Rachel Sauer

  • close-up of Wollemi pine tree branches
    Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder alumni Judy and Rod McKeever donate a tree once considered extinct to the EBIO greenhouse, giving students a living example of modern conservation.
  • Four people standing on dais holding big checks
    Undergraduate students Josiah Gordon and Miles Woods formed a nonprofit to provide scholarships for students at their former high school, determined to make positive change in their community.
  • Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder students in traditional Balinese garb
    Bali Global Seminar in Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship helps students see real-world work to balance tourism with environmental and cultural preservation.
  • narrow slices of movie posters from 1975
    The films of 1975, currently featured in Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s International Film Series, reflected the times and the culture in ways that hadn’t been seen before, says film scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.
  • illustration of beaker amid trees in cloud forest
    In May, campus leaders signed the Green Chemistry Commitment to practice and teach sustainable chemistry—an effort being encouraged and advanced by students.
  • Jack Carter, Colin McDonald and Amanda Opp in the back of a truck with a beaver in a cage
    In a capstone project partnership with the Boulder Watershed Collective, Masters of the Environment students study what it means to live alongside beavers.
  • middle school students doing paper-folding math activity
    Started by Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder applied mathematics Teaching Professor Silva Chang, Colorado Math Circle is celebrating 20 years of bringing middle and high school students together in a community that has fun with math.
  • Atticus Fretz kneeling and writing on whiteboard while tutoring several students
    The Applied Mathematics Community and Learning Center, opened last month after a summer-long renovation, invites students to collaborate, hang out and learn.
  • B.B. King playing guitar onstage
    In what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday month, Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder music scholar Shawn O’Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025.
  • words "creative inquiry transforms" on iPhone screen
    At Sept. 17 gathering, representatives of the arts at Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, in Boulder and across the Front Range built connections in the nascent We Are Art Buffs initiative.
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