Lindsay Scott with a dog at Boulder's Humane Society

Pushing Boundaries: Certificate can lead to career serving animals

July 19, 2018

The new Animals and Society Certificate is for students wanting careers related to wild or domesticated animals, but who are not necessarily interested in becoming biologists, zoologists or veterinarians.

Danielle Bilot

Pushing Boundaries: Can Boulder parking lots save bee populations?

July 12, 2018

A new instructor who was part of a White House task force is guiding students to help solve the world's pollinator problem. Her approach involves native bee species and parking lots.

CU Boulder RoboSub Club's robosub

Pushing Boundaries: Student club to compete in international competition for underwater vehicles

June 22, 2018

A team of engineering students, with the help of CU Boulder's crowdfunding platform, plans to put its design to the test in this year's International RoboSub Competition.

Students stand outside a pocket studio and talk.

Pushing Boundaries: Pocket Studios a modern alternative to backyard sheds

May 29, 2018

The backyard shed is getting a modern upgrade thanks to the innovative ideas of a group of CU Boulder students. Using modern design ideas and trends in working behavior, the team is creating environments that enhance personal, professional and creative productivity to achieve a better work/life balance.

Tom Lemieux speaks with a man inside CU Boulder's EBIO greenhouse.

Pushing Boundaries: CU greenhouse a resource for students and researchers

May 14, 2018

Walk through the Japanese torii gate surrounded by a wildflower garden and step into an ethereal glass building filled with rare and unusual plants and flowers, open twice a year for public tours.

Statue, indigo flowers outside the UMC

Pushing Boundaries: Students express their creativity in UMC Student Arts Program

April 30, 2018

Launched in 2015, the UMC Student Arts Program showcases artwork by CU Boulder graduate students and undergraduates. Two participants discuss their art related to this year's theme "Empower the Future."

RJ Mooney and Torrey Davis at Chautauqua Park with Flatirons in background

Pushing Boundaries: Center of the American West gives interns a home where opportunities roam

April 18, 2018

Through the center, students delve into the American West's vibrant, complex narratives and rich heritage while engaging with leading scholars, writers and civil servants.

Aerospace engineering students with SHAMU whale-scouting drone

Pushing Boundaries: To save the whales, engineering students take to the skies

Feb. 14, 2018

What happens when aerospace engineering students come together with marine biologists to help save sperm whales from harm and potential extinction? The SHAMU whale-scouting drone system.

VeRVE CollisionZ street dance team performing in studio, photo by Ryan Dixon

Pushing Boundaries: Street dance team in sync for spring competition

Jan. 17, 2018

VeRVE strives to build a strong and diverse community to motivate, entertain and bring people together through dance, shining a positive light on street dance and hip-hop and the true meaning behind them.

Giancarlo Bruni and Thomas J. Yao in the Joel Kralj Lab at CU Boulder

Pushing Boundaries: Student researchers aim lasers at bacteria in quest for better antibiotics

Nov. 10, 2017

A new technology developed in the Joel Kralj Lab at CU Boulder is driving the field of bacterial electrophysiology in new directions and enabling researchers to study electrical activity in live bacteria.

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