Tag: University Of Colorado Boulder
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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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Glimpse inside the new Limelight Boulder Hotel that could be a Sundance hub
As early as the 2000s, the city of Boulder has been wanting to bring a new hotel and convention center to revitalize one of its commercial districts known as University Hill, or the Hill. And now, this decades-long plan is nearly at the finish line. Last year, the Moxy Hotel was the first hotel to…
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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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CU student Megan Trussell’s death ruled suicide
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and Boulder County Coroner ruled on Tuesday the February death of an 18-year-old University of Colorado Boulder student was a suicide. Megan Trussell, found near mile marker 40 of Boulder Canyon Drive in unincorporated Boulder County on Feb. 15, was…
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‘Wicked’ star Cynthia Erivo to speak at CU Boulder conference
“Wicked” star Cynthia Erivio is coming to University of Colorado Boulder where she will toss, toss a few important ideas at an annual conference. Erivo — the Emmy, Grammy and Tony-award winner and three-time Oscar nominee — will join Stefanie K. Johnson, the director of CU Boulder’s Center for Leadership, in a keynote discussion during the college’s…
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Fatal juvenile shootings took a brazen turn | 2024: A LOOK BACK
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Four shootings involving juvenile suspects shook the metro Denver area between the end of June and the end of September. In two other incidents, juveniles allegedly shot at local police department vehicles during pursuits, one of which involved an AK-47. While numbers showed that shootings — both fatal and nonfatal — involving juvenile suspects had plateaued in Denver…
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Veterans Day closures and events around metro Denver
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The winter season kicks off this weekend with Veterans Day, closing various government buildings, schools and other services in observance of the federal holiday. Monday marks Veterans Day — the holiday celebrating U.S. veterans that was initially established in 1919 as the first anniversary of the end of World War I. And, like any federal…
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Denver leads U.S. in lower inflation. But can it stay in the sweet spot?
After years of surging prices, Denver’s inflation rate is showing signs of normalcy. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood’s annual inflation rate hit 1.9% in July and was the lowest among 12 metropolitan regions, according to federal data released Wednesday. The U.S average hit 2.9%. The national inflation rate is causing excitement because it’s the first time the country’s rate…
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3 injured in shooting at party in Boulder Friday night
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Three people were injured in a shooting at a large party near the University of Colorado Boulder campus Friday night. Just before 11:30 p.m., police said officers responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Euclid Avenue and 14th Street. They found three victims who were taken to the hospital with gunshot…
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Boulder’s first hotel in years will open in May to revitalize University Hill
Boulder hasn’t seen a new hotel since 2018. While more than 20 hotels are scattered across the city, there is none in University Hill, one of the city’s main commercial districts. That’s about to change. After nearly a decade of work, the Moxy Boulder hotel is putting in final touches on its 189 rooms and building…