Education & Outreach
- <p>For the first time in its history, the °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï is ranked No. 1 in the nation for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers this year with 117 undergraduate alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced today.</p>
- <p>Taylor Roberts, a University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï senior majoring in architectural engineering, is an example of the growing number of CU-°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï students who are civically engaged.</p>
- <p>The University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï's fall 2010 census figures show an enrollment of 29,952 degree- and licensure-seeking students, a total enrollment within 1 percent of last year, with increases in graduate, international and students of color enrollment.</p>
- <p>A planned $110 million telescope in Chile that the University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï is partnering on to probe distant galaxies and stellar nurseries has been named as the top construction priority for mid-sized, ground-based telescopes by the National Research Council in the coming decade.</p>
- <p>University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Interim Provost Russell Moore today announced that all CU-°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï study abroad programs in Mexico and one CU academic program for undergraduates have been temporarily suspended for summer and fall due to continuing safety concerns in the country.</p>
- <p>The INVST Community Leadership Program at the University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï has been involving CU students in community service since 1990, and on March 12-14, alumni of the program will gather in °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï for a 20th anniversary reunion weekend.</p>
- <p>University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï officials confirmed Saturday that all six CU-°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï students who were studying in Chile or had weekend travel plans to the country for the start of an academic program are safe.</p>
- <p>The University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï has received a grant of up to $2.4 million to improve teacher education in math and science following a nationwide competition that included submissions from more than 50 universities.</p>
<p>CU-°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï's grant is one of 12 being awarded by the National Math and Science Initiative to implement programs modeled after UTeach, a highly successful math and science teacher preparation program at the University of Texas at Austin.</p> - <p>A growing program at the University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï is working to combat what many experts call a looming crisis brought on by a shrinking pool of new K-12 science teachers.</p>
<p>Known as the Colorado Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Learning Assistant project, its goal is to improve introductory math and science classes at CU-°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï and to recruit and train future K-12 science teachers, according to Valerie Otero, director of the program and an assistant professor in CU-°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï's School of Education.</p> - <p>A growing program at the University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï is working to combat an impending crisis brought on by a shrinking pool of new K-12 science teachers. </p>
<p> Known as the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics-Teacher Preparation project, it involves a collaboration between the School of Education and six campus science departments. </p>