Pushing Boundaries
- At a sold-out talk, Robin Wall Kimmerer discussed the importance of tapping Indigenous knowledge ānot so that we can go back to some imagined past but so we can go forward together and find solutions that are not embedded only by the Western worldview.ā
- An early and ongoing love for the water and the place where he grew up informs Skyler Kernās doctoral research, which optimizes computational models of biogeochemical processes to one day inform climate change policy.
- When CU Boulderās student population nearly doubled during the end of World War II, the university set out to house more than 4,600 vetsāmany with spouses and childrenāwho received GI Bill benefits.
- A CU Boulder bridge program is designed to help student veterans transition to university life through acclimation to academics and social opportunities on campus.
- CU Boulderās newest instituteāthe ReneĢe Crown Wellness Instituteācelebrated its grand opening on University Hill with a joyful event highlighting the importance of the instituteās work: addressing the mental health crisis.
- The first student newspaper at the University of Colorado launched in 1892. Since then, student coverage has created a colorful record of student life amidst adversity, controversy, levity and the most significant historical events of the 20th and 21st centuries.
- The Mindful Campus Program, designed by students and faculty, aims to help students improve their own wellness and that of the community.
- In 2021, a new research scholarship program, Uplift,Ā was launched by the graduate student organization STEM Routes to provide mentored research experiences specifically catering to the challenges faced by underrepresented and underprivileged undergraduates at CU Boulder.
- As the ReneĢe Crown Wellness Institute gears up for its grand opening this fall, Director Sona Dimidjian addresses the current climate for mental health and wellness among young people and how the institute is taking supportive action.
- A new composers project on campus encourages recommendations for scores by Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) composers. Stephanie Bonjack of the Howard B. Waltz Music Library explains.