Institutes and centers

Institutes and Centers

Extending what we believe possible.

Discover A&S institutes and centers that push the boundaries of research and creative work.

From laboratories investigating unseen forces that shape our world to creative studios where new forms of expression take shape, these centers and programs are where curiosity finds its footing. Explore what's happening across the college and find the work that piques your desire to know more.

Institutes Affiliated with A&S

BioFrontiers Institute
Institute for Behavioral Genetics
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Institute of Cognitive Science
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA)
Renewable And Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI)
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History

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Centers Affiliated with A&S

Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization
Center for Asian Studies
Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy (CASA)
Center for Creative Climate Communication and Behavior Change (C3BC)
Center for Experiments on Quantum Materials (CEQM)
Center for Global British and Irish Studies
Center for Healthy Mind and Mood
Center for Humanities and the Arts
Center for Integrated Plasma Studies (CIPS)
Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies
Center for Neuroscience
Center for STEM Learning
Center for the Geochemical Analysis of the Global Environment
Center for Values and Social Policy
Center of the American West
Center to Advance Research and Teaching in Social Sciences
Clinical Translational Research Center
CUbit Quantum Initiative
Fiske Planetarium
Latin American and Latinx Studies Center (LALSC)
Sommers-Bausch Observatory
SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education
The Brakhage Center for Media Arts
The Sustainability Research Initiative (SRI)

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