CU Boulder physicist Robert Karl in the lab

A physicist who knows what matters: A good punchline

Jan. 17, 2020

Have you heard the one about the physicist who moonlights as a comedian? When CU Boulder's Robert Karl is not in the lab, he works on jokes and performs in weekly comedy shows.

Zhen Qu on campus

New ways of estimating, tracking pollution earn student Harvard postdoc spot

Dec. 16, 2019

Troubled by poor air quality since she was a child growing up in Beijing, Zhen Qu’s career studying air pollution has brought her to CU Boulder, earning a doctorate in mechanical engineering, and soon to Harvard University.

Environmental design students Marie Obermeier and Dean Behary

Colombian neighbors guide design project that leaves students tired but inspired

Dec. 13, 2019

Environmental design students returned from a hands-on planning studio last summer in Colombia with a broadened perspective of life in a marginalized community. Two students share their life-changing experience.

Joshua Tacca at computer

Grad student helps make prosthetic sockets out of recycled plastic

Nov. 18, 2019

Josh Tacca, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, worked with prosthetists in Quito, Ecuador, last summer making prosthetic sockets using a 3D scanner and recycled plastic bottles.

Rural American farm

CU Boulder research to focus on rural ‘landscape of despair’

Oct. 23, 2019

There’s a lot we don't know about America’s small places. Researchers are looking to develop the first systematic understanding of the sociodemographic and economic characteristics and patterns of change in small rural places over time.

Leslie Blood leads accountability seminar

Dissertation writing tailored to personality and values

Oct. 16, 2019

Leslie Blood has developed accountability seminars to help graduate students feel more grounded as they transition from structured classroom work and research to writing a dissertation.

Tom Cech

Faculty in Focus: Tom Cech looks back on Nobel Prize in chemistry

Oct. 8, 2019

On the 30th anniversary of being awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemistry, CU Boulder Distinguished Professor Tom Cech shares his thoughts on a distinguished career.

Joelle Westcott on campus

Creative Expressions: Student merges civil engineering with photography

Sept. 23, 2019

An undergraduate in civil engineering with a passion for photography helped build a footbridge for a community in the Hhohho region of Eswatini and documented it through photographs.

Graduate student Julie Larson and undergraduate Emily Koke in grass

Pushing Boundaries: USDA fellowship funds study of Front Range grasslands

Sept. 16, 2019

To understand how to keep rangeland ecosystems working in the face of climate uncertainty, graduate student Julie Larson is studying how grassland vegetation responds to rainfall and grazing manipulations.

Amy Linhoff on campus

Beyond Boulder: Finding clarity and direction on 500-mile trek through Spain

Aug. 9, 2019

For CU Boulder dance major Amy Linhoff, walking a 500-mile pilgrimage through Spain was a journey of self-discovery.

Pages