On Dec. 30, 2021, a quick-moving, grass-fueled wildfire in suburban Boulder County became the costliest wildfire in Colorado history. It burned 6,000 acres, destroyed more than 1,000 homes and damaged thousands of others. Hundreds of CU Boulder students, faculty and staff were among the thousands who fled parts of unincorporated Boulder County and the towns…
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Climate change is real, and it’s happening fast. A group of 24 eighth graders at Casey Middle School want adults to accept this as fact. When these students compared daily high temperatures from Mazatlán, in Sinaloa, Mexico and Boulder, for the years 1923 and 2021, they found significantly warmer results in 2021. For example, in…
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The CU Boulder Outreach Awards are well known. The Community Impact, Micro, and Undergraduate Community-Engaged Scholarship Grants are newer to our office’s funding opportunities and important gateways to conducting community-engaged scholarship. These grants are awarded twice annually (spring and fall) and range from $1,000 – $5,000. Faculty and staff members, as well as graduate and…
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