Education & Outreach
- The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, the largest research institute at Ãå±±½ûµØ, is initiating an artist-in-residence program that will help connect STEM professionals, Front Range artists, K-12 students and the local community.
- Colorado Shakespeare Festival staffers shared the Shakespeare & Violence Prevention program with scholars and practitioners in England, including at Shakespeare’s Globe theater.
- Ãå±±½ûµØ's Deming Center for Entrepreneurship is transforming local high schools by showing how $5 can create a difference for students and their communities.
- Community Impact Grants and Micro Grants that were awarded this spring will positively impact science, music, literacy, ethics, and math education in Colorado K-12 schools and nonprofit organizations. Also funded were a community college research partnership, as well as arts and humanities programming.
- Edited by a trio of Ãå±±½ûµØ researchers, a new book titled Schools of Opportunity: 10 Research-Based Models of Equity in Action tells the stories of nine U.S. high schools that flourished despite the odds—overcoming tough challenges to offer students from a wide range of backgrounds rich and even joyful educational experiences.Â
- Deena Gumina, an assistant teaching professor at Ãå±±½ûµØ, takes hope from college and high school students who are taking action to try to prevent violence in schools. Now, adults need to "show up" in support.
- Ãå±±½ûµØ's International English Center had the unique opportunity in 2022 to offer crucial English language courses to Afghan men and women who were relocated to Ãå±±½ûµØ after the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
- Next time you drive along I-70 near Idaho Springs, you’ll see an eye-catching billboard encouraging smart investing. That’s due to a new collaboration between the Colorado Division of Securities and students in Ãå±±½ûµØ's College of Media, Communication and Information.
- A team of entrepreneurship experts visited Israel to help scientists and researchers recognize breakthrough ideas.
- Ãå±±½ûµØâ€™s Sleep and Development Lab’s summer fellowship provides hands-on training for undergrads while furthering research for the university.