As a new year and the spring semester begin, the University of Colorado Boulder is welcoming the first class of journalism students entering under a new undergraduate degree structure called “Journalism Plus” that CU officials say will create better journalists, better news content and, over time, a more informed society.
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It came only two games into an 18-game Pac-12 Conference schedule, but it was a huge early test nonetheless – and the Colorado Buffaloes aced it.
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Exhibit by internationally recognized artist brings together art, science, lichens and “footprints of the sky” Jan. 17-Aug. 8, 2012 Boulder, CO.– Art, science, lichens, smog, a 16’ video wall, emissions testing, paintings, photographs, puzzles, sculpture, stickers, statistics, and metaphors come together in a timely and thought-provoking exhibit “the invisible connectedness of things,” January 17 – August 8, 2012. The exhibition
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A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder could be a wake-up call for parents of toddlers: Daytime naps for your kids may be more important than you think.
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Whether you live in Shanghai or San Francisco, there are many ways to engage with CU-Boulder and our 270,000-strong Forever Buffs family. Get involved in the following ways:
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The University of Colorado Boulder will hold its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 16, in the Coors Events Center on campus. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
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University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced that a search committee for the vice chancellor for student affairs has named Deborah J. “Deb” Coffin the sole finalist for the position. Coffin has served in the post in an interim capacity since July 2011.
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Do you sing, do you dance, do you entertain? Do you know someone who entertains with world-wide flair? Would you/they like to do this for students? CU Dining Services is hosting a series of World Street Food events and they are looking to schedule entertainment in the new Center for Community dining facility through April 2012.
University of Colorado Cross Country coach Mark Wetmore has been named the 2011 Pac-12 Men’s Coach of the Year, announced by the conference on Tuesday afternoon. CU also placed eight Buffs, four men and four women, on the All-Pac-12 First and Second Teams.
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Anthony Hull (PolSci’11), featured in the March 2011 Coloradan, appears in a cell phone commercial.
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The Colorado Buffaloes snapped their horrendous 24-game out-of-state losing streak here Friday afternoon, dominating the first half then holding on to defeat Utah 17-14 in Rice-Eccles Stadium.
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Senior Richard Medina raced to an eighth-place finish on the cross country course as the No. 6 University of Colorado men’s team placed third overall at the 2011 NCAA Cross Country Championships on Monday.
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Oklahoma State University women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna were killed when their plane crashed on the way to a recruiting trip in Arkansas, university officials said Friday.
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Daniel Schaefer, a University of Colorado Boulder doctoral student in communication, recently created an Android app that turns everyday language into a Twitter syntax used during disasters.
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On Monday, the women’s and men’s cross country teams will compete in the 2011 NCAA Cross Country Championships.
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Purchase your spectacular 2012 CU wall calendar with large campus photos displayed in a much larger format than in recent years. This year’s calendar runs from January 2012 through December 2012 with unparalleled photography that reflects the changing seasons on the Boulder campus.
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“Managing Stress and Creating Your Next Career,” three Thursdays, Dec. 1, 8 and 15, 6-9 p.m. (free), led by two of Denver’s most well know job-seeking consultants: Linda Sollars and stress management expert Dr. Sandra Thébaud.
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The CU-Arizona football game this Saturday, Nov. 12, features a Student Veterans of America pregame party to honor all military, veterans and family members. It goes from 10 a.m. to noon on the south patio of the University Memorial Center. There will be a live band and door prizes. Pregame tickets $10; football game are also $10.
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Tony Monell, a CU alum who works for the White House, traveled to Boulder for the USC game Friday night. He sent us a photo of him with his Buff flag. Go, Tony!
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Attend the road trip to the Nov. 30 CU vs. CSU basketball game. Tip-off is at 6 p.m. in the Moby Gym in Fort Collins. Sign up early as this trip will be first come, first serve. Contact Josi Carlson with CU Special Events at 303-492-3213 to make a reservation.
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By Kim Bristol Adams (Engl’91) It started with a phone call from an old friend. Not even an old Forever Buff friend. An old work friend who had moved to Oregon a decade ago, but we still keep in touch. “My son,” he said (who, gulp, was not even born when we first met) “is looking at colleges and I
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CU linebackers coach Brian Cabral (Rec’79), center, shakes the hand of President Barack Obama at the White House during a visit with the president to celebrate the Chicago Bears win in the 1986 Super Bowl. Former Buff player Emery Moorehead (Comm’77) also was at the reunion. The Bears didn’t go to the White House that year because of the space shuttle Challenger explosion.
Friday night marks her last assignment as a Denver Post reporter, as long-time college beat writer Natalie Meisler is retiring this weekend and asked that her last assignment be from the Fred Casotti Press Box and to write a sidebar about the CU-USC game.
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Because Boulder has had two snow storms of 8-plus inches in the past two weeks, we have to cancel our Ralphie’s Corral pregame party before the USC game this Friday, Nov. 4. The Whitewave Kids Zone will still take place on the plaza located on the southeast side of Benson Earth Sciences building. We look forward to holding our pregame before the Nov. 12 game vs. Arizona.
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“Mother: Caring for 7 Billion,” on Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in Humanities B150, explores the widespread implications of theglobal population reaching seven billion in 2011- nearly doubling since 1960. The film features world-renown experts andscientists, follows a mother’s journey through Africa and offers solutionsthrough education rather than blame. In conjunction with Colorado Bioneers, thefilm is free and open to
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Bioneers is a three-day forum that brings leading scientific innovators and environmental visionaries to Boulder, offering practical solutions to the most pressing environmental and social issues of our time. The local colloquium for this national phenomenon connects the dots between environment, health, social justice and spirit in a unique and authentic way. The event features national Bioneers plenary broadcasts and
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The Department of History, University of Colorado Boulderpresents the 23rd Athearn Lecture: “The True Story of Ah Jake: Languageand Justice in Nineteenth-Century California,” a lecture by Dr. Mae M. Ngai, Lung Family Professor ofAsian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University. The lecture is Thursday, Nov. 3, 7 p.m. in Benson Earth Sciences Building, Room 180 onthe University
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The CU Book Store will be having a clearance sale Oct.24-27. The sale will be located in the lower level of the store. Stop by andsnatch up a great bargain! Additional information: http://www.cubookstore.com Also, buy books at unbelievable prices! $1 paperbacks and $2 hardbacksOctober 27-29, lower level, CU Book Store. Stop by and snatch up a great deal!(Selected items on
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On Saturday, the Buffs play the Arizona State Sun Devils, but the game is nottelevised for most markets. If you have Sirius/XM or the Iheartradio app for your smart phone,you should be able to find the game. The Iheartradio app carries KOA. Also, Fox Sports Arizona and Root Sports Rocky Mountain will air the game at 3:30 pmPT/4:30 pm MT. The
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Alumni are invited to the Joe Ben Wheat Benefit Silent Auction of Navajo Weaving sponsored by Toh-Atin Gallery of Durango, Colo., to benefit the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History’s textile preservation program, Thursday, Nov. 3, noon-7 p.m., in the Denver Post lobby, 101 W. Colfax Avenue, Denver.
Macky Auditorium’s time capsule was refilled, resealed and returned to its resting place under the cornerstone of the auditorium. Campus officials and community members gathered for a formal ceremony to place the time capsule back into the cornerstone.
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Laurie Armstrong Bartholomew (Fin’83) wrote to us that her family moved back to Boulder three years ago, and as shown in the photo, they “have converted our children to Buff fans.” She says that her oldest son, Bradley Bartholomew, is a current CU student, a sophomore computer sciences major, and that “even our dog Baloo is a big Buff supporter!”
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Three Forever Buffs enjoy the company of Chip before the CU-Stanford game at the Saturday, Oct. 8 pregame.
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By Stephanie Ann Harper (Engl’09) I work every day in downtown Denver. To get there from my home in the suburbs, I take the train, which lets me off on 16th Street, a grand pedestrian mall of red and gray granite lined with planted trees, shops and eateries, all against the backdrop of skyscrapers and renovated historic buildings. It’s a
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U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist Sarah Reed (PhdEBio’08)is going to the White House Oct. 14 to accept a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the US government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of independent research careers.
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Brittany Conklin (Comm’01), CU-Boulder Alumni Association board member and a very proud Forever Buff (Comm ’01), stands in front of Mirror Lake on the Ohio State University campus with her boyfriend Ryan Ferguson who attended OSU. On their first date last year, he brought up the fact that CU would play OSU this season and they vowed to go.
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Fans crammed Folsom Field for the Washington State game on Saturday, Oct. 1. Shown here is Folsom looking west to Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance.
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Lucas Otten, (Econ’06) of Denver married Alisa Wohlfarth in Beaver Creek, Colo., on July 9, 2011.
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For the second year in a row, the University of Colorado Boulder saw an increase in companies seeking to hire CU-Boulder graduates with full-time job postings on campus jumping 23 percent for the 2010-11 school year, compared with 2009-10.
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