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Center for Asian Studies wins $2.2M to help ‘make Asia accessible’ for Coloradans

Aug. 19, 2022

Funding from the United States Department of Education is helping ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's Center for Asian Studies realize its mission in “fundamental and transformative ways.â€

Sister Mary Nelle Gage reads to a crowd of people outdoors

62 nuns were buried in a historic Denver cemetery. This archaeologist is helping to move them

Aug. 10, 2022

Between 1898 and 1969, 62 nuns were buried in a historic cemetery in southwest Denver. This summer, Lauren Hosek is helping to move the remains to a new resting place.

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Professor, postdoc, grad student teach cutting-edge science in Estonia

Aug. 8, 2022

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder neuroscientist Zoe Donaldson has found a new way to contribute to global science education. She and her team will spend much of August helping European high school students learn the finer points of gene manipulation in prairie voles.

Noreen Naseem Rodriguez stands in front of a mural

As schools become political battlegrounds, one educator sees room for hope

Aug. 2, 2022

States around the country are moving to limit how teachers can talk about issues like race and racism in the classroom. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez urges educators not to shrink away from having these “difficult conversations.â€

Students at Mountain Research Station in June

From oceans to the atmosphere: Community college students dive into research at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder

July 27, 2022

A CIRES-based summer research program has community college students hard at work on research projects in offices, labs and field sites in and around Boulder.

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From 'Don’t Say Gay' to bathrooms and sports: How debates over LGBTQ+ rights impact kids

June 20, 2022

Elizabeth Meyer has spent her career working with teachers and students to study how school policies can help or harm LGBTQ+ youth. In this Q&A, she weighs in on the wave of legislation around the country targeting the rights of transgender and nonbinary kids.

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¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä writing class brings generations together

June 3, 2022

In ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's intergenerational writing class, students discover a new richness to topics such as birth control, racism and the war on drugs when they have a chance to explore them alongside members of older generations who have lived through similar social upheavals. Community members are invited to apply.

Centaurus students designing a new ethnic studies course

Creating an inclusive curriculum at Centaurus High and beyond

May 23, 2022

Students in ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder’s Public Achievement program and Centaurus High School are joining forces to increase ethnic studies offerings for area youth.

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder student Aniya Khalili

Faces of community engaged scholarship: Aniya Khalili

May 16, 2022

Doctoral student Aniya Khalili was looking for a research lab that would match her values. She found that match in 2019 with Professor Shelly Miller and was introduced to the practice of community-engaged scholarship.

Young students dip their hands into buckets of frigid ice water

Journeying to the Central Arctic, in Boulder

April 6, 2022

Learners recently dived in for an immersive Arctic education experience at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium.

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