Dan Zhang

Dan Zhang makes sure students ‘R’ prepared for a data-focused future

Aug. 4, 2022

Professor Dan Zhang was recently honored with a teaching award for enthusiasm, engagement and his Advanced Analytics course for MBA students, which includes teachings in the R programming language.​

Cliff and Carol Pearson

Giving back, giving forward

Aug. 3, 2022

Alumni Cliff and Carol Pearson are investing in the next generation of Forever Buffs by funding scholarships for engineering and history students at CU. Read their story and hear about their impact from two engineering scholarship recipients.

Aerospace students in a classroom

4 ²ÊÃñ±¦µä aerospace students earn major NASA fellowships

Aug. 3, 2022

Four doctoral students in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences are being recognized with 2022 NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities fellowships.

A student tutoring a fellow student

Now hiring: Check out these on-campus student job openings

Aug. 2, 2022

On-campus jobs offer many benefits: a regular paycheck, flexible hours and convenient work environments. But did you know you can often find on-campus jobs that match your interests or passions, or help you develop valuable career skills? Here are a variety of student job openings to consider this fall.

Howard B. Waltz Music Library

Black Lives Matter movement sparks composers project

Aug. 2, 2022

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.

Grassy field

Ecologist Laura Dee recognized for cutting-edge work on big environmental problems

Aug. 2, 2022

²ÊÃñ±¦µä Assistant Professor Laura Dee has been named an Ecological Society of America Early Career Fellow, a reflection of her contributions so far and to come.

Ojos del Salado

Life at 22,000 feet: A discovery of persistence on the world's highest volcano

Aug. 2, 2022

In December 2021, a trio of CU scientists in a convoy of four-wheel-drive trucks sought to discover how life persists on Argentina and Chile’s Ojos del Salado, the world’s highest volcano and home to some of the planet’s driest areas.

Peter Spear with bicycle

Pedaling passion spurs new scholarship

Aug. 2, 2022

Former arts and sciences dean Peter Spear has fused his love of cycling with his desire to help students—resulting in a new scholarship tied to the College of Arts and Sciences’ annual cycling event, which supports high-achieving students in financial need.

CU volleyball team on the court

CU volleyball team earns third-straight AVCA academic honor

Aug. 2, 2022

The Colorado volleyball team earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2021–22 season for the third time in the program's 30-year history, successfully maintaining above a 3.30 GPA for the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters.

Field notes journal from 1892

Rare glacier research notebooks now available digitally

Aug. 2, 2022

Over 140 documents from notebooks and reports that feature first-person accounts of glacial landscapes from the 19th and 20th centuries are now available to the public through the CU Digital Library.

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