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Augmented reality app animates local park sculptures

Sept. 18, 2017

A new augmented reality app designed by ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder scientists brings sculptures to life at Lafayette's Geometry Point and at home. Watch the video.

Science Discovery students send a high-altitude balloon into the air

Young engineers aim for the stratosphere at Science Discovery camp

Aug. 11, 2017

A recent Science Discovery camp gave budding engineers a chance to launch a high-altitude balloon to the edge of outer space.

Pallavi Bhusal at SMART

Underrepresented students excel through SMART

Aug. 11, 2017

In the sciences, research experience is critical to getting into graduate school. The SMART program helps level the playing field for underserved students who have not had the opportunity to participate in authentic research.

Young girls learn to code at Girls on Fire summer camp

Girls on Fire ignites a passion for coding

Aug. 9, 2017

With the help of pocket-sized microcontrollers, the Girls on Fire camp is designed to make programming fun and easy for middle school girls.

High school students participate in Aquetza summer program

Latino high schoolers explore community empowerment

Aug. 7, 2017

More than 40 high school students with strong ties to Colorado's Latino/Chicano communities participated in Aquetza, a ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Engage summer youth education and leadership training program.

a group of Upward Bound students on the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder campus

Upward Bound program prepares Native American students for college experience

Aug. 1, 2017

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder's Upward Bound program works with high school students from eight different reservations across the country to prepare them for the college experience.

Seth Miller discusses disruptive technologies with USTTI participants

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder helps other countries expand their connectivity

July 13, 2017

A number of professionals are part of a collaborative institute on campus that helps participants improve telephone, television, radio and internet services in developing nations.

Denver high schoolers gain engineering experience at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder

EngiNearMe: Bringing engineering to Denver high schoolers

June 8, 2017

This week, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder will welcome 55 Denver high school students for hands-on engineering design experience and the chance for a $2,500 scholarship.

A high school student throws a beanbag while wearing vision-distorting goggles

Rural Colorado students get a taste of college life

June 1, 2017

Middle and high school students from Byers, Elizabeth, Kiowa, Hugo, Limon, Burlington, and other regions spent three days at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder this week as part of a program aimed at giving talented and gifted youth from rural districts a preview of possibilities to come.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival performs Julius Caesar during school tour

Colorado Shakespeare Festival receives grant for outreach program

June 1, 2017

The university's Colorado Shakespeare Festival has been awarded $25,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to perform the works of William Shakespeare for middle- and high-school students.

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