Aerospace engineering students with SHAMU whale-scouting drone

Pushing Boundaries: To save the whales, engineering students take to the skies

Feb. 14, 2018

What happens when aerospace engineering students come together with marine biologists to help save sperm whales from harm and potential extinction? The SHAMU whale-scouting drone system.

VeRVE CollisionZ street dance team performing in studio, photo by Ryan Dixon

Pushing Boundaries: Street dance team in sync for spring competition

Jan. 17, 2018

VeRVE strives to build a strong and diverse community to motivate, entertain and bring people together through dance, shining a positive light on street dance and hip-hop and the true meaning behind them.

Giancarlo Bruni and Thomas J. Yao in the Joel Kralj Lab at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder

Pushing Boundaries: Student researchers aim lasers at bacteria in quest for better antibiotics

Nov. 10, 2017

A new technology developed in the Joel Kralj Lab at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder is driving the field of bacterial electrophysiology in new directions and enabling researchers to study electrical activity in live bacteria.

Photo of six students who are members of the Volt Vision team

Pushing Boundaries: Students develop eye-activated controller for people of all abilities

Nov. 6, 2017

With the blink of an eye, users of a hands-free device can control an electric wheelchair, operate a drone or lock the front door, regardless of their physical capacities.

Max Robbins, a senior environmental science major from Grand Junction (left) and Thrombin Atwell-Donaghey, a sophomore chemistry major from Boulder tune a bike at the UMC bike station at the University of Colorado Boulder. (Photo by Casey A. Cass/University of Colorado)

Pushing Boundaries: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder 10th among public schools in sustainability ranking

Oct. 13, 2017

Based on campus data and student feedback on quality of life, career preparation and environmentally responsible practices, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder is a top "green" school, according to The Princeton Review.

Steven Dourmashkin and Jack FitzGerrell play Specdrums

Pushing Boundaries: Specdrum rings let you turn any color, any surface into sound

May 15, 2017

A student team developed an app-connected ring that turns colors into sounds or musical notes. By tapping a ring worn on your finger, you can make music anyplace, anytime.

Cam Connor works on his laptop

Pushing Boundaries: Students create app for buying, selling tickets to local events

May 9, 2017

Student duo creates app that lets users buy or sell tickets to local sporting events, concerts or ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder club activities. BeLive facilitates person-to-person communication without charging a transaction fee.

David Meyer holds his phone to display the Flatiron Chat app on screen

Pushing Boundaries: Student app gives introverts a voice in class—and more

April 13, 2017

David Meyer wants to change the way people communicate. To bring back the lost art of sharing stories with people we meet, he developed a mobile application that makes it easy to initiate a conversation.

Tim Hogan and Dina Clark at the Museum of Natural History herbarium

Pushing Boundaries: Plant hunters are the pioneers of Colorado botany

March 10, 2017

The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Museum of Natural History herbarium houses more than a half-million grasses, flowers, lichens and mosses—regarded as one of the most important natural history repositories in western North America.

Technology, Arts and Media student Kristof Klipfel poses with his "piano glove"

Pushing Boundaries: ATLAS student's piano gloves turn any surface into keyboard

March 6, 2017

After struggling to find his place in engineering and math, Kristof Klipfel discovered the creative outlet he craved in the ATLAS Institute's Technology, Arts and Media program. The senior is consistently cranking out innovative work that demonstrates his active imagination.

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