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Longtime Boulder resident Paul N. Eklund has made a transformative gift to the opera program at the College of Music at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder that, combined with additional university commitments, establishes a $2 million endowment for the program, to be renamed the Eklund Family Opera Program in honor of the gift.

Not everybody or everything makes it to 100, but the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Homecoming is about to reach that centennial mark. On Nov. 7, 1914, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ took on Utah to win 33-0 in the first Homecoming featuring an intercollegiate matchup. This year, from Oct. 22 to 25, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder will host hundreds of guests at dozens of major events. In addition to the traditional football game and parade, the celebration will include a concert, an alumni lecture series, affinity reunions and college and school gatherings.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder alumni Michele (Mikhy) and Mike Ritter have a deep love for Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder. They've recently made a trailblazing gift to the classical guitar program in the College of Music that, combined with a commitment from the Office of the Chancellor, will endow and name the program.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Associate Professor Amy Palmer of the BioFrontiers Institute was awarded a coveted Director’s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health this week, a five-year, $3.7 million grant made to select researchers showing exceptional creativity in solving pressing biomedical and behavioral research problems.