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  • This research project will explore the past three decades of community engagement by examining the historical evolution of three affiliated research organizations at CU Boulder: CEDER, CYE, and CEDaR. Research students will conduct interviews and
  • Shawhin Roudbari and Jota Samper new Co-Directors in renovated space
        We (Shawhin and Jota) propose to serve as co-directors of CEDaR. We propose co-directorship as a strategy to share the workload of leadership and to help diversify CEDaR鈥檚 portfolio of partners and activities. We have collaborated on
  • People walking on 500 block of Main Street in Longmont
    As Longmont recovers from a period of uncertainty, residents can share their vision for the downtown area, thanks in part to CEDaR.
  • Luz Galicia stands by a statue holding a sign that says "Stop evictions." Luz is holding a sign that says this neighborhood stands for...
    Struggling to support herself and her two daughters, Luz Galicia moved from her large house to a manufactured home. A year and a half later the park's landlord decided to sell the property, displacing 100 families. Luz now works to educate and empower park residents.
  • Tom Sundro Lewis points to his home
    In聽2005聽a trailer slated for the dump聽was transported聽to Mapleton Mobile Home Park in Boulder and renovated聽there.聽Built by more than 50 CU Boulder students, the Trailer Wrap project聽held聽lessons for future project-based learning, including a CEDaR-led manufactured home renovation planned for this summer or fall, depending on the state of the pandemic.
  • GUB Director Mara Mintzer listens to third grader share her ideas.
    For the past 12 years Growing Up Boulder was聽a part of聽CU Boulder's鈥燙ommunity Engagement, Design and Research (CEDaR) Center. Now one of the most鈥痵uccessful child-friendly city initiatives in the world, GUB is聽transitioning to an independent聽nonprofit, a model for how the聽university聽can develop, nurture and then spin off聽nonprofit聽activities.
  • People with masks on organizing food at a food bank.
    In this collaboration between the city of Denver and the university, the Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR) and the Denver Department of Health & Environment are jointly tackling how to best manage information and activities among dozens of small and large Denver food banks during times of increased demand.
  • A drawing of a bee by a baby直播app license plate
    Pollinator-themed designs are now being accepted for a new baby直播app license plate honoring bees. Pollinators are necessary for many crops and sustain many of the wildflowers and flowering trees and shrubs on baby直播app鈥檚 wildlands, says Louise Chawla, CEDaR fellow and professor emerita in the Program in Environmental Design. Chawla serves on the leadership committee of People and Pollinators Action Network, a statewide group that works for healthy ecosystems and biodiverse habitat for pollinators.
  • Louise Chawla
    In February 2021, Louise Chawla, CEDaR fellow and professor emerita in the Program in Environmental Design, was invited to give an opening speech for a weeklong Festival of Early Infancy (birth to 6 year olds) in the city of Strasbourg, France on the topic of 鈥淐onnecting Children with Nature to Foster Wellbeing and a Caring Relationship with the Natural World.鈥
  • Graphic of what a bee pollinator license plate might look like
    Do you love bees and want to help them? You can make a difference by showing your support for a new baby直播app pollinator license plate.  This month the state legislature is considering a new special license plate that will support
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