Announcements & Deadlines
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder ranks No. 5 all-time as a volunteer-producing school for the Peace Corps, with 2,556 alumni having served since 1961. Also, in 2020, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder ranks No. 12 in the nation among large colleges and universities. Currently, 53 Buffs are volunteering around the world.
Jack Burns and Fran Bagenal are among a group of 200 legacy fellows of the American Astronomical Society announced this week.
Check your inbox on March 2 for a survey prompt. Requiring about 10 minutes to complete, the survey will measure concepts such as satisfaction, commitment and empowerment.
Law professor John C. Eastman and journalist Robert W. Merry are the 2020–21 Visiting Scholars in Conservative Thought and Policy; and political scientist Elizabeth C’de Baca Eastman is the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization senior scholar in residence.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder continues to seek an annexation agreement with Boulder that will enable the development of housing while supporting flood mitigation efforts.
Kumar Thurimella has won the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship and, through his work, hopes to help patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
The 2020 Conference on World Affairs has been canceled, as have planned addresses from Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph, Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts and the host of the Hardcore History Podcast and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØalum Dan Carlin.
Athletics Director Rick George announced the hiring on Sunday, making Dorrell the 27th full-time head coach in the football program’s history. Dorrell, who served as an assistant for the Buffs during two stints in the 1990s, has extensive experience at the collegiate and professional ranks, most recently as assistant head coach and receivers coach of the Miami Dolphins.
A new project that will engage in telling Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s rich and complicated history and a committee that will define and establish a clear process for public art installations on campus have begun to form this semester.
The University Libraries and The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse are excited to celebrate their long-standing partnership and The Laughing Goat’s 15th anniversary with new scholarships for student-employees of the libraries, endowed by The Laughing Goat.