Pushing Boundaries
- A CU Boulder bridge program is designed to help student veterans transition to university life through acclimation to academics and social opportunities on campus.
- CU Boulderās newest instituteāthe ReneĢe Crown Wellness Instituteācelebrated its grand opening on University Hill with a joyful event highlighting the importance of the instituteās work: addressing the mental health crisis.
- The first student newspaper at the University of Colorado launched in 1892. Since then, student coverage has created a colorful record of student life amidst adversity, controversy, levity and the most significant historical events of the 20th and 21st centuries.
- The Mindful Campus Program, designed by students and faculty, aims to help students improve their own wellness and that of the community.
- In 2021, a new research scholarship program, Uplift,Ā was launched by the graduate student organization STEM Routes to provide mentored research experiences specifically catering to the challenges faced by underrepresented and underprivileged undergraduates at CU Boulder.
- As the ReneĢe Crown Wellness Institute gears up for its grand opening this fall, Director Sona Dimidjian addresses the current climate for mental health and wellness among young people and how the institute is taking supportive action.
- A new composers project on campus encourages recommendations for scores by Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) composers. Stephanie Bonjack of the Howard B. Waltz Music Library explains.
- Coloradoās largest fundraising bicycle ride for scholarships began humbly enough, with two men brainstorming as they took a long ride for a childrenās charity.
- Integrative physiology Professor Ken Wright is breaking new ground in the burgeoning field of sleep research, and bringing his students along for the ride, all of which has won him the Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award.
- Erika Randall, a new associate dean for student success, wants students to feel their authentic selves are woven into the campus community. She also belives when people give themselves permission to embrace their disparate interests, they achieve increasingly compelling, creative workāwhat she calls āampersanding.ā