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Promoting cultural understanding one storybook at a time

June 26, 2024

Through a Program for Teaching East Asia outreach project, CU students bring connections and representation to K-12 classrooms through storybook readings that bridge natural science and East Asian cultures.

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Meeting the needs of Colorado’s ‘newcomer’ K-12 students

June 12, 2024

This year, schools across Colorado experienced an influx of students, many of them migrants from Latin and South America. A small but dedicated group of scholars at °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ are helping teachers meet the needs of these new arrivals.

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Scientists help students vanquish a catch-22

June 10, 2024

It’s an unfortunate truth of higher education that you need research experience to gain research experience. In a new publication, °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ scientists detail how the SkillsCenter allows students to gain credentials in basic to advanced research skills.

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Framing the climate conversation through art, science, community collaborations

June 5, 2024

The Colorado Arts Science Environment Program’s main goal is to address critical environmental and social issues across Colorado. The program’s new exhibition brings together °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ scientists and artists from various parts of the state.

Pueblo East High School chemistry students

SCENIC and Pueblo’s East High School: A new approach to science class

June 4, 2024

What is a regular Tuesday for many students at Pueblo East High School is a special day for students in Ms. Turner’s chemistry class. They’ve worked for the entire semester with °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ graduate students on projects about air quality and now get to present their work at a symposium.

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Supporting Indigenous researchers through fellowship, science

May 23, 2024

°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼'s Tribal Climate Leaders Program supports students in bringing science home to their reservations and communities.

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Notes of growth: CU students lead middle school musicians to success

May 10, 2024

On April 26, the participants of the Middle School Ensemble program fine-tuned their pieces one last time. When the doors opened and the lights dimmed, the middle schoolers giddily looked around for their families and waited for their turn to shine on stage.

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How an NBA star and an alumna are trying to change mental wellness in schools

April 18, 2024

Following NBA player Kevin Love’s public struggle with mental health, he launched a foundation to support young people who are also suffering. Ellie Haberl Foster, an education alumna, co-designed the foundation’s free school curriculum to help educators model vulnerability and support students.

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Many to represent °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ at Denver-Boulder conference and meeting April 6–10

April 1, 2024

Senior leaders, faculty, staff and students from around the country, many from °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼, will converge for Campus Compact’s annual conference in Denver and The Research Universities Civic Engagement Network’s annual meeting at °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼. Learn more.

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The complexity of trauma in teaching

March 27, 2024

Attention to trauma in schools has grown exponentially in recent years. Scholars Elizabeth Dutro and Erica Caasi have explored the vibrant learning that is fueled when students feel their lived stories—of joy, pain, oppression, identities, connections to family and community histories—are seen, heard and valued by schools and educators.

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