U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service worker surveys grass

Grim drought outlook for western USĚýoffers warnings for the future

May 19, 2022

As climate change brings a hotter, thirstier atmosphere, much of the western U.S. has seen record-breaking wildfires, intense heat waves, low stream flows and dwindling water supplies. CIRES researcher Imtiaz Rangwala shares on The Conversation.

Watering cannabis plants

What’s in your weed? The label doesn't tell you much, study suggests

May 19, 2022

A new CU Boulder study of nearly 90,000 samples across six states found cannabis labels don’t adequately reflect the underlying chemical makeup of products. The study authors are now calling for a weed labeling system.

Purple and white flower

Supporting groups and teams after a traumatic event

May 18, 2022

While it is important to acknowledge crises and disasters when they happen, it is equally important to minimize additional impact and trauma to one another. Learn more about how to support your colleagues, teams and each other.

A winding valley on the surface of the moon

Astronauts may one day drink water from ancient moon volcanoes

May 18, 2022

If any humans had been alive 2 to 4 billion years ago, they may have looked up and seen a sliver of frost on the moon's surface. Some of that ice may still be hiding in craters on the moon today.

Scenic image of campus

Efforts underway to bring historically Black fraternities, sororities to CU Boulder

May 18, 2022

To offer more opportunities for student belonging, inclusion and engagement, Fraternity and Sorority Life has been working with the National Pan-Hellenic Council to bring historically Black fraternities and sororities to CU Boulder.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival performance at the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre

Shakespeare festival draws near with themes of love, friendship and folly

May 18, 2022

In case you missed it, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival will be back with an in-person season June 5–Aug. 7. Peruse the lineup, including “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” “All’s Well That Ends Well” and “Coriolanus,” as well as two non-Shakespeare works: “The Book of Will” and “The Alchemist.”

The winning team holds the trophy and prize check at NAIOP's Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge

So nice, they won it twice: Grad students earn 2nd challenge victory

May 18, 2022

For the second year in a row, Leeds students studying real estate won the NAIOP competition, which involves pitching projects for a particular development site in Colorado.

Karin Schuster, Wolfgang Schuster, Sharron Land Gegenheimer and Bernd Kottmann reunited in Munich, Germany in 2019

Alumna endows scholarship to help students study abroad, connect with the world

May 18, 2022

For Sharron Land Gegenheimer, living and studying abroad was life-changing—and now she wants other students at CU Boulder to have the same kinds of experiences.

illustration of hands donating

Workshops teach students effective altruism and how to give better

May 18, 2022

With Giving Games, CU Boulder's Tim Wadsworth has helped hundreds of students learn more about the effectiveness of charities, the causes that tend to yield the greatest benefit for the least money and where to find tools to gauge nonprofits’ effectiveness.

recipients of UROP's summer student grants

UROP celebrates its summer student grant recipients

May 18, 2022

CU Boulder's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program is pleased to announce the recipients of this summer's student grants.

Pages