Marisa Westbrook

CU undergrad awarded public health research award

Dec. 22, 2021

Sravya Dhanwada has been awarded the Student Leaders in Public Health Award from the Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center. Her project involves better understanding the role of guaranteed basic income on health outcomes among unhoused individuals in the Denver metro area.

Zoe Fleming

Analyzing and explaining why complex issues exist

Dec. 22, 2021

With a dual degree in communication and sociology, Zoe Fleming is adept at analyzing and explaining why complex issues exist, in an effort to solve them. Fleming is CMCI's December 2021 William W. White Outstanding Graduate, awarded to the student with the highest GPA in the college.

Leah Rivera

A helper with a passion for justice

Dec. 22, 2021

Leah Rivera is the rare recipient of two awards bestowed by the College of Engineering and Applied Science: the Community Impact Award and the Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award.

Buffalo sculpture  (Photo by Casey A. Cass/University of Colorado)

Reduced campus services, operations Dec. 24–Jan. 1

Dec. 21, 2021

The CU Boulder campus will have reduced services and operations on Friday, Dec. 24, through Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. Response times may be delayed during this period. Get details, as well as links to frequently requested resources.

A nurse holding a test tube

Testing only the unvaccinated may do little to curb spread of omicron

Dec. 21, 2021

New CU Boulder research suggests that in highly vaccinated regions, including Colorado, most infections will soon be breakthrough cases, and money spent on testing the unvaccinated could be better spent on other public health measures.

Top 9 Instagram posts in 2021

Best of 2021: Instagram top 9

Dec. 21, 2021

That’s a wrap on 2021. On @CUBoulder Instagram alone, we posted 149 photos and received more than 5K comments and 748K total likes!

Engineering class forms CU on the Norlin Quadrangle. (Mason Marino/University of Colorado)

Taking in 2021: Reflecting on the year at CU Boulder

Dec. 21, 2021

A look back at 2021 shows a community of perseverance. Buffs safely made a number of COVID-19 comebacks; showed dedication to inclusive excellence; worked toward healing in the midst of heartbreak and injustice; welcomed Ralphie VI; won prestigious awards; cheered on Olympians and remarkable student-athletes; and more.

Artist's depiction of James Webb in space with its mirror unfolded.

New space telescope to peer back at the universe’s first galaxies

Dec. 21, 2021

The decades-in-the-making James Webb Space Telescope will observe light from the dawn of the universe and may even detect the gases swirling in the atmospheres of alien planets.

Man holding newspaper

Climate change news coverage reached all-time high, language to describe it shifting

Dec. 21, 2021

Recent data reveal U.S. news coverage of climate change reached an all-time high in October and November. The language is also changing, with more intense words and phrases being used in the news to describe the phenomenon, such as “climate catastrophe” and “climate emergency.”

Decorated graduation cap

Photos: Degrees conferred on fall class of 2021

Dec. 20, 2021

With proud family and friends looking on, CU Boulder's fall 2021 graduates celebrated their degree conferrals at college, school, department and program ceremonies across campus Dec. 16–17.

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