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After five years and the hard work of nearly 200 students, faculty and community members, Geometry Point at Romero Park in Lafayette is now open. Filled with colorful geometric shapes, math equations and artful displays of arithmetic, the park was designed to make math fun.

For Professor Sarah Krakoff and students from CU-Boulder, spring marks a transition from the halls of the Wolf Law Building to the fields of the San Luis Valley. Since 2012, Krakoff and her law students have regularly trekked to one of the largest high altitude deserts in the world, where they clear debris from irrigation ditches or acequias and provide free legal assistance to farmers whose water rights are in question.

According to the 2013 census, one in four Americans does not have internet access at home, and those with the lowest median income rates are most affected. The digital divide problem in Lafayette puts low-income students at a disadvantage, a reality that hit close to home for Balkarn (Kern) Shahi, who grew up in Lafayette and attended local public schools.

CU Boulder Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Michael Hannigan conducts air quality research with Delta and Weld County high schoolers.

Two first graders walk into a class. They open a science book they wrote together. They read it to college students, who clap and ask questions. This is no joke. It’s a joint effort of a writing class at CU-Boulder and a first-grade class at Bear Creek Elementary School.

A new, sweeping national study of educational research use among school and district leaders finds generally positive attitudes toward the value of research and frequent use of research for decision-making. The report was published by the National Center for Research in Policy and Practice (NCRPP), which is funded by Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education and housed at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder School of Education.

Beth Osnes, CU 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.

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.

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

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