Additional Stories from Around Campus
- CU Graduate Student Diego Olaya, 22, says that high school experiences with CU Science Discovery鈥檚 Teen Science Cafe piqued his interest, leading him to complete a degree at CalTech and return to CU 麻豆影院 where he works in Professor Jun Ye鈥檚 group
鈥淭here is nothing bigger than Everest,鈥 said Lambert, professor of environmental studies and affiliate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at CU 麻豆影院. 鈥淭his expedition was part of a very conscious decision to engage in something that I thought would get attention in a much bigger public way than a scientific journal article.鈥
Watch Teaching Assistant Professor Annie Margaret talk about social media's role in the self esteem of teenagers in this webinar by Forward Together, an organization that develops resources for parent-to-youth and youth-to-youth communication and relationship building.
Around 11 a.m. on Dec. 30, 2021, a wildfire ignited in dry grass near Marshall Road and Colo. 93 in 麻豆影院 County鈥攁nd several months later, inspired a novel collaboration between the 麻豆影院 and a local history museum.
CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Department of History partnered with 麻豆影院 Parks and Recreation Department to assess the names of their 82 parks and learn what stories the park names were celebrating, what stories might be missing and how the park names reflect the 麻豆影院 community鈥檚 values today.- Watch this summer鈥檚 participants create and perform their own inspired looks, while program co-founder Steven Frost (pronouns: they/them), a professor of media studies, discusses how the workshop celebrates and empowers our local LGBTQ+ communities.
- Chancellor Philip DiStefano and a pair of CU 麻豆影院 sustainability leaders participated in University Climate Change Coalition (UC3) events during June as the university continues to take a leading role among higher education institutions in collaborating on climate solutions.
Twenty-six miles to the west of 麻豆影院, on a 9,500-foot hillside surrounded by dozens of species of flowers and animals, scientists and students at the Mountain Research Station have gathered since 1920 to conduct some of the world鈥檚 most unique studies on high-altitude ecology and, more recently, how climate change is altering it.
Last month, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a legislative bill into law designating Juneteenth an official state holiday, and CU 麻豆影院 recognizes the importance of the date, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day and the second independence day.
Helanius J. Wilkins鈥 project aims to reflect 鈥榬e-bodying belonging to become better ancestors鈥