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All of the students in Connections pose for a photo together on their first day.Featured from left to right: Top row - Isabella Herrera, Alexandra Corsino, Lhaten Wood, Jaena Moore, Sara Marquez, Johnita Smith, Salem Hill.Bottom Row - Estrella Hernandez, Annika Garr, Hannah Martin, Car'rie Robinson.

CMCI Connects With Colorado High Schoolers Through Summer Program

Aug. 3, 2022

CMCI continues its pre-collegiate outreach efforts through the 2022 Connections: CMCI Summer Academy.High school students, CMCI peer mentors, faculty and staff came together this July to build new bonds and celebrate the first fully in-person year of the program.

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Future Buffs Explore CMCI During 2022 Summer Pathways Program

July 29, 2022

For the past 10 years, incoming college first-year students have flocked to CU鈥檚 campus to get a taste of college life before the semester begins. After two years of COVID-induced restrictions, the Pathways to Excellence program is back in full swing in 2022.

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Center for Environmental Journalism announces new Ted Scripps fellows

June 8, 2022

The Center for Environmental Journalism is proud to welcome the 26th class of Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism. The fellows will spend nine months at the University of Colorado Boulder working on long-term, in-depth journalistic projects and digging into critical questions.

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Announcing the Spring 2022 Dean's List

June 2, 2022

CMCI students who have completed at least 12 credit hours of CU Boulder course work for a letter grade in any single semester and achieve a term grade point average of 3.75 or better are included on the Dean鈥檚 List. They receive a notation on their transcript and a letter...

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Local journalism legend Dusty Saunders dies at 90

June 1, 2022

Walter 鈥淒usty鈥 Saunders (Jour鈥53), a Colorado journalism icon, provided the Front Range with more than 54 years of service at The Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post. On May 29, he died at age 90.

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Watch our Graduation Recognition Ceremony

May 4, 2022

Congratulations to our 2022 graduates! We are thrilled to celebrate with you and are proud to call each of you a Forever Buff. Our ceremony is available online, watch now!

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Class of 2022: Hannah Prince

Co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Bold, Hannah Prince will graduate this month as the 2022 Department of Journalism鈥檚 William W. White Outstanding Senior. She鈥檒l apply her journalism training in her next adventure as an intern for ABC News.

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Class of 2022: Honors and Distinction Graduates

Congratulations!

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Celebrating a century of journalism at CU

April 18, 2022

One hundred years ago, the University of Colorado Board of Regents voted to form the Department of Journalism and create a four-year journalism degree program. Visit the Department of Journalism鈥檚 centennial celebration website to learn more about the history of journalism education at CU and to share your own story!

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Meet Ralph Crosman, CU鈥檚 first head of journalism

April 14, 2022

In 1922, Ralph L. Crosman became the first head of the newly formed Department of Journalism at the University of Colorado. In a career marked by innovation and leadership, Crosman was an advocate for students and for improving journalism education.

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