Enabled by smartphones, computers and mobile technology, regular people are observing their environments, monitoring neighborhoods and collecting information about the world and the things they care about.
An undergraduate student is parlaying her experience in designing and building space instruments to create workshops for blind high school and college students so they can gain the hands-on training needed to excel in science and engineering careers.
Because she had hip surgery during the winter break, University of Colorado Student Annie Miller could not physically attend class in the beginning weeks of the spring 2017 semester. A robot and some teamwork ensured that she could attend remotely.
Lori Peek, who was just starting her third year of graduate school at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä, watched the catastrophe of 9/11 unfold from afar. But soon after the twin towers fell, she packed her bags and flew into the chaos.