A black and white photo of Joyce Lebra

Beyond Boulder: Retired CU professor was first American woman to earn PhD in Japanese history

April 17, 2017

Joyce Chapman Lebra became increasingly aware of ethnic and class distinctions as a child in the Territory of Hawaii, which provided the impetus for her life's mission to give a "voice to the voiceless" as a historian, author and educator.

CU Boulder ENVD students review plans for a new playground in Denver

Beyond Boulder: Â鶹ÒùÔº design, build new playground in Denver

April 10, 2017

Environmental design students at CU Boulder are taking their education out of the classroom and into the community to design and build a neighborhood playground.

The Colorado River law class poses for a group photo

Beyond Boulder: Learning about law from a raft on the Colorado River

Feb. 27, 2017

Colorado Law students will be learning about law from a raft on the Colorado River—an opportunity to become leaders in water, public land, energy, wildlife and American Indian law. They have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help get there.

CU Boulder engineering students sit on suspension bridge

Beyond Boulder: Bridging the gap to prosperity

Feb. 3, 2017

Student volunteers with the CU Boulder chapter of Bridges to Prosperity have launched a crowdfunding campaign to build pedestrian bridges in Swaziland and Bolivia.

Â鶹ÒùÔº pose in front of the Arctic Tundra Buggy

Beyond Boulder: Â鶹ÒùÔº video polar bears to teach about climate change

Jan. 17, 2017

Graduate students Barbara MacFerrin and Ariel Morrison traveled to the Arctic with Jennifer Kay, assistant professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, to video polar bears as a way to teach students about climate change.

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