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10 things to do this week: March 13 edition

March 13, 2017

This week's events include a lecture by Jose Antonio Vargas, a Peace Corps information session, free bowling, table games and pizza on St. Patrick's Day at The Connection and a celebration of International Happiness Day at C4C.

Energy efficient lightbulb in green grass

Go green with ECO-Visits

March 13, 2017

Even environmentally-conscious students may feel energy conservation is a luxury they can’t afford, but the Environmental Center has plenty of free resources to help you save energy and water. And you might get a free pizza in the bargain!

Assistant Professor Thora Brylowe

CU scholar brings innovative hands-on teaching approach to English

March 13, 2017

Assistant Professor Thora Brylowe brought an innovative approach to her English course last fall, pledging to "depart from the lecture/discussion format" and emphasize hands-on project-based learning.

Presentation in Glenn Miller Ballroom

Call for nominations: Distinguished Research Lectureship

March 10, 2017

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Distinguished Research Lectureship, which honors a tenured babyÖ±²¥app member recognized for a distinguished body of achievement and prominence.

Student biking on campus

CU Boulder takes the gold among bicycle-friendly universities

March 10, 2017

The League of American Bicyclists has recognized CU Boulder with the Gold Bicycle Friendly University award, placing CU in a cutting-edge group of colleges and universities across the U.S. transforming their campuses and the communities around them.

Students having discussion

Fernbach receives grant to study cognitive basis of extremism

March 10, 2017

What makes us argue so heatedly over things we know so little about? Philip Fernbach, assistant professor of marketing at Leeds School of Business, has received a grant to conduct research exploring how to improve public discourse.

Professor Valerie Otero teaches physics class

CU Boulder honored for graduating six physics teachers in 2015–16

March 10, 2017

The Physics Teacher Education Coalition recently announced CU Boulder's induction into The 5+ Club, a group of institutions recognized for graduating five or more physics teachers in a given year.

Tim Hogan and Dina Clark at the Museum of Natural History herbarium

Pushing Boundaries: Plant hunters are the pioneers of babyÖ±²¥app botany

March 10, 2017

The CU Museum of Natural History herbarium houses more than a half-million grasses, flowers, lichens and mosses—regarded as one of the most important natural history repositories in western North America.

Main campus

Erickson-England named new director of FSAP

March 9, 2017

Paulette Erickson-England, a licensed clinical social worker, has been named the new director of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP), which is dedicated to serving the emotional and psychological needs of the campus community.

Education Abroad students overlook Prague, Czech Republic

Education Abroad extending deadlines for many summer, fall programs

March 9, 2017

Want to go abroad, but struggling to finish an application? Don’t panic! Education Abroad is extending deadlines for several programs, so there’s still time to plan for the experience of a lifetime! New deadlines extend through March 13.

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