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Before Courtnie Paschall touched down at the University of Colorado Boulder, she’d graduated from the Naval Academy (‘08), attained the rank of lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and undergone years of flight training. Paschall graduates on May 9 with a degree in neuroscience and a minor in electrical engineering. She earned the distinction of graduating summa cum laude and was named the Outstanding Graduate for the College of Arts and Sciences for spring 2015.

Work and play collide in the lives of students in ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä’s Theatre and Dance Department, where self-expression is the primary driver of professional development.

While interning at the Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Longmont, Colorado, over the summer of 2013, Wendy Duran realized what she really wanted to do with the rest of her life.

A new study appearing this week in the scientific journal eLIFE about the rapid evolution of small viruses that infect bacteria includes 59 University of Colorado Boulder co-authors, all of whom conducted research for the paper as freshmen.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck announced a $500,000 gift to be divided between the University of Colorado Law School (¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä) and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (DU). Each school will use its $250,000 gift to create an endowed fellowship program. This gift is the single largest gift from a law firm in the history of both universities.

The University of Colorado Boulder will hold its spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 9, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Folsom Field. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will honor 5,927 candidates for degrees including 4,545 bachelor’s degrees, 908 master’s degrees, 149 law degrees and 325 doctoral degrees. Cathleen Black, a former media executive and author, is the keynote speaker for the ceremony.

When you’re a master’s candidate, in your final semester, you don’t have a lot of time for yourself. Your days are spent writing, researching, neglecting to sleep. And when you’re working toward your master’s in music, a good chunk of your day is spent practicing. That said, sometimes an opportunity presents itself that’s so good—an opportunity that will demand weeks of your precious time—that turning it down isn’t an option.

A new University of Colorado Boulder study involving some 40,000 people indicates that social and psychological problems caused by drinking generally trump physically hazardous drinking behaviors when it comes to overall mortality rates.

Dead Week is upon us once more. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The following events can serve to facilitate the transition to finals week by providing an alternative activity to enjoy as a break from your studies.

University of Colorado Boulder astronomers, who helped design and build instruments for and have made hundreds of observations using the Hubble Space Telescope since its launch, are celebrating the observatory’s 25th anniversary.