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¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Contemporary Dance Works has strengthened its outreach efforts by establishing residencies and developing long-term plans for partnership in communities underserved by the arts.

Colorado Creative Industries, a government division that encourages economic growth through the arts, has tapped ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder experts to help analyze the program's impact.

A group of second-graders has offered input on what's important to them when riding the bus—suggestions that are coming to fruition in a Boulder revitalization project. The children were involved through Growing Up Boulder, an initiative at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder's Community Engagement, Design and Research Center.

"Odyssey Remixed" is a modern twist on the ancient text, swapping genders to highlight gender inequity in the original story. The production is being performed as part of an outreach program that brings live theater to local schools and community centers.

Not only does ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder continue to be one of the top Peace Corps volunteer-producing schools of all time, holding the No. 5 spot, but it also ranks highly annually, this year taking the No. 11 spot among schools of similar size across the U.S.

A groundbreaking partnership between ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder’s Brain Behavior Clinic and the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless provides free cognitive evaluations for the homeless, which helps them get disability benefits.

Two U.S. Department of Education grants will enable ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder's BUENO Center to offer 90 Colorado teachers free or sharply discounted master's degrees with an emphasis on teaching English learners and students with disabilities.

The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder Robert D. Sutherland (RDS) Center for the Evaluation and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder hopes to increase understanding about bipolar disorder through a free public seminar series that begins Jan. 30.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder College of Music students are busy fine tuning lesson plans for this year’s ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Middle School Ensemble program, which begins Feb. 1. This program offers an extra-curricular performance opportunity for middle school band, orchestra and choral students.

The Piano for Dreamers program partners with the "I Have a Dream" Foundation to invite low-income elementary school students to the College of Music for a weekly piano lesson.