Tag: Cu Boulder
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Colorado business confidence continues to fall under Trump administration
An economic measurement tracking the sentiment of business leaders across Colorado continues to lean negative, according to a new report from the University of Colorado Boulder. The Leeds Business Confidence Index –- a measure of how business leaders across Colorado feel about the future of the national and state economy — declined ahead of the…
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Redford’s Sundance Film Festival has impact on CU Boulder
When it was announced earlier this year that the Sundance Film Festival would move to Boulder from its longtime home in Park City, Utah, film studies students at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts Department celebrated. The Denver Gazette talked to Erin Espelie, chair of the department, after the news…
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Robert Redford remembered at Boulder’s The Sink as former janitor
Oscar-winning actor and director Robert Redford, who died Tuesday at 89, was once a janitor at The Sink in Boulder, leaving behind a legacy and a caricature on the wall for all who eat there. Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of…
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Justin Schwartz Q&A on his first year as chancellor of CU Boulder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save University of Colorado Boulder’s Chancellor Justin Schwartz just completed his first year in the high-profile role. Coming to the university in July 2024, Schwartz replaced longtime chancellor Phil DiStefano, who served as chancellor for 15 years — the longest in CU Boulder history. Before coming to…
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CU Boulder launches Space Policy Center to help tackle industry challenges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The University of Colorado Boulder established a new center to address the policy challenges of the rapidly expanding space industry. The Colorado Space Policy Center, announced at the end of June, will serve as a hub for research and public policy conversations for local, national…
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CU Boulder announces new provost
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor Justin Schwartz announced the appointment of a new provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs Thursday. Effective July 15, Ann Huff Stevens will take over her new role. She succeeds Provost Russell Moore, who announced he was stepping down…
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University of Colorado considers concealed carry firearms ban
The University of Colorado’s governing board on Tuesday began discussing a proposal to ban weapons that are lawfully carried concealed, as state Democratic lawmakers are also considering prohibiting them in “sensitive” places, such as parks and higher education buildings. While the proposed change cannot be voted on until the board of regents’ June meeting, battle…
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Minneapolis Star Tribune wins Al Nakkula Journalism Award
The Minneapolis Star Tribune is the winner of the 2024 Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting, a prestigious award sponsored by the University of Colorado’s journalism department. Many see the award as a precursor to the Pulitzer Prize winner. Crime and police reporter Andy Mannix was selected by a judging panel of CU Boulder graduates…
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to deliver CU Boulder commencement address
It’s an opportunity to learn from one of the world’s most influential technology entrepreneurs of all-time — for free. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will deliver the University of Colorado Boulder commencement address this year, the university announced Thursday. The tech entrepreneur and philanthropist will deliver the keynote speech at the spring commencement at Folsom Field after…
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Report: 1 in 5 Colorado bumblebees are endangered
A first-of-its-kind, comprehensive report released Wednesday from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder determined that Colorado’s native pollinating insects are in peril as a result of human activities. The report summarized research on native pollinators — like high country bumble bees in Colorado — and found that in the last 35 years, populations of…