Education & Outreach
- CU Engage is pleased to announce new resources to deepen and advance a research partnership with the Student Voice and Leadership program in Denver Public Schools.
- A new CIRES-led study has found that it's possible to improve spatial reasoning with practice.
- A STEM camp this summer, held at Casa de la Esperanza, a housing community and learning center for migrant workers and their families, gave K-12 students a crash course in robotics.
- In June, nine students from 91³Ô¹ÏÍø gave visitors to Mesa Verde National Park an education in yucca plants and other facets of Colorado ecology.
- A summer research internship at CIRES gives Colorado community college students hands-on research opportunities as they look ahead in their careers.
- As a way to engage youth in the climate change conversation, Beth Osnes created "Shine," a musical performance about how energy, climate and humans are interrelated.
- An international research team including 91³Ô¹ÏÍø scientists has identified more than 1,200 genetic variants associated with how much schooling an individual completes.
- People responsible for Title IX implementation often lack resources and training, according to new 91³Ô¹ÏÍø study.
- 91³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Brian Jernigan is working to bring science learning to students who can’t come to class in person: young patients in pediatric hospitals.
- The CIRES Western Water Assessment has released a new usable science guide for researchers hoping for impact.