/cmdinow/ en /cmdinow/2025/11/17/10-10-centers-making-impact <span>10 for 10: Centers making an impact</span> <span><span>Amanda J. McManus</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-11-17T14:20:40-07:00" title="Monday, November 17, 2025 - 14:20">Mon, 11/17/2025 - 14:20</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/317" hreflang="en">Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/213" hreflang="en">Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Center for Environmental Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/151" hreflang="en">Center for Media Religion and Culture</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/16" hreflang="en">Communication</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/318" hreflang="en">Community Engagement Design and Research Center</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/298" hreflang="en">Environmental Design</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/319" hreflang="en">Immersive Media Lab</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/44" hreflang="en">Information Science</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/320" hreflang="en">Media Archaeology Lab</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/321" hreflang="en">Neuro D Lab</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/322" hreflang="en">Sustainability and Storytelling Lab</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/323" hreflang="en">Visual Evidence Lab</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead" dir="ltr"><span>Centers and labs at CMDI are important not just because of the insights discovered by the researchers and creatives working within them, but because of the impact they offer to the public.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Here are some signature labs and centers from CMDI’s first decade.&nbsp;</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><ul class="list-style-underline"><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="http://colorado.edu/center/cde" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement</strong></span></a><span>: Aims to learn from deliberation, dialogue and educational events tied to communication and democratic practice.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/center/cdem/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media</strong></span></a><span>: Creates opportunities for the public to engage with documentary films, especially through the signature Mimesis festival, in Boulder.</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/cej/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Center for Environmental Journalism</strong></span></a><span>: Journalists who complete a fellowship from the center have been responsible for award-winning work on environmental issues.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/cmrc/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Center for Media, Religion and Culture</strong></span></a><span>: Studies the complex relationship between media and religion in an entangled world.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/cedar/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Community Engagement, Design and Research Center</strong></span></a><span>: Partners with communities at home and abroad to build resilient, equitable cities and neighborhoods.</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/lab/immersivemedia" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Immersive Media Lab</strong></span></a><span>: Invites people to explore augmented and virtual reality environments to develop different perspectives on emerging challenges.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://mediaarchaeologylab.com/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Media Archaeology Lab</strong></span></a><span>: A peerless collection of obsolete, but functional, technology to experiment with and imagine roads not taken in tech and society.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Neuro D Lab</strong>: Explores the intersection of design, neurodiversity, equity and innovation to ensure designs—from products to wayfinding—work intuitively for all users.</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/lab/sas/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Sustainability and Storytelling Lab</strong></span></a><span>: Aims to understand how stories influence the ways we practice sustainability and shame unsustainable methods.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/lab/visualevidence" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Visual Evidence Lab</strong></span></a><span>: Studies how the legal system can be better equipped to handle video and photographic evidence presented in court, including deepfakes and generative A.I.&nbsp;</span></p></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Here are 10 centers and labs that have created public impact in the college’s first decade.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <a href="/cmdinow/fall-2025" hreflang="en">Fall 2025</a> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:20:40 +0000 Amanda J. McManus 1202 at /cmdinow /cmdinow/2020/08/10/film-buffs-unite-cu-boulders-first-mimesis-documentary-festival-brings-filmmakers <span>Film Buffs Unite! Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s First Mimesis Documentary Festival brings Filmmakers, Documentary Enthusiasts Together</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-08-10T15:21:48-06:00" title="Monday, August 10, 2020 - 15:21">Mon, 08/10/2020 - 15:21</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/87464789_107601687511768_3531419129787449344_n.png?h=48b97acf&amp;itok=QKEcbO5f" width="1200" height="800" alt="The Mimesis Documentary Festival will bring filmmakers together for an immersive week of film screenings and discussions. The virtual presentation––free to all Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder students, faculty and staff––will be held Aug. 12 through 18."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/219"> Events </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/213" hreflang="en">Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/50" hreflang="en">Critical Media Practices</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/28" hreflang="en">Research</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The Mimesis Documentary Festival will bring filmmakers together for an immersive week of film screenings and discussions. The virtual presentation will be held Aug. 12 through 18.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/cmci/2020/08/05/film-buffs-unite-cu-boulders-first-mimesis-documentary-festival-brings-filmmakers`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 10 Aug 2020 21:21:48 +0000 Anonymous 691 at /cmdinow