Music on a mission

Oct. 6, 2015

Sometimes the big moments for a musician happen nowhere near the recital hall or the practice room. Sometimes they happen on the other side of the world, in a classroom with a young student who can’t read sheet music, and who can barely speak your language. Classical guitarist Patrick Sutton (DMA'14) splits his time between performing and teaching students in nations without access to music education. He talks about his time spent in Afghanistan, Egypt and South Africa.

Former Interior Department assistant secretary joins CU-Boulder’s Getches-Wilkinson Center

Oct. 2, 2015

Anne Castle, who served as assistant secretary for water and science in the U.S. Department of the Interior from 2009 to 2014, has joined the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment – part of the University of Colorado Boulder law school – as a senior fellow.

Colorado business confidence notches downward ahead of fourth quarter, says CU-Boulder index

Oct. 1, 2015

The confidence of Colorado business leaders again dipped slightly going into the fourth quarter of 2015, but remains in positive territory, according to the Leeds Business Confidence Index released today by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business.

CU-Boulder leading new drone project to study severe storms

Sept. 30, 2015

The University of Colorado Boulder is the lead institution on a $1.9 million federal grant to develop autonomous aerial robotic systems that will enable new atmospheric science applications, including observing and better understanding the behavior of severe storms.

Offering entrepreneurship seed funding, CU-Boulder puts out call for faculty, staff

Sept. 29, 2015

Faculty and staff members at the University of Colorado Boulder seeking funding for projects involving entrepreneurship or a problem-solving mindset are invited to submit proposals for the new CU-Boulder Campus Entrepreneurship Seed Awards .

CU-Boulder collaboration presents 'Round and Round Up and Down' Oct. 10-11

Sept. 28, 2015

"Round and Round Up and Down: A 31st Century Child's Guide to Spirals or The Time Traveler's Bathroom Reader" is a kid-friendly and adult-friendlier performance that winds through the imagination by way of science, mathematics, storytelling and dance. The show runs Saturday Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11, at Fiske Planetarium. Both performances start at 7 p.m.

CU Theatre & Dance presents 'The Otherland'

Sept. 28, 2015

CU Theatre & Dance continues its 2015-16 season with "The Otherland," an MFA dance concert created by Bailey Anderson and Rosely Conz. Their show—which runs Oct. 16-18 at the Charlotte York Irey Dance Theatre on the CU-Boulder campus—explores through contemporary dance what it means to be a stranger in one’s everyday world.

It's a 'supermoon' eclipse and it’s coming your way

Sept. 25, 2015

Look. Up in the sky it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a "supermoon" and it’s disappearing. That’s because Sunday evening for the first time in 32 years a "supermoon," a moon that appears larger due to its close orbit to the Earth, and a total lunar eclipse are happening at the same time. But don’t worry about missing it, says Doug Duncan, a CU-Boulder astrophysicist and director of the Fiske Planetarium on campus.

Computing by Design weaves computer science throughout K-12 curriculum

Sept. 23, 2015

A Computing by Design symposium aimed at helping educators weave computer science principles throughout the K-12 curriculum will be held Monday, Sept. 28, at the STEM-focused Timberline PK-8 , 233 E. Mountain View Ave., in Longmont.

Learning Assistant Program at CU-Boulder, CU Denver gets $3.6 million boost

Sept. 22, 2015

The National Science Foundation has awarded separate grants of $2.5 million to the University of Colorado Boulder and $1.1 million to the University of Colorado Denver to expand and study the campuses’ Learning Assistant Program.

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