Mia Torres in front of a mural that says: We'll get through this

Undergraduate’s menstrual justice project grows into policy change

March 18, 2024

From an early age, Mia Torres felt the urge to do something about the injustices she learned about. Her menstrual justice project in high school grew into policy change. Now she’s majoring in the School of Education’s unique leadership and community engagement major.

Women in long dresses holding a chain of abandoned belongings near the border

What Remains founders braid migration dreams, art, stories

March 18, 2024

Growing up on the border shaped the worldviews and life trajectories of four “mujeres fronterizas,” or border women, who came together to create the What Remains project. Alumna Adriana Alvarez shares how the project reframes the migrant experience as a global and timeless human experience.

artwork illustrating a person braiding hair

The power and possibilities of intertwining healing justice and education

March 12, 2024

Women of color reported experiences such as these to the co-founders of the Healing, Empowerment and Love project: “Don’t let them see you cry—it will make you seem weak;” and “I tended to my body only when it could no longer carry me.” The project is exploring ways educators can interlace healing justice with education.

Young students participating in SCOPE program

Meet a scientist, be a scientist: Outreach program emphasizes inclusion

Feb. 29, 2024

CU Boulder's Science Community Outreach Program and Education (S.C.O.P.E.) works with underrepresented middle schoolers to build a science identity before kids lose interest or think they cannot be scientists due to lack of representation.

Students filming something on campus

New center designed to inspire curiosity, community and action in environmental science

Feb. 21, 2024

The new CIRES Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation is dedicated to three broad goals: excellence and inclusion in environmental science education; career development and training for scientists; and engaging with diverse audiences.

the leads and artists of the LASP Artist in Residence Program

LASP artists-in-residence program hosts local elementary students

Feb. 12, 2024

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at CU Boulder recently hosted elementary students as part of Empty Space: A LASP Artist in Residence Program. The Boulder Public Library will feature the students’ artwork.

aerial view of a snowy campus

5 faculty selected for Community Perspectives Program

Feb. 1, 2024

Five faculty members have been selected to join the Office for Outreach and Engagement’s Community Perspectives program—a professional development program offering each cohort the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills as publicly and community-engaged scholars.

Community college students setting up to take measurements on Bald Mountain in July 2015

Students build science identity through immersive research experience

Jan. 8, 2024

Recent CU Boulder-led work suggests students gain more confidence in their ability to do science and a greater sense of belonging in the science community through immersive research experiences.

Screenshot of a virtual summit session

Environmental data science lab hosts virtual hackathon

Dec. 18, 2023

Participants from around the world who attended the three-day Environmental Mosaic summit hosted by CU Boulder’s Environmental Data Science Innovation & Inclusion Lab used data and artificial intelligence to tackle environmental challenges. Winners will dig deeper in person next year.

Jorge Santiago Ramírez and Kaitlyn Bishay examine a research poster at the 2023 Upper Colorado River Basin Water Forum

A connection that crosses 250 miles

Dec. 7, 2023

Grand Junction and Boulder sit on opposite sides of the Continental Divide. As far apart as these cities are, they’re brought together by a commitment to water conservation, as years of heavy drought dwindle the state’s water supply.

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