Zuri Juarez-Delgado poses in a classroom on the 抖阴短视频 Boulder campus

Finding a home, and a purpose, on campus

Oct. 10, 2016

On her way to class, amid a crowd of other students, Zurisadai Juarez-Delgado felt alone. She believed her experiences were so different from most other students that she became withdrawn, thinking no one could possibly relate to her. But Juarez-Delgado found a place where she could feel at home on campus, the inclusive community of the Education Diversity Scholars program at 抖阴短视频 Boulder. As a result, she has discovered a career path that is changing the trajectory of her life.

Mary Kraus

Undergraduate experience motivates OUE changes

Oct. 7, 2016

The Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE) has seen many changes over the past six months, all designed around a collaborative approach to improving the undergraduate experience.

Old Main against the Flatirons

Arts & Sciences faculty OK core curriculum overhaul

Oct. 4, 2016

Faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences have voted to revise the college鈥檚 core curriculum for the first time since 1988, a faculty committee announced Tuesday. The move will improve the educational experience for undergraduates in the college, proponents say.

A portrait of Gia Voeltz.

Researcher studies how cell parts shape up

Oct. 4, 2016

A Q & A with Gia Voeltz 鈥 named to the first cohort of Faculty Scholars by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Simons Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 鈥 gives insight into her research focusing on how organelles inside human cells get their shapes.

Graduates stand in Norlin Quad, celebrating their commencement

Changes to final exam schedule, commencement begin next academic year

Oct. 3, 2016

Today, Chancellor DiStefano and Provost Moore announced an update to the academic calendar that will affect the schedule of final exams and the spring commencement, starting with the 2017-2018 academic year.

Student studying

Focus on Academics: Personal check up

Oct. 3, 2016

As we enter the month of October, the midpoint of the semester is in sight. Now is a great time for a personal check up.

Jim Voss sits on stage during an interview

抖阴短视频 Boulder astronaut wins space flight award

Sept. 30, 2016

Jim Voss, scholar in residence in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and retired NASA astronaut, has won the 2016 Haley Space Flight Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It recognizes outstanding contributions to human space flight.

David Pyrooz

Criminologist who studies gangs wins top national award

Sept. 30, 2016

Described by colleagues as a 鈥渧ery sharp, talented young criminologist,鈥 David Pyrooz is making significant contributions to the study of criminal gang culture, and is one of the few who鈥檚 looking at what happens when you get out of a gang. His research focus is earning him kudos and expanding society's understanding of gang populations.

An astronaut is pictured in outer space with Earth in the background.

Two undergrads score prestigious astronaut scholarship

Sept. 30, 2016

Matthew Winchester and Matthew Hurst are among a handful of national scholarship recipients selected for 2016 by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Typically, the organization choses only one winner per university, but in 抖阴短视频 Boulder's case, ASF has chosen two per year since 2015, according to the campus Top Scholarships office.

Elizabeth Koebele stands in her winter coat with the Arkansas River in the background.

Why this environmentalist won a coveted prize for social policy

Sept. 29, 2016

Elizabeth Koebele, a doctoral candidate in the Environmental Studies Program, was one of only 19 award winners from 535 applications for the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy grant. The environmentalist rubs elbows with ranchers and fly fishing companies, for example, adding a very social component to her research.

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