Students in Focus
Adam Forreider had been working toward a career in business when he began to doubt it was the right path for him. He changed his major to geology and transferred to ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder.
College students across Colorado are building science experiments that will travel into the stratosphere—and they are doing all the work at home.
Back in March, Teagan Browne’s phone rang from an unknown number. The call was to inform her she was a finalist for the prestigious Department of Defense SMART Scholarship. She gets her college costs covered and a job commitment upon graduation.
Jaret Anderson, a senior studying aerospace engineering, developed an interest in studying software engineering after adapting to online courses during the school year.
After graduating in May, Gabriella Abello spent the summer weighing all her options from graduate school to finding a job and more. Though creating a lot of uncertainty, the pandemic has also given many people time to reflect on what they really want.
Mariah Green moved to Boulder for the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Museum of Natural History's graduate program in museum and field studies. She ended up spending part of spring and the summer learning how to produce podcasts, as well as advancing her own paleontology research.
Adam Chehadi is an internship pro—he’s participated in technical internships since he was a junior in high school—but even he’s been thrown for a loop by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a new course, designed in part by students, participants delve into the interrelationship between COVID-19 and systemic racism. Anthony Fauci will be a special guest speaker.
The pandemic has thrown a wrench into the internship and job plans of many ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ students and recent graduates. Ahmed Ferjani was studying abroad in Spain. Learn what's become of the U.S.-based internship that he was set to start.
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder Today recently spoke with Shawn O’Neal, a doctoral candidate in ethnic studies, to learn more about Anti-Racism I, the first of three new Coursera courses he has developed with Jennifer Ho, professor of ethnic studies and director of the Center for Humanities and the Arts.