Featured II

  • A metal bin with strategically placed rocks and a small lego house to avoid damage from a simulated flood
    Engineering students with the Science Engineering Inquiry Collaborative in Rural Colorado (SCENIC) program developed a hands-on 鈥渆rosion challenge鈥 for K-12 students to learn about the effects of flash flooding on infrastructure.
  • Giguere headshot
    Amanda Giguere is the director of outreach for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF) and the founder of the Shakespeare and Violence Prevention Program. Since 2011, she and her colleagues and other community partners in the violence prevention field have adapted and staged Shakespeare鈥檚 plays to see how the content and approaches can reinforce violence-prevention skills in K-12 students.
  • An old photograph of the Climax High Altitude Observatory
    The University of Colorado Boulder strives for innovation, continually looking towards the future. But envisioning the future requires remembering the past. Colorado is home to numerous sites dedicated to scientific advancement鈥攂ut what were the origins of these places, and what can they teach us about our path forward?
  • A teacher holds up a whiteboard with letters written out for it to an individual in a wheelchair who is smiling at the camera
    For the past six years, Sherri Tennant, Assistant Clinical Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) at CU Boulder, and her team have worked in Denver with CCN students who experience economic disadvantages and use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems.
  • Three college students crouch around a plot of dirt. Two of the student hold a young sapling up as it is positioned into the ground, while the other pours a bucket of water onto the base of the plant
    Newly planted apple orchard on CU Boulder campus is a nexus of university and community partnerships and will be a living classroom for students and educators
  • A woman is in conversation with two men who have their backs turned to the camera.
    Amid rising political polarization, a team of CU Boulder researchers partner with community organizations on Colorado鈥檚 Western Slope to examine how language, activism and civic engagement intersect in the fight against political extremism.
  • Experiential Learning Design Accelerator logo
    Have you been thinking about designing or redesigning an undergraduate course to integrate a community-based,
    experiential learning component? Do you have a relationship with a community group or organization聽that wants to partner with you on the course? If so, this opportunity is for you!
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