Jim Voss sits on stage during an interview

CU Boulder astronaut wins space flight award

Sept. 30, 2016

Jim Voss, scholar in residence in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and retired NASA astronaut, has won the 2016 Haley Space Flight Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It recognizes outstanding contributions to human space flight.

David Pyrooz

Criminologist who studies gangs wins top national award

Sept. 30, 2016

Described by colleagues as a “very sharp, talented young criminologist,” David Pyrooz is making significant contributions to the study of criminal gang culture, and is one of the few who’s looking at what happens when you get out of a gang. His research focus is earning him kudos and expanding society's understanding of gang populations.

An astronaut is pictured in outer space with Earth in the background.

Two undergrads score prestigious astronaut scholarship

Sept. 30, 2016

Matthew Winchester and Matthew Hurst are among a handful of national scholarship recipients selected for 2016 by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Typically, the organization choses only one winner per university, but in CU Boulder's case, ASF has chosen two per year since 2015, according to the campus Top Scholarships office.

Elizabeth Koebele stands in her winter coat with the Arkansas River in the background.

Why this environmentalist won a coveted prize for social policy

Sept. 29, 2016

Elizabeth Koebele, a doctoral candidate in the Environmental Studies Program, was one of only 19 award winners from 535 applications for the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy grant. The environmentalist rubs elbows with ranchers and fly fishing companies, for example, adding a very social component to her research.

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Call for proposals – Summer Session 2017

Sept. 27, 2016

Summer Session provides an important academic opportunity for students and faculty. More than 7,500 students take Summer Session courses each year and about 95 percent of the students are in CU Boulder degree programs. Click through to read more about Summer Session programs and opportunities for class offerings.

student with parent

Focus on Academics: Sharing your academic experience with your family

Sept. 26, 2016

With Family Weekend quickly approaching, many students may be getting a campus visit. It is a great opportunity to show parents, guardians or friends around and to update them on how school is going.

The bronze faculty medal, reflecting the seal of the university

Celebrating faculty achievements: 11th Annual Fall Convocation

Sept. 26, 2016

This Friday, members of the campus community are invited to join Chancellor DiStefano and Provost Moore for the annual presentation of CU Boulder faculty awards and the introduction of faculty members receiving tenure and promotion. The ceremony will be preceded by two programs earlier in the day, hosted in collaboration with Family Weekend.

McKell Carter, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience is interviewed and filmed by  Quentin Domart, a French journalist directing the documentary.

Research in documentary film gets inside the mind of a poker player

Sept. 26, 2016

Professor McKell Carter studies how social information influences the decisions people make, as well as how people predict others' behaviors. His expertise will be part of a French documentary that delves into the minds of world-class poker players.

Split portraits of Andrew Schwartz (left) and Fredy Gonzalez (right).

Two CU Boulder professors tapped for 2016-17 Fulbright Scholar grants

Sept. 23, 2016

The past secret societies of Chinese immigrants around the globe, and an emerging leader in crowdfunding securities -- New Zealand -- are the basis of research and teaching that two CU Boulder faculty members are undertaking overseas this academic year as recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards.

Noah Finkelstein with the Flatirons in the background.

Professor receives grant to showcase physics education research in Brazil

Sept. 23, 2016

Noah Finkelstein, who co-directs the Center for STEM Learning at CU Boulder and is a principal investigator for the Physics Education Research group, plans to showcase CU Boulder research at Brazilian universities in November after being awarded a grant from a prestigious lectureship program for physicists.

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