Community Outreach and Engagement Programs

CU Boulder Stories

• CU on the Weekend Returns September 17

  CU on the Weekend will return Sept. 17 and Oct. 22 This free, public lecture series showcases cutting-edge work from CU Boulder’s faculty. More 

  Aug 8 •

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• Promoting Public Impact: The Marshall Fire Grants

  Grants have been awarded by the Office for Outreach and Engagement to support community-engaged scholarship connected to the Marshall Fire. More 

  Aug 8 •

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• Collaborators preserve voices from the fire

  Around 11 a.m. on Dec. 30, 2021, a wildfire ignited in dry grass near Marshall Road and Colo. 93 in Boulder County—and several months later, inspired a novel collaboration between the University of Colorado Boulder and a local history museum. Driven by winds gusting up to 115 mph—more than 150%… More 

  Jul 26 •

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• Students reveal the history behind Boulder’s park names

  Boulder residents now have a detailed history of the naming of the city’s parks, thanks to research by 70 undergraduate and graduate students in the University of Colorado Boulder’s Department of History.  In summer 2020, the city of Boulder’s Parks and Recreation Department (BPR) approached the history department about a… More 

  Jul 14 •

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• The Music of Pueblo

  Xóchitl Chávez (LatinAmer, SpanLit’02) grew up in Pueblo, Colorado’s east side in a life rich with cultural heritage.    “Summertime meant church festivals and street parades,” said Chávez, who was a member of Pueblo’s youth marching band programs. “There was always some sort of music being played.”  Working as a young, bilingual radio… More 

  Jul 13 •

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