Stories of Arts & Sciences


From Huffy to high tech, it's been a wild ride

For CU Boulder alumnus Todd Carver, what he learned in the lab as a student inspired industry-rocking innovation in developing digital bike-fitting technology.

A&S Highlight: Jan. 2026
 

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Smog-filled city

The Conversation

What air pollution does to the human body

How do we go from sound asleep to awake in the blink of an eye?

CU Spotlight:
Jenni Shearston
Assistant Professor of Integrative Physiology

person in front of computer monitors looking at laser show in planetarium

Broomfield Enterprise

CU Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium celebrates 50 years with out-of-this-world events

Fiske to hold special 50th anniversary events each month throughout the academic year.

CU Spotlight:
John Keller
Fiske Planetarium Director

Rennie Harris; Department of Theatre and Dance

The New York Times

Review: Rennie Harris’s Jam Session of American Street Dance

At the Joyce Theater, “American Street Dancer” offers a history lesson in the form of a family’s house party.

CU Spotlight:
Rennie Harris
Artist-in-Residence, Co-Director of Hip-hop Studies

front exterior of Boulder Theater at night

CBS News

Inspired by Sundance, University of Colorado Boulder students learn how to put on film festivals

CU students look forward to hands-on learning at Sundance.

CU Spotlight:
Kelly Sears
Associate professor of cinema studies and moving image arts

 

Scholars aim to build community for women in quantum

Quantum Scholars Emily Jerris and Annalise Cabra started CU Women of Quantum to help women interested in careers in quantum to network and share experiences.

A&S Highlight: Jan. 2026
 

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CU announces $2M investment in Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS)

Announced by CU Boulder Chancellor Justin Schwartz and CU President Todd Saliman

Person of recognition:
Reiland Rabaka, director of the CAAAS

 

Quantum Scholars program awarded $70,000 in scholarships

Gifted by Meadowlark Optics

Program description:
Quantum Scholars provides scholarship support, talks by prominent quantum scientists and industry leaders and more.

 

National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship

$60,000 grant to research sources of the European Enlightenment in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Featured scholar:
Robert Pasnau, college professor of distinction, Department of Philosophy

 

Fiske Planetarium celebrates 50 years!

Celebrating with select performances throughout the year.

Learn about Fiske's five decades of immersive science, astronomy, art and music experiences.

 

"Tracking Immigration Enforcement and its Effects in Real Time"

$75,000 grant presented by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York

Awardee:
Chloe East, associate professor of economics

 

Jan. 13-April 24, 2026

International Film Series

Presented by the Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

The International Film Series is Boulder's first arthouse series and has been locally programmed since 1941.