Aerial view of Williams Village

Engineering residential community coming to Williams Village in 2023

Dec. 9, 2021

First-year engineering students will have a new home in fall 2023, offering a holistic residential academic experience at Williams Village.

Artist's depiction of the star EK Draconis ejecting a coronal mass ejection as two planets orbit

A young sun-like star may hold warnings for life on Earth

Dec. 9, 2021

On April 2020, astronomers observed a gigantic burst of energy and charged particles erupting from the surface of a far away star called EK Draconis. The findings suggest that similar events could, theoretically, occur on our own sun––albeit rarely.

Stephen Graham Jones

Champion of blue-collar monsters keeps racking up awards

Dec. 9, 2021

“The Only Good Indians” became a New York Times bestseller and has won a host of awards, now including the 2021 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award.

Dean of Students JB Banks

The dean’s list of advice: 3 things to do over winter break

Dec. 9, 2021

We’re almost at the end of the semester, and it’s time to enjoy a well-deserved break. Dean of Students JB Banks shares three things to do over the next few weeks.

Embankment in Ecuador

Grad heads research on ground improvement technique ahead of earthquakes

Dec. 9, 2021

Alumnus Juan Carlos Tiznado is the lead author on a new paper that helps engineers better understand and predict the “liquefaction” hazard during earthquakes and more reliably mitigate it.

Mark Esper

Join webinar Dec. 15 with Mark Esper, former secretary of defense

Dec. 9, 2021

Open to all CU Boulder students, faculty and staff, this special webinar hosted by Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences will be a discussion of our changing world, what it will look like in the coming years and the continuing importance of government service.

woman making call on laptop

New phone service coming next semester

Dec. 9, 2021

Starting in the spring of 2022, CU Boulder's telephone service will begin a phased transition from Cisco to Microsoft.

Classmates and instructors celebrate completion of the Our Community Listens training

CUPD strengthens communication skills through intensive 3-day training

Dec. 9, 2021

a dozen CU police officers and staff members, along with several members of other police departments, learned how to be better listeners, approach confrontation in a more effective manner and better understand the impact of non-verbal communication in a recent course.

Old Main cottonwood

Historic Old Main cottonwood slated for removal over winter break

Dec. 9, 2021

Planted in 1879 or 1880, the “Old Main cottonwood” is the oldest and tallest tree on campus. At more than 140 years old, 110 feet tall and 19 feet in circumference at the base of the trunk, it has outlived and outgrown all other campus cottonwoods that were planted at the end of the 19th century.

Visitors explore a CU Museum of Natural History exhibit

Explore climate change, ice at the CU Museum over winter break

Dec. 8, 2021

The CU Museum of Natural History will be open for in-person visits over winter break. Visit three new exhibits, on display now, exploring climate change and ice.

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