University of Colorado at Boulder

President To Address Stafford Loan Interest Rates At CU

Posted 04.24.2012

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Thousands stood in line at the University Memorial Center in Boulder over the weekend hoping to get one of the free tickets available to watch Preside...

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BLUNT OPPOSITION: School Tries To Squash 4/20 Bash With Stinky Fertilizer

Newser | Posted 04.20.2012

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Last year, 10,000 people showed up for a giant marijuana rally at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and school officials don't want it to happen aga...

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Mysterious Photo Turns Up On Missing Woman's Laptop

Posted 12.02.2011

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It has been a year and a half since 23-year-old Aubrey Sacco went missing in the Langtang National Park region of northern Nepal and clues about her l...

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Easy Reader: Ellen Sweets's Stirring It Up With Molly Ivins a Five-Star Feast

David Finkle | Posted 11.27.2011

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A woman who scoured stores and the Internet for every type of utensil, Molly was unflaggingly eager to gather friends around her not only to feed them but -- as the devoted Sweets emphasizes -- because they would feed her with their wit and knowledge.

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CU Student Dead After Drinking With Friend

Posted 11.07.2011

The Boulder County Coroner’s Office confirms that Michael Hoffman, a 21-year-old student at the University of Colorado at Boulder, died last month d...

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Should College Athletes Get Paid For Play?

Posted 08.21.2011

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University of Colorado football player Ryan Miller says after his rent and utility bills are paid for the month, he has about $200 of his scholarship ...

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CU Launches Ambitious Cash Drive, In Face Of Weak State Funding

Posted 06.25.2011

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The president of the University of Colorado announced Monday morning that he was spearheading a massive fundraising effort seeking to drum up $1.5 bil...

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Playboy's Top Party Schools

Posted 06.14.2011

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Party on, CU-Boulder! According to Playboy, the University of Colorado at Boulder is the No. 1 party school in America, followed by Penn State and A...

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Deja-vu at Boulder Economic Forecast as Colorado Unemployment Hits Record High

Jerry Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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As 2011 kicks into gear, what's here to great us? A state unemployment rate that just inched up a notch to a record-matching 8.8 percent in November. A year ago we worried when it was 7.5 percent.

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Brave New World of Journalism Schools

Brandon Springer | Posted 05.25.2011

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I think it's long since time Colorado's J-school radically reorganized. I'm optimistic about a plan for an interdisciplinary approach to teaching budding journalists the skills they need.

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Conference On World Affairs 2010: Start-Up America Innovating To Compete

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | ANDREA MEYER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Produced by HuffPost's Citizen Reporting Team Conference on World Affairs: Start-up America "I'm not an entrepreneur -- I'm an instigator of entrepre...

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Brittany Spears Can't Order Pizza

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whenever Brittany Spears dials for pizza in Boulder, all she gets is a moment of silence and then a dial tone. No pizza. Brittany, it seems, can't get anyone to take her name seriously.

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CU-Boulder Ranked Fifth on Princeton Review's Best Value Colleges List

Posted 05.25.2011

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The University of Colorado at Boulder has made the top of one of the Princeton Review's lists, and it's not a list of party or "reefer friendly" schoo...

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Snow Days, Pancakes, and Energy Justice

Joellen Raderstorf | Posted 05.25.2011

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While I'm living the "make every minute count" lifestyle, nearly one third of my fellow global family members rely primarily on biomass-based fire to meet all their energy needs.

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Kiplinger's Study Names Three Colorado Universities Best Public College Value

Denver Business Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three Colorado schools were named Monday among the nation's 100 best public-college values for 2010 by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. Colorad...

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Book Excerpt: An Honorable Run

Matt McCue | Posted 05.25.2011

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I was a non-recruited senior from a small Iowa high school, walking on to the elite University of Colorado cross country team. However, competing for Colorado was more challenging than I'd ever anticipated.

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Party time in Fort Collins after CSU beat CU -- and before the rubber bullets started flying

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night, Colorado State University fans descended on downtown Fort Collins to celebrate the Rams' out-of-the-blue 23-17 victory over the...

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The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 8 edition

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

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Blink and you'll miss it. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Blink-182 at Fiddler's Green. • Over the Weekend: Fell at Lar...

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This weekend's featured events: CU-Boulder fêtes avant garde composer George Crumb

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the world of 20th-century composition, George Crumb stands alone. Known for reimagining the roles of instruments in the modern orchestra ...

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