge the boundaries of both genres.
Paul Sutter honored as 2024 professor of distinction
College of Arts and Sciences leadership and peers are recognizing history Professor Paul Sutter’s service, teaching and research with the professor of distinction award.
William Wei again named Colorado’s state historian
CU Boulder Professor William Wei a has been named state historian by History Colorado, his second time receiving the honor.
Learn about enhanced public safety during large campus events
Security, medical assistance, traffic monitoring and research support are part of large-scale campus events with the help of drones.
Research Updates
Fire speed, not size, drives threat to people, infrastructure
Fast-growing fires were responsible for nearly 90% of fire-related damages despite being relatively rare in the United States between 2001–20, according to a new CU Boulder-led study.
Loving the art but not the artist
CU Boulder philosopher Iskra Fileva explores the complexities in separating the magic of a story from the controversies of its teller.
Events & Exhibits
Politics, pizza and the Electoral College
This session Oct. 28 will help bring to light how the U.S. Electoral College works, including how Election Day will happen, the notion of so-called battleground states and whether it ought to be reformed.
Southwestern textile, jewelry sale Nov. 9 to benefit CU museum
Navajo weavings and jewelry by Indigenous artists will be on sale to support the care and preservation of a CU Museum of Natural History collection. Attendees can bring their own weavings for free, informal evaluations. There will also be an expert talk.
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