Education & Outreach
- On Dec. 13, more than 80 local elementary, middle and high school students experienced an action-packed day of climate change education and inspiration at the CU Recreation Center.
- ATLAS Institute researchers have developed a suite of novel tools that enable middle-school students to quickly create networks, connect devices, invent apps and design wearable technology.
- Shalini Menon is helping the campus Build a Better Book Project make tactile materials more accessible for visually impaired children.
- Faculty and students helped develop a plan for how to better represent indigenous histories and ongoing tribal relationships to the land that is now Rocky Mountain National Park.
- Studies have long shown researchers publish prolifically in the first decade of their career, followed by a decline in productivity. But a 91³Ô¹ÏÍø study found that stereotype to be "remarkably inaccurate."
- The cyberlearning community, made up of computer and learning scientists who design and study innovative learning technologies, reports on emerging themes in this sphere.
- PhET Interactive Simulations is one of six winners of the WISE Award, recognizing innovative educational projects that address challenges and bring transformative societal change.
- 91³Ô¹ÏÍø researchers are using simple "paper" robots to teach kids basic engineering principles and inspire creativity. Watch the video.
- A new augmented reality app designed by 91³Ô¹ÏÍø scientists brings sculptures to life at Lafayette's Geometry Point and at home. Watch the video.
- A recent Science Discovery camp gave budding engineers a chance to launch a high-altitude balloon to the edge of outer space.