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Since 1981, Upward Bound at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder has offered rigorous college prep and academic enrichment to more than 4,000 Indigenous high school students. Most participants graduate from high school and attend college.

Campus experts and students from around the state helped organize the first Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Summit on Sexual Misconduct, coming up July 19–20, including Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder employees and a student. Also, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder's Valerie Simons will give an opening address at the event.

High school graduates from underserved communities who are heading to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder in the fall traveled from around Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ to campus recently to participate in summer bridge programs, which provide academic classes and community-building activities.

Just before Denver's Pride weekend, the team behind an innovative effort to make classrooms safer for LGBTQ youth discusses how schools shape what people think is normal.

The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Shakespeare Festival is offering a virtual workshop for kids 12–18 years old is hosting unexpected professionals, including a brilliant rap artist who will teach attendees how to blend classical sonnets with contemporary hip-hop beats.

The partnership between Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder and CMU is a unique opportunity for students to earn a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder engineering degree while studying in Grand Junction. The program has seen siblings and even twins, and of course is open to individuals as well.

Education researchers are increasingly seeing the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to rethink how we teach kids in the United States, making school curricula more relevant to the lives of young people.

Stephanie Toliver was in college the first time she read a science fiction and fantasy novel featuring a Black woman as a protagonist. Today, she's working to make sure that the next generation of Black girls don't face the same obstacles.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder is collaborating with the Association of American Universities and others on a series raising awareness about the role of public research universities in times of significant global challenges. In Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder's clip, an environmental engineering team is working with schools to improve air filtration.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder doctoral student Julia Daniel studies community schools, a promising model of education that broadens access to learning opportunities and strengthens communities.