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The SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education and the Nature, Environment, Science & Technology (NEST) Studio for the Arts will offer SPIKE-NEST Graduate Fellowships in 2026
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (284+ words) The Nature, Environment, Science & Technology (NEST) Studio for the Arts at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) has partnered with the SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education (SPIKE Center) to support both undergraduate and graduate students to work on collaborative,…...
The Center for African & African American Studies Graduate Student Research & Creative Work Awards
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (319+ words) Meet Our 2025 - 2026 CAAAS Grad Student Award Winners All CU Boulder graduate students with demonstrable research and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies are eligible to apply. Proposals should be 1-2 pages (but no more…...
Preparations for a possible partial federal shutdown on January 30
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (287+ words) I am writing to provide information in advance of the expiration of the federal continuing resolution (CR), which is set to take place at 10 p. m. (Mountain Time) Friday, January 30." If a federal fiscal year 2026 budget or a new continuing resolution for…...
The Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at the Leeds School of Business and the SPIKE Center of Sustainability Education Announce Partnership
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (226+ words) The Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR) within the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder has partnered with the SPIKE Center of Sustainability Education (SPIKE Center) to empower future sustainability leaders by funding four additional…...
Faculty Opportunities with SPIKE Center, February 2026
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (207+ words) The SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education (SPIKE) launched in fall 2025, and we are building out multiple opportunities for faculty engagement. Below is a working list of some of the possibilities that have gone "live" and are forthcoming for faculty engagement…...
Reisher Scholars Program To Begin at CU Boulder This Fall
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (205+ words) This fall, CU Boulder will begin offering'Reisher Scholarships, thanks to a new $4. 2 million partnership with The Denver Foundation and the Reisher Family Foundation to launch the program over the next three years. With this milestone, the university joins one of…...
Reisher Scholars Program launches at CU Boulder with $4. 2 M in scholarships
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (346+ words) Beginning this year, the University of Colorado Boulder will become the 10th institution in the state to offer the prestigious Reisher Scholars Program through The Denver Foundation. With this milestone, CU Boulder joins one of the largest scholarship programs in Colorado,…...
AI in synthetic biology? One Ph D student says 'the opportunities are endless"
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (523+ words) Carolus Vitalis grew up in a small town in Chile'a town so small it doesn't appear on any maps." Now he's at the forefront of a large, impactful discussion: the pros and cons of artificial intelligence in the field of…...
CU Boulder joins Medtronic in strategic partnership to drive breakthrough health innovations
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (196+ words) The'University of Colorado (CU) and'Medtronic, a global leader in health care technology, have entered into a strategic research agreement to accelerate the development of transformative health technologies. CU was selected from a nationwide search for its strength in advancing disruptive…...
'Jump scare' science: Study explains how the brain responds to fear
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (738+ words) A spooky shadow walks through the trees In haunted houses across the country this month, threatening figures will jump out of the shadows, prompting visitors " wide-eyed and heart racing "to instinctively freeze and flee. Evolutionarily speaking, this "innate threat response…...