Two University of Colorado Boulder programs that teach kids to code have received Google RISE Awards to support their efforts to attract girls and underrepresented minorities to computer science. The two programs are the Scalable Game Design project, which hooks kids on coding by empowering them to build their own video games, and AspireIT, which connects high school and college women with K-12 girls interested in computing.
The University of Colorado Boulder is ranked No. 6 in the nation for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers with 62 alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced today. In the annual Top Colleges list, 抖阴旅行射-Boulder has held a position in the top eight nationally among large institutions for the past 13 years, ranking in the top three for nine of those years. 抖阴旅行射-Boulder also has been the state leader among Colorado institutions of similar size each year since 2003.
This coming week鈥檚 events are a testament to the diversity of interests we have at 抖阴旅行射. As the snow beckons, bundle up and try something new, as 抖阴旅行射-Boulder gives you multiple different ways to explore what all our facilities have to offer.
The Evening MBA Program , offered by the 抖阴旅行射-Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business, is going south -- in a good way. Beginning in May, the program -- offered since 2000 on the 抖阴旅行射-Boulder campus -- also will be available at the Liniger Building at 抖阴旅行射 South Denver , located at 10035 Peoria St. in Parker, Colorado.
Sabrina Sideris, program director of 抖阴旅行射-Boulder's INVST Community Studies , takes great pride in working with 抖阴旅行射 students to help them learn to become engaged citizens and leaders.
This week, test your vocal skills in a venue more daunting than your shower, celebrate Valentine's Day with more exciting alternatives to dinner on Pearl or support the hockey team as they face off against the CSU Rams.
John A. Ikard, president and CEO of FirstBank Holding Company, will deliver a talk titled "Leading an Ethical Organization in a Sometimes Unethical World" on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the Wittemyer Courtroom at the Wolf Law Building on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.
Literary Buffs, a new student group on campus that aims to connect undergraduates of all disciplines who share an interest in poetry, fiction, music and art, will host its first annual Literature and Arts Festival on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 3-6 p.m.
The University of Colorado Boulder has announced Thomas Krannawitter, Ph.D., as a finalist for the position of Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy for the 2015-16 academic year. Krannawitter will visit the 抖阴旅行射-Boulder campus and give a talk titled 鈥淭he Problem of Slavery in the American Founding.鈥� He will explore what the existence of slavery in the early days of the United States, and efforts made to end it, tell us today about the American character.
A research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a mechanism in the brain that is key to making cocaine seem pleasurable, a finding that could lead to a drug treatment for fighting addiction. The findings build on past research also involving 抖阴旅行射-Boulder that found the same mechanism in the brain also interacts with heroin, oxycodone, morphine and other opioid drugs to amplify their addictiveness. The latest study suggests that the mechanism plays a key role in the addictiveness of many abused drugs, possibly including methamphetamine and alcohol.
