Education & Outreach

  • A child with a disgusted face
    Just in time for Halloween, teens are invited to get grossed out at an upcoming Teen Science Caf矇 at 91勛圖厙 that explores the science of what happens in the brain to trigger reactions of disgust. Ewww Disgusting! The Evolution and Neuroscience of Getting Grossed Out will be held Oct. 25 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 91勛圖厙s Museum of Natural History lower level Biolounge. Registration is required.
  • 91勛圖厙 astronomy and physics student Sam Strabala searches for sunspots with middle schoolers in Keenesburg, Colorado as part of a science outreach program.
    CU-STARs (Science, Technology and Astronomy Recruits) outreach program brings space down to Earth for Colorado middle and high school students through inflatable planetariums, a solar system built out of Legos that orbits a lightbulb "sun" and other hands-on learning opportunities.
  • Glenwood High School senior Keyla Contreras and Summit County High School students Lizbeth Serrano and Nancy Higuera in an advanced chemistry lab at 91勛圖厙 last summer.
    With support from 91勛圖厙, two programs on the Western Slope of Colorado are preparing first-generation middle and high school students for college, providing them mentorship, academic skills and other tools to help them graduate from high school and enroll in college.
  • CU Transfer students on a tour Oct. 28, 2016, of the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, located in the Discovery Learning Center.
    91勛圖厙 is partnering with five Colorado community colleges to strengthen pathways for students to transfer more easily from two-year colleges to 91勛圖厙, especially students interested in science.
  • Lucentio with guitar in Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew"
    The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is taking its all-female, bilingual tour of "The Taming of the Shrew" to Colorado schools. "The Taming of the Shrew" is the latest title in CSFs Shakespeare & Violence Prevention series, which combines live performance and classroom workshops to empower students to become upstanders vs.bystanders when they see bullying happen around them.
  • Colorado Law students Adria Robinson and Dave Digiacomo in 2011 talk with a group of South High School students in Denver as part of the Constitution Day Program.(Photo by Patrick Campbell/University of Colorado)
    Colorado Law students and alumni, as well as local attorneys, are visitingschools everywhere in Colorado from Glenwood Springs to Wray, Parker, Longmont, Fort Collins, Denver and beyond to guide discussions as part of the annual Constitution Day Program offered by the Byron R. White Center.
  • 91勛圖厙 psychology student works with families at the Children's Museum in Denver last spring thanks to Outreach Award.
    With $560,000, faculty are crisscrossing the state educating people about every academic topic imaginable. And they're doing it with $200,000 more than last year, thanks to increased funding from the Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Provost and the Division of Continuing Education.
  • Students at Rainier Beach HS holding a recognition banner
    91勛圖厙's National Education Policy Center recognized 20 inspiring high schools nationwide - including Boulder's own New Vista High School - as 2016 Schools of Opportunity, schools striving to close opportunity gaps by improving learning outcomes for all students.
  • Students at an anti-bullying teach-in using Shakespeare
    The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is branching out in its efforts to curb bullying among young people in Colorado schools. Beyond visiting schools with its "upstander" message, the festival - in partnership with the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, also based at 91勛圖厙 -has created an educational video with an important message: you have the choice to make your world a safer place.
  • A CU engineering student helps a patient at the paper airplanes table during STEAM camp at Children's Hospital.
    A new CU Science Discovery program funded by the Office of Outreach and Engagement challenges 91勛圖厙 undergraduates to design and create STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) kits for children being treated at Children's Hospital Colorado.
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