Community Outreach and Engagement Programs

CU Boulder Stories

• Join the Journey to Inclusive Cultures Workshop

  Encountering differences with other people is a part of daily life. How we relate to one another when navigating our differences either builds or erodes trust and affects the quality of our work. “CU Boulder is an R1 flagship university. We have a responsibility to ensure our work contributes to… More 

  Jan 23 •

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• CU on the Weekend’s Spring Lectures

  CU on the Weekend’s spring series will cover topics from inequity in sports to the music of the ‘70s to how GPS has changed our world. Join us beginning February 4 to hear from some of CU Boulder’s most dynamic faculty members. The series is free, open to the… More 

  Jan 12 •

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• Ongoing CU research explores impacts, solutions after Marshall Fire

  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… More 

  Jan 3 •

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• Middle Schoolers Use Needlework to Make a Point About Climate Change

  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… More 

  Dec 12 •

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• The Teen Science Cafe: Building Better Buttons

  CU Graduate Student Diego Olaya, 22, says that high school experiences with CU Science Discovery’s Teen Science Cafe piqued his interest, leading him to complete a degree at CalTech and return to CU Boulder where he works in Professor Jun Ye’s group at JILA. He credits the program with helping… More 

  Dec 12 •

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