Five ŷڱƵ Boulder students offered Fulbright awards for 2016-17, one named alternate

July 11, 2016

Five University of ŷڱƵ Boulder graduate students or alumni have been offered Fulbright grants to pursue teaching, research and graduate studies abroad during the 2016-17 academic year. In addition, one ŷڱƵ Boulder graduate has been named an alternate. Candidates with alternate status are offered awards if additional funding becomes available through the Fulbright program.

 Alicia Baker

Going back in time with Alicia Baker and her accordion

June 29, 2016

At this year’s ŷڱƵ Shakespeare Festival, audiences at “The Comedy of Errors” will be wooed back to 1920s Paris by the costumes, the set and of course, an onstage minstrel and her accordion. Because after all, what would summer be without the whimsical sound of the accordion? For Alicia Baker, the answer to that question is simple: it just wouldn’t be summer.

Rick Stevens and his son, Peter, stand in front of the Captain America shield at Denver Comic Con.

CMCI students, faculty present at Denver Comic Con

June 27, 2016

Continuing a tradition established in 2012, ŷڱƵ-Boulder faculty members, students and staff presented at the 2016 Denver Comic Con and its associated literary conference, Page 23. Members of ŷڱƵ-Boulder’s media studies and English departments presented on topics such as gender representation in popular media, action figure culture and the racial politics in recent Superman comics.

News corp students in CMCI filming documentary

Student documentary about Hazelwood Supreme Court decision to air on ŷڱƵ Public Television

June 27, 2016

Taking the Lede: ŷڱƵ Edition —a 45-minute documentary produced by ŷڱƵ News Corps students and faculty members—will air on ŷڱƵ Public Television (Channel 12) on Wednesday, June 29, at 8:30 p.m. The documentary details stories of ŷڱƵ high school journalism in the wake of the the 1988 Hazelwood Supreme Court decision, which ruled that school administrators could exercise restraint of school-sponsored expression.

Students working on a lego robotic

Programming robots launches interest in engineering

June 22, 2016

Diego Fierro, 13, hopes to be a mechanical engineer someday. And thanks to a LEGO Robotics: Space Challenge camp at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder, Diego took one step closer to that dream this week. “I’ve never built anything with LEGO Mindstorms before,” Diego explained, as he programmed the robot’s next move. “It’s cool because it gives me an idea of how a machine works, how every piece is important and has a job.”

Stephen Graham Jones

Werewolves, Comic Con and the writer’s life

June 17, 2016

Published author and English Professor Stephen Graham Jones relies on his students to bring in new ideas and new ways of seeing things. Students—immersed in his courses on werewolves, comic books, slasher novels, screenwriting and haunted houses—rely on Jones to paint a picture of the writer’s life.

Cutting the ribbon at the formal dedication ceremony of Geometry Point

Playing with math at Geometry Point in Lafayette

May 26, 2016

After five years and the hard work of nearly 200 students, faculty and community members, Geometry Point at Romero Park in Lafayette is now open. Filled with colorful geometric shapes, math equations and artful displays of arithmetic, the park was designed to make math fun.

Keane Southward in front of trail signs

Gifts establish new ŷڱƵ-Boulder capital markets program

May 17, 2016

A new University of ŷڱƵ Boulder program will enhance undergraduate curriculum offerings in property rights at the Leeds School of Business.

Students from the advertising program

ŷڱƵ-Boulder advertising students win seven awards at top international competition

May 10, 2016

Thirteen students from the ŷڱƵ-Boulder’s advertising program have won seven awards in a major international advertising contest. Their ad campaign entries range from a Lego fund to teach children about wildlife extinction to a LinkedIn platform designed to allow workplaces to address positive change around inequality.

Wanted: Faculty interested in participating in an eportfolio test

April 22, 2016

The Office of the Provost is coordinating a test deployment of eportfolio technology in 2016-2017. While the concept of electronic portfolios for students has been around for a number of years, the technology has only recently improved to the point where it is easy for faculty to adopt a platform that their students could easily integrate into their classroom environments.

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