Grantee Stories

  • Students from the National University of Mongolia present their water quality research during a SCENIC camp
    The Science-Engineering Inquiry Collaborative in Rural Colorado program, otherwise known as SCENIC, has been conducting programming in Colorado public schools for more than 10 years. On its program page, SCENIC is described as connecting 鈥淐U Boulder faculty and students with rural high schools to develop student-driven, inquiry-based science projects.鈥 This year, a multi-year partnership between SCENIC鈥檚 program lead and co-founder, Associate Research Professor Daniel Knight, and two organizations in Mongolia allowed SCENIC to spread its wings.
  • Participants of the SSEWA 2024 Summer Workshop organized by the Center for Asian Studies.
    The Olympic rings are now hanging from the Eiffel Tower, the flame is heading to Paris, and soon all eyes will be on the French capital as it hosts the 2024 Olympic Games.

    The excitement surrounding the summer Olympics provided an ideal opportunity for the inaugural summer workshop of the South, Southeast, and West Asia Outreach Program (SSEWA) of the Center for Asian Studies (CAS) at CU Boulder.
  • The project, titled 鈥淭eaching Natural Sciences through East Asian Picture Books,鈥 was conceptualized by TEA program director Lynn Kalinauskas, who thought of using books with excellent cultural content about East Asia, including Freeman Book Award winners, to teach elementary natural science concepts.
  • 鈥淚 want you to write a story about CU Boulder鈥檚 Impact Playback Theatre Ensemble (Playback) from the perspective of an audience member,鈥 my supervisor exclaimed to me one day during work.She went on to explain that, in short, it鈥檚 an
  • What is a regular Tuesday for many students at Pueblo East High School is a special day for students in Ms. Turner鈥檚 chemistry class. This group of students has been working for the entire semester with CU Boulder graduate students on projects about
  • On April 26, the participants of the Middle School Ensemble (MSE) program fine-tuned their pieces one last time. There was a nervous, yet exciting, energy running through the middle school, high school and college students as they prepared for their
  • InsideU is a digital social and emotional learning app created by Dr. Sam Hubley, a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant research professor with CU Boulder鈥檚 Ren茅e Crown Wellness Institute (Crown Institute). 聽
  • Students work on a science project
    The Science Community Outreach Program and Education (S.C.O.P.E) started out with a goal of diversifying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) industries. The program works with underrepresented middle schoolers to build a science identity before kids lose interest or think they cannot be scientists because of a lack of representation. S.C.O.P.E. uses the message 鈥渕eet a scientist, be a scientist鈥 to encompass its goal.聽聽
  • Two kids sit facing a screen that displays the Inside U app
    Seeking to leverage the power of entertainment to fulfill its educational mission, The Ren茅e Crown Wellness Institute at the 麻豆视频 today announced the launch of its InsideU Social Emotional Learning App. In partnership with Pixar Animation Studios, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver and digital designers, Liquid Interactive, the Crown Institute designed the app as an innovative approach for helping kids learn about emotional awareness and relationships, using characters from the Pixar animated film Inside Out.
  • Student from the Native Voices program stand in front of the Turtle Mountain Community School in South Dakota
    In 2018, a change in North Dakota鈥檚 voter ID requirements posed a potential threat to the voting rights of tribal members. In response, the Natives Vote team, a collaborative effort including the American Indian Law Clinic at Colorado Law, First
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