Navajo women being interviewed for radio broadcast

Radio broadcast of Navajo women's views on energy now online

May 3, 2016

Beth Osnes, ŷڱƵ Boulder associate professor of theatre and dance, has created a radio documentary about energy with the Navajo Nation that is being syndicated by Native Voice 1 around the country.

Angevine Middle School students in science workshop at ŷڱƵ Boulder

Lafayette middle schoolers get a taste of college life

April 28, 2016

Lafayette middle schoolers get a taste of college life through on-campus science programs, dance workshops, a museum tour and a rousing theatre production about the U.S. presidents.

Monarch High School students win award for their climate project

Monarch High School students win BoCo Youth Climate Challenge

April 27, 2016

Local high school students recently won the BoCo Youth Climate Challenge for a project that aims to help local businesses use clean energy. ŷڱƵ Boulder sponsored the challenge to engage Boulder County youth in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

ŷڱƵ Boulder student Kathryn Flint, left, at the Children's Museum of Denver

Building parenting skills block by block

April 22, 2016

A partnership between the Children’s Museum of Denver and Yuko Munakata, a ŷڱƵ Boulder psychology and neuroscience professor, helps educate the public about child development through interactive science activities.

Senior museum educator Jim Hakala, left, and anthropology curator Steve Lekson prepare a fossil kit to be delivered to a ŷڱƵ classroom.

Fossil kits bring ŷڱƵ-Boulder museum to classrooms across ŷڱƵ

April 21, 2016

Jim Hakala is hitting the road Friday with bins of captivating remnants of the ancient past. Among other things, he’s got fossilized fern, leaves, shark teeth, dinosaur bone, fish, petrified wood and a trilobite. This time, he’s targeting fourth grade classrooms in mostly northeastern ŷڱƵ with 12 of his “fossil kits,” courtesy of the ŷڱƵ Museum of Natural History, along with a standards-based curriculum for use by teachers.

Carissa Marsh and Luke DeGregori

Science education, a love story: ŷڱƵ-Boulder couple bond over their passion for teaching

March 11, 2016

Luke DeGregori and Carissa Marsh are almost as passionate about science education as they are about each other. Before the couple marries this July, they’re focused on their final semester at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder and time well spent student teaching.

 Brain awareness class paper and crayons

Mind matters: Learning about the brain

March 9, 2016

INC Classroom Outreach sends teams of ŷڱƵ-Boulder students into local schools to teach kids about the brain. They provide lessons on sleep, nutrition for the brain, emotions, head injury and general brain structure. The program is an extension of a large-scale effort to increase public awareness of brain research.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder panel to address parents’ rights and public education

Jan. 20, 2016

A panel discussion examining parental choice in public education will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. It is free and open to the public.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder-based Schools of Opportunity recognition program goes national

Nov. 11, 2015

A project of a University of ŷڱƵ Boulder research center that recognizes public high schools for what they do to give all students rich and engaging opportunities to succeed is now open to schools nationwide.

Kids at the Teen Science Cafe

Teen Science Cafe explores botany behind a victim’s last meal

Oct. 30, 2015

The next Teen Science Cafe to be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the ŷڱƵ Museum of Natural History’s lower level BioLounge explores how botany can be used to solve crimes. The event is free and open to the public.

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