A Zoom class set up by CU Boulder dance graduate students

Dance grad students keep kids moving with virtual classes

April 9, 2021

When local students began learning remotely because of COVID-19, graduate students in the Department of Theatre & Dance partnered with Boulder Valley School District to help keep kids with a range of learning needs moving and engaged.

Evan Kirk and Claire Meyer demonstrate how thermal testing for the PortaVax device is set up. (Photo submitted)

Engineering students invent device for delivering COVID-19 vaccines to rural areas

April 9, 2021

Meet PortaVax, a portable vaccine carrier that can keep up to 250 vaccine doses cold for several days using insulation and dry ice. Students are still testing the device and tweaking its design, but they say early results are promising.

Flowers line a fence surrounding the parking lot where 10 adults, including a police officer, were shot by a lone gunman at the King Soopers at 3600 Table Mesa Dr. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

Processing and remembering with music

April 9, 2021

CU Boulder music student Josh Sweeney has turned to music in the wake of the Boulder tragedy, including recording his own arrangment of Samuel Barber’s famously moving “Adagio for Strings.â€

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Try these tricks to score high on your finals

April 9, 2021

While the thought of taking finals may feel overwhelming, you can set yourself up for success with the right strategies. Here is a list of things you can do to ace your exams, no matter where you are.

Old Main on the CU Boulder campus

Regents approve tuition, fees, compensation adjustments

April 8, 2021

At its meeting April 8, the CU Board of Regents approved a plan by the campuses that will effectively keep tuition flat again this year, a salary increase and one-time payment for various employee groups and more.

A Protect Our Herd–face covering required sign at the entrance of Farrand Field

COVID-19 campus updates: April 8 edition

April 8, 2021

Through the spring semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates. In this issue: Campus public health clinic discontinues Saturday hours; Boulder County issues new mask order; and more.

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Statement regarding the use of CU Alerts

April 8, 2021

The university received questions regarding communications related to an incident that occurred in Boulder on April 8. Learn more about the use of CU Alerts.

Two people wearing spacesuits walk through the Utah desert

Science, spacesuits, dehydrated food: Simulating Mars in the Utah desert

April 8, 2021

Graduate student Shayna Hume will get a taste of what life on Mars could be like during a two-week mission at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah.

Sona Dimidjian

Buff Innovator Insights podcast: Sona Dimidjian on helping the young thrive

April 8, 2021

Hear how Sona Dimidjian, director of the Renée Crown Wellness Institute, is using the lessons of her life and early career to lead research, programs and courses to help ensure every young person has the opportunity to thrive, and more.

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8 things to do this weekend: Conference on World Affairs and more

April 8, 2021

This weekend brings a guided meditation, Free Friday Power Hour cycling class, an Instagram Live on repurposing old clothes, TEDxCU 2021: Bounce, the Grammy-winning Takács Quartet and more.

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