Academics
CU Boulder enrolled more international students during the 2015-16 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2014-15 academic year than any other higher education institution in Colorado, according to data released in the national Open Doors Report.
For excellence in education and research — studying everything from flower pigmentation that can have nutritional value in fruits and vegetables, to how processes at the polar regions affect the world's climate — six of CU Boulder's own have received National Science Foundation awards.
CU Boulder law students and faculty work with schools across Colorado to share the Constitution and cultivate conversations with the generations that will one day lead our nation.
Last month, we shared with you that the university is at the beginning of a faculty- and student-driven initiative to evaluate D2L and other learning management systems (LMS). We will be soliciting feedback via several mechanisms, the first of which is an upcoming survey that will be sent to all faculty and graduate teaching assistants next week.
Masters of the Environment is an innovative new graduate degree that adds advanced studies in environmental sciences, building on students' professional experience from other fields. The program features a yearlong capstone, or environmental work experience, highly valued by employers.
When Bernard Amadei joined the CU Boulder faculty in 1982, his research focus was mainly in the field of geologic and geotechnical engineering but after his first trip to rural Belize, he had a change of heart and knew he needed to do more. The CU Board of Regents named the Engineers Without Borders founder a CU Distinguished Professor this week.
Registration for new first-year freshmen seminars open now as part of ongoing efforts to evaluate and expand the academic experience for all CU Boulder freshmen.
Registration for spring 2017 classes begins today, Oct. 31. Click through for tips and reminders.
Michele Moses, associate dean for graduate studies in the School of Education, has been awarded the 2016 Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the university. She is also the first education faculty member to receive the award.
Registration begins Monday, Oct. 31, for 32 new faculty-led freshmen seminars that will be offered in the Spring Semester. These seminars are limited to only 19 students each. Check out the variety of topics you can focus on with classmates who share your interests and goals.