ŷڱƵ-Boulder to hold winter commencement Dec. 20

Dec. 12, 2013

The University of ŷڱƵ Boulder will hold its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20, in the Coors Events Center on campus. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public. Due to traffic delays, and ongoing construction on U.S. 36 leading into Boulder, early arrival is strongly advised. The ceremony will honor candidates for 1,899 degrees, including 1,399 bachelor’s degrees, 310 master’s degrees, nine law degrees and 181 doctoral degrees.

Richard Wobbekind

Positive, broad-based job growth forecast for ŷڱƵ in 2014, says ŷڱƵ Leeds School of Business

Dec. 9, 2013

ŷڱƵ will continue on the road to recovery and add a variety of jobs in 2014 across almost all business sectors following a positive year in 2013, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. The comprehensive outlook report for 2014 features forecasts and trends for 13 business sectors prepared by more than 100 key business, government and industry professionals.

Got an hour? ŷڱƵ-Boulder program lets you build a video game, learn to code

Dec. 4, 2013

In just one hour, school kids, teachers and any code-curious member of the public with an Internet connection can now create their own 3-D video game using a tutorial built by a team at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder in preparation for the global “Hour of Code” event happening the second week of December.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder students to demonstrate engineering projects at Dec. 7 Design Expo

Dec. 3, 2013

More than 350 engineering students at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder will demonstrate their innovations and inventions to the community at the annual fall Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, Dec. 7.

Rich Wobbekind

Economic Outlook Forum presented Dec. 9 by ŷڱƵ-Boulder’s Leeds School of Business

Nov. 19, 2013

The University of ŷڱƵ Boulder Leeds School of Business will present its 49th annual ŷڱƵ Business Economic Outlook Forum on Monday, Dec. 9, at 1 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center. The event is free and open to the public but reservations are required for those planning to attend. Leeds School economist Richard Wobbekind will present the forecast and Doug Suttles, president and CEO of Encana, will deliver the keynote address.

NASA’s Mars mission led by ŷڱƵ-Boulder successfully launches from Florida

Nov. 18, 2013

A $671 million NASA mission to Mars led by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder thundered into the sky today from Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 1:28 p.m. EST, the first step on its 10-month journey to Mars. Known as the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission, the MAVEN spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket provided by United Launch Alliance of Centennial, Colo. The mission will target the role the loss of atmospheric gases played in changing Mars from a warm, wet and possibly habitable planet for life to the cold dry and inhospitable planet it appears to be today.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder-led NASA mission to study Mars readies for blastoff

Nov. 15, 2013

A $671 million NASA mission to Mars being led by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder is approaching its official countdown toward a planned Nov. 18 launch after a decade of rigorous work by faculty, professionals, staff and students.

Aviation Week names 7 ŷڱƵ-Boulder students among 20 national engineering leaders

Nov. 12, 2013

Seven ŷڱƵ-Boulder aerospace engineering students are among 20 top students who will be recognized Nov. 14 with a new national award honoring tomorrow’s engineering leaders sponsored by Penton’s Aviation Week in partnership with Raytheon. The “Twenty20s” awards honor the academic achievements and leadership of top engineering, math, science and technology students.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder ranks No. 1 in state for sending, receiving students internationally, says new report

Nov. 11, 2013

The University of ŷڱƵ Boulder enrolled more international students during the 2012-13 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2011-12 academic year than any other higher education institution in ŷڱƵ. The data, released today by the Institute of International Education in its annual Open Doors Report, shows that ŷڱƵ-Boulder was home to 1,910 international students during the 2012-13 school year, up from 1,681 in 2011-12. ŷڱƵ-Boulder sent 1,330 students overseas during the 2011-12 school year, up from 1,316 in 2010-11.

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Communities should hit the ‘pause button’ following a disaster, ŷڱƵ-Boulder expert says

Nov. 8, 2013

One of the first steps people take toward rebuilding their communities after a flood, wildfire or other disaster may not be the right step, according to the director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder. “When a disaster happens, people feel pressure to rebuild things just as they were before, when in fact a disaster should be a time when there is a pause, when we ask ‘How can we build it back better than it was before?’ ” said center Director Kathleen Tierney, also a professor of sociology.

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