Sidney D'mello

A New Way of Learning in the Classroom

Nov. 6, 2023

Sidney D’Mello is a professor in CU Boulder’s Institute of Cognitive Science and Department of Computer Science, and is also director of the National Science Foundation AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming.

Mark Whelan and his students

Alum Becomes a New Teacher in His Mid-Fifties

July 11, 2022

At the age of 54, Mark Whelan quit his corporate job of 15 years to pursue teaching.

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What Happened to the Teachers?

Sept. 1, 2018

Colorado's teacher shortage persists. Can CU Boulder help?

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Electing to Teach: Richard Pattenaude

June 1, 2012

Richard Pattenaude may be chancellor of the University of Maine System, but his first love is teaching — teaching political science, to be more precise. But he almost became an economist.

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The Art of Living

June 1, 2012

Art professor emeritus Ron M. Bernier died Jan. 25, 2012, as a result of complications arising from multiple sclerosis.

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Dora Beale Polk

Sept. 1, 2010

Dora Beale Polk on making a life of calm.

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A Century of Buff Spirit

March 1, 2010

Elizabeth Graham Demmon’s life has been straight out of a history book. The Boulder resident attended Mapleton Elementary School as a little girl, watched the Boulder Courthouse burn down and attended CU during the Great Depression.

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Churchill Verdict Rendered

June 1, 2009

Former ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill was unlawfully fired from the University of Colorado for expressing his political beliefs, a Denver jury decided April 2. But the jury only awarded the professor $1 in damages.

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Taming the Terrible Twos

June 1, 2009

If you feel like everything you say to your toddler goes in one ear and out the other, don’t despair.