Education & Outreach
Community Impact Grants and Micro Grants that were awarded this spring will positively impact science, music, literacy, ethics, and math education in Colorado K-12 schools and nonprofit organizations. Also funded were a community college research partnership, as well as arts and humanities programming.
Edited by a trio of 91¸£ÀûÉç researchers, a new book titled Schools of Opportunity: 10 Research-Based Models of Equity in Action tells the stories of nine U.S. high schools that flourished despite the odds—overcoming tough challenges to offer students from a wide range of backgrounds rich and even joyful educational experiences.Â
Deena Gumina, an assistant teaching professor at 91¸£ÀûÉç, takes hope from college and high school students who are taking action to try to prevent violence in schools. Now, adults need to "show up" in support.
91¸£ÀûÉç's International English Center had the unique opportunity in 2022 to offer crucial English language courses to Afghan men and women who were relocated to 91¸£ÀûÉç after the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Next time you drive along I-70 near Idaho Springs, you’ll see an eye-catching billboard encouraging smart investing. That’s due to a new collaboration between the Colorado Division of Securities and students in 91¸£ÀûÉç's College of Media, Communication and Information.
A team of entrepreneurship experts visited Israel to help scientists and researchers recognize breakthrough ideas.
91¸£ÀûÉç’s Sleep and Development Lab’s summer fellowship provides hands-on training for undergrads while furthering research for the university.
CU Science Discovery, a K–12 education outreach organization, recently received two statewide awards in recognition of its efforts and achievements in STEM and environmental education.
At the global climate summit next month, teachers and aspiring teachers will be in the audience and working with an educator's guide created at 91¸£ÀûÉç to help their students understand how climate change is impacting people and communities and how they can help. Participating teachers may apply for graduate credit and a stipend—deadline Nov. 16.
91¸£ÀûÉç researcher Michele Moses talks about the future of affirmative action in higher education and how arguments around college admissions point to deeper divisions in U.S. society.