Celebrate
- Family lore, conflicting heritages, Rocky Mountain snowpack and more. For this year’s recipients of the Thompson Writing Awards, these topics encapsulate what the American West means to them.
- The Renée Crown Wellness Institute has announced the recipients of its inaugural seed grant program. Jill Litt, Kalonji Nzinga, Beth Osnes and Steven Voida will lead research teams that inquire about wellness, while addressing practical questions youth, educators and families face.
- CU Boulder's David Shneer has won a top honor for his project that highlights Holocaust survivors who "commemorated murdered Jews in the very country that orchestrated their murder."
- A number of faculty and staff members are being recognized with this year's Marinus Smith Award for the positive impact they have had on their students. Though this year’s ceremony was canceled, New Student & Family Programs is still honored to recognize the 16 awardees.
- Kristine Larson and Veronica Vaida join the 2020 class of members elected to the prestigious institution.
- The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business is being recognized by the AACSB in this year's Innovations That Inspire Change challenge.
- Twenty-six CU Boulder graduate students have received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes students in STEM fields with a three-year annual stipend of $34,000.
- Niamh Brown and Santos Navarro join 42 previous CU Boulder recipients of the Goldwater Scholars award, which rewards juniors and seniors who are actively conducting research in math, science and engineering.
- Six up-and-coming companies vied for more than $100,000 in prize money and investment offers at a virtual event celebrating entrepreneurship.
- The program director for CU Engage's Public Achievement program is this year's recipient of a staff award that honors exemplary outreach and engagement work.