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Newest Winter Session courses focus on American cultural traditions

Oct. 16, 2017

Winter Session will offer two new courses focused on American cultural traditions beginning January 2018. Courses are open to the public and feature online components mixed with cultural excursions to New York and New Orleans.

Teaching excellence in Arts & Sciences.

Update on new A&S General Education curriculum

Oct. 5, 2017

Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences voted in September 2016 to implement a new set of General Education requirements that will replace the current A&S Core Curriculum. Read an update on the transition.

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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ leads national study promoting next-gen teaching evaluations

Sept. 29, 2017

The Center for STEM Learning has received a $662,230 grant for a project focused on raising the profile of teaching and promoting a richer evaluation of teaching. The five-year award brings together four leading universities in evidence-based teaching practices.

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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ awarded $1.1 million to support underrepresented doctoral students

Sept. 29, 2017

Campus has received a McNair grant through the U.S. Department of Education to help increase the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds earning doctoral degrees.

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Scripps family supports ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ student investigative news with $2.5 million gift

Sept. 26, 2017

A $2.5 million gift from Bill and Kathy Scripps to the College of Media, Communication and Information establishes support for a specialized student news course, CU News Corps, into perpetuity.

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Focus on academics: Advisors—Your No. 1 resource for all things ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ

Sept. 25, 2017

Whether you are a first-year student or a senior, navigating the extensive resources and services at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ can seem intimidating or overwhelming. You should know there's at least one person on campus that can help: your advisor.

Undergraduates Andrew Pfefer, Anastasia Muszynski and Dawson Beatty

Art of origami leads to lightbulb moment

Sept. 25, 2017

In prototyping a reusable crew module for space flight, a group of undergraduates found inspiration in origami, and received support from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.

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Faculty Course Questionnaire system to go online fall 2017

Sept. 21, 2017

Starting this semester, the Faculty Course Questionnaire, which students use to evaluate courses and instructors at the end of each term, is going fully online. Learn about the new format and how to encourage higher response rates.

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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ maintains high marks among college rankings for 2017, 2018

Sept. 11, 2017

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ ranks No. 39 in the nation among public institutions in U.S. News & World Report's undergraduate rankings for 2018, including high marks specifically for the campus's business and engineering programs.

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Campus offers no-cost, discounted software

Sept. 5, 2017

Do you need software or licensing? Download academic software, Microsoft Office applications or security programs at discounted rates or for no fee at all via the campus site licensing webpage.

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