Online tool offers Colorado communities help identifying proven youth development programs

March 26, 2013

Colorado communities have a new tool to help identify programs aimed at developing healthy children free from problems like bullying, violence, obesity and depression. The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the , in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, today launched a new interactive website called Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development. The website will allow schools, communities and government agencies to find scientifically proven programs based on their specific needs.

Chancellor's Corner: Be Colorado challenge deadline April 1

March 25, 2013

A healthy lifestyle is a way of life in Boulder and many of us work hard, play hard and regularly work out and eat right. As part of the Be Colorado SUCCEED Health Assessment, my fellow campus leaders and I have agreed to a friendly competition to see which campus can achieve the highest participation rate among employees. The payout of that wager does not go to the chancellors, however, but goes to the participating employees.

How CUSG affects student life

March 22, 2013

By Lora Roberts, CUSG director of communication Every level of schooling from elementary to college has a student government, and the University of Colorado is no exception. As the University of Colorado Student Government , we get the honor of helping CU rise to excellence by supporting the incredible services aimed to help students.

Improve your social (media) on spring break

March 21, 2013

As you head out on spring break remember these words from Andrea Weckerle in her book "Civility in the Digital Age" - "Your digital footprint - the good, the bad, and the ugly - is used by others in decision making that impacts virtually every aspect of your life."

Sir Salman Rushdie to speak at CU-Boulder on April 17

March 21, 2013

Sir Salman Rushdie, renowned novelist and essayist, will speak on Wednesday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium. Doors for the event will open at 6:30 p.m. CU-Boulder’s student run Distinguished Speakers Board is sponsoring the event.

‘Sideline quasars’ helped to stifle early galaxy formation, says CU study

March 21, 2013

astronomers targeting one of the brightest quasars glowing in the universe some 11 billion years ago say “sideline quasars” likely teamed up with it to heat abundant helium gas billions of years ago, preventing small galaxy formation.

ICJMT External Review Report now available

March 20, 2013

Over the past few years, we have had wide-ranging conversations on campus about how we might better focus our efforts in the areas defined by such terms as information, communication, journalism, media, and technology. As you know, there have been several campus level committees, various working and discussion groups, and around a dozen faculty teams working on curricular and program ideas; there has been a productive conversation this academic year about ways forward among the arts-based units in Arts and Sciences. As part of this ongoing process, I invited an external team of nationally recognized scholars and leaders to talk with campus constituencies last month. The team has now issued its report, and I am making it available to the campus. READ MORE >>

Three CU-Boulder engineering faculty win prestigious CAREER awards

March 20, 2013

Three engineering faculty were selected this spring to receive National Science Foundation CAREER awards. Assistant professors Abbie Liel and Matthew Hallowell of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, and Mahmoud Hussein of aerospace engineering sciences, were selected to receive the awards.

‘Tick, Tock, Poe’ stages lessons against violence

March 20, 2013

An intriguing mash-up of some of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous suspenseful stories is at the heart of theatre graduate student Hadley Kamminga-Peck’s new stage adaptation, “Tick, Tock, Poe,” which has been playing at schools and community centers this spring.

Let's talk sex, a campaign

March 19, 2013

By Dominique Guillen I'm Dominique Guillen and I work with Community Health , the public health division of Wardenburg. During our fall semester we partnered with Beforeplay to kick start our Let's Talk Sex campaign.

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