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ŷڱƵ Money Sense: 5 steps to improve your finances this summer

May 20, 2015

Summer can be a busy time for college students between working, internships, traveling or summer classes. However, now is the perfect time to give your finances a checkup. Click through for five easy steps toward improving your money situation today.

Athletic Hall Of Fame to welcome 11 Buff legends

May 14, 2015

The 11th class that will be inducted into the University of ŷڱƵ Athletic Hall of Fame on Nov. 5 will feature a diverse group of 11 Golden Buffalo legends who all left indelible marks while attending school and many who went on to great heights once their college days came to an end.

A hopeful new strategy for treating Parkinson’s disease

May 14, 2015

A novel compound developed by a team led by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder may be therapeutic in suppressing misguided inflammatory responses by a set of immune cells known as microglia to perceived damage to the brain and nervous system.

2015 graduates looking at best job market in years

May 8, 2015

It’s graduation time for colleges and universities around the country and for the 5,927 ŷڱƵ-Boulder graduates likely to hit the job market there’s good news. That’s because the job market is healthy and strong across the board, says Jon Schlesinger from ŷڱƵ-Boulder’s Office of Career Services.

New graduate plans to 'push the envelope of applied demography'

May 8, 2015

ŷڱƵ seven years ago, Rob Kemp had two encounters that changed his life. The first was when a mentor at the university where he earned his bachelor’s degree pushed him to talk with a former ŷڱƵ-Boulder PhD student. Until then, Kemp hadn’t really considered going on to graduate school.

Paying it Forward in the Public Achievement Program

May 7, 2015

When Balkarn Singh Shahi looks back on his high school experience, one activity stands out – the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder’s Public Achievement program. As a student at Centaurus High School participating in the program, Shahi and peers responded to national public shootings by spearheading a public campaign to prevent gun violence. Now a sophomore at ŷڱƵ-Boulder, Shahi could not resist the opportunity to give back to the Public Achievement program , which pairs ŷڱƵ-Boulder students as coaches with groups of underrepresented K-12 students seeking solutions to their identified salient social issues. Shahi has been a Public Achievement coach, and this year he served as a teaching assistant for the corresponding civic engagement course and new class of coaches.

Emirates Mars Mission

United Arab Emirates to partner with ŷڱƵ-Boulder on 2021 Mars mission

May 7, 2015

A mission to study dynamic changes in the atmosphere of Mars over days and seasons led by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involves the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder as the leading U.S. scientific-academic partner.

‘Schools of Opportunity’ project announces first honorees, including seven ŷڱƵ high schools

May 7, 2015

The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder announced today that 17 high schools in New York and ŷڱƵ are the first to receive the “School of Opportunity” designation. These outstanding schools demonstrated a range of practices that ensured that all students had rich opportunities to succeed. All put students, not test scores, first.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder students lauded with six awards at international advertising competition

May 6, 2015

Fourteen University of ŷڱƵ Boulder students had a wildly successful evening Tuesday in New York City, winning six awards in a top international advertising contest, the most collected by any public U.S. university at the event.

Naval pilot earns soaring praise for honors’ research

May 5, 2015

Before Courtnie Paschall touched down at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder, she’d graduated from the Naval Academy (‘08), attained the rank of lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and undergone years of flight training. Paschall graduates on May 9 with a degree in neuroscience and a minor in electrical engineering. She earned the distinction of graduating summa cum laude and was named the Outstanding Graduate for the College of Arts and Sciences for spring 2015.

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