Education & Outreach
- Thirty-five high school students participated in Science Discovery’s annual summer STEM Research Experience at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ and CU Anschutz.
- Founded in 2020, the U.S. National Science Foundation National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming (NSF iSAT) explores how AI can help K-12 students collaborate together in ways that are meaningful and productive.
- On the 100-year anniversary of the Scopes Evolution Trial, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ scientist Andrew Martin reflects on science education and on "same issues, different players."
- The Child Learning Center of ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ's Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Department marks 50 years of nurturing young learners, training future educators and shaping inclusive, play-based education—one storybook at a time.
- Doctoral candidate Caroline Frischmon came to ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ to get out of the lab and sought to combine her engineering and science communication background through Boulder's Hannigan Air Quality and Technology Research Lab—known for its community-engaged research.
- Alex and Zoe Kugler, students from Monarch High School, worked with CIRES Fellow Xinzhao Chu's research group to explore the relationship between aurora activity and metal layers high in the atmosphere above Antarctica.
- For the past six years, Professor Sherri Tennant and team have worked in Denver with students who experience economic disadvantages and use augmentative and alternative communication systems.
- This summer, nine students from colleges and universities across the U.S. have come to ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ to participate in the 2025 Boulder Solar Alliance Research Experience for Undergraduates program. The students are engaging in research spanning the field of solar and space physics.
- Colorado is home to numerous sites dedicated to scientific advancement—but what were the origins of these places, and what can they teach us about our path forward? Professor Hanna Rose Shell explores this question through the remarkable story of Walter Orr Roberts, drawing on her background in historical scholarship with mixed-media art making.
- ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ’s Rural Technical Assistance program helps rural Colorado towns use their natural assets to strengthen local economies, deepen partnerships and define their own futures.