A Black Lives Matter sign displayed on the CU Boulder campus

Students mobilize to fight racism, demand change

Aug. 5, 2020

A petition created by two CU Boulder students seeks to make Black, Indigenous and other people of color feel safe, heard and valued.

ATLAS graduate student Fiona Bell

ATLAS graduate student assists Accenture Labs with development of self-cleaning textiles

July 31, 2020

Imagine a textile that cleans itself, killing viruses and bacteria and dissolving flecks of embedded organic material. Such a fabric could transform the safety of seating in planes, buses and other public spaces—a particularly appealing prospect in current times.

A member of a robotics research team working in a lab after a return to on-campus research

Robotics researchers ready to start field-testing their code

June 26, 2020

After months of remote work due to COVID-19, Chris Heckman and some of his team are headed back to the lab for testing and experimentation.

Adrian Gutierrez

Self-guided design project turns into an opportunity to save lives

June 24, 2020

Rising Engineering Plus senior Adrian Gutierrez successfully developed an automated bag valve mask, a device he hopes will help those with coronavirus in Mexico, his home for 18 years.

Serene Singh

CU Boulder students, alumni take lead in fight against coronavirus

June 12, 2020

Students and alumni have helped spread awareness about how to maintain a safe environment; raised funds to help support students, staff and faculty; and led efforts to donate and 3D-print personal protective equipment.

Nicholas Turco

Undergraduate aims to help CU Boulder Athletics become a model of inclusion

June 10, 2020

With Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) support, political science major Nicholas Turco is studying the experiences of LGBTQ+ athletes in CU Athletics.

Marwa Osman

Marwa Osman is on a leadership journey for social and environmental justice

May 28, 2020

Osman, a CU Boulder junior, has spent the last two years on a leadership odyssey that has made space for students of color and environmental justice on campus.

Aspen Heidekrueger

Philosophy student blogs about having, surviving and just coping with cancer

May 18, 2020

Aspen Heidekrueger was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 12. Now cancer-free, the CU Boulder junior has designed and built a blog to spread cancer awareness and offer advice and encouragement to patients and survivors.

Class of 2020: Golda Eisenberger

May 16, 2020

Golda Eisenberger, a psychology major, has been an outstanding member of the CU community and leader of Pi Beta Phi during her time on campus.

Caleigh Dewitt

Class of 2020: Caleigh Dewitt

May 16, 2020

Caleigh Dewitt, an outstanding evolutionary biology major, is a natural leader, serving as Kappa Alpha Theta’s new member director and on the member development committee for two years. Her insight as a chairman on the member development committee has been invaluable and she is a role model to many.

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