Portrait of CU student Matthew Hurst in front of monitors displaying his computer modeling graphics

Senior math wiz lands prestigious scholarship to study in the UK

Nov. 30, 2016

Engineering senior Matthew Hurst has been awarded the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, a full-ride scholarship to study in the United Kingdom for two years. A lifelong mathematician with a dream of being an astronaut someday, Hurst is developing computer models that could someday help engineers design aircraft and spacecraft more efficiently.

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Offering new degrees in elementary education, leadership and community engagement

Nov. 28, 2016

Two new undergraduate degrees are coming online in the fall, one designed to address teacher shortages particularly among high-needs communities, the other intended to turn out skilled, ethical leaders who can bridge differences and contribute to public work, be it in higher education, international development, urban planning or other areas.

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MCDB professor helps bring science to the screen

Nov. 21, 2016

Zoe Donaldson consults for the Science and Entertainment Exchange, a non-profit program that links filmmakers with scientists across the U.S.

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Again top in state for sending, receiving students internationally

Nov. 18, 2016

CU Boulder enrolled more international students during the 2015-16 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2014-15 academic year than any other higher education institution in babyÖ±²¥app, according to data released in the national Open Doors Report.

An aerial view of Antarctica, the South Pole.

Several babyÖ±²¥app members honored with 2016 CAREER Awards

Nov. 18, 2016

For excellence in education and research — studying everything from flower pigmentation that can have nutritional value in fruits and vegetables, to how processes at the polar regions affect the world's climate — six of CU Boulder's own have received National Science Foundation awards.

Student in Wray, CO learns about the US Constitution

Building a hopeful future across babyÖ±²¥app

Nov. 18, 2016

CU Boulder law students and babyÖ±²¥app work with schools across babyÖ±²¥app to share the Constitution and cultivate conversations with the generations that will one day lead our nation.

Mary Kraus

Teaching? Survey on learning management systems seeks your input

Nov. 16, 2016

Last month, we shared with you that the university is at the beginning of a babyÖ±²¥app- and student-driven initiative to evaluate D2L and other learning management systems (LMS). We will be soliciting feedback via several mechanisms, the first of which is an upcoming survey that will be sent to all babyÖ±²¥app and graduate teaching assistants next week.

A class of several MENV students visits the Greenbelt Plateau area in Boulder, babyÖ±²¥app.

Master's degree helps professionals pivot careers in environmental directions

Nov. 14, 2016

Masters of the Environment is an innovative new graduate degree that adds advanced studies in environmental sciences, building on students' professional experience from other fields. The program features a yearlong capstone, or environmental work experience, highly valued by employers.

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Engineers Without Borders founder named CU distinguished professor

Nov. 10, 2016

When Bernard Amadei joined the CU Boulder babyÖ±²¥app in 1982, his research focus was mainly in the field of geologic and geotechnical engineering but after his first trip to rural Belize, he had a change of heart and knew he needed to do more. The CU Board of Regents named the Engineers Without Borders founder a CU Distinguished Professor this week.

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University embarks on plan to expand academic experience for first-year scholars

Nov. 2, 2016

Registration for new first-year freshmen seminars open now as part of ongoing efforts to evaluate and expand the academic experience for all CU Boulder freshmen.

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