Research Report
- CU Boulder, which earned the Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) designation in 2019 from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), received the APLU’s Innovation Award in 2021.
- CU Boulder and CSU Pueblo are partnering on a research study to investigate whether lending laptop computers improves graduation rates and other academic performance indicators for firstyear students with unmet financial need.
- The old saying “a carpenter is only as good as his tools” is equally appropriate for the modern-day researcher: More than ever, truly pioneering research depends on world-class infrastructure, including high performance computing.
- In partnership with a group of Latinx high school students from Boulder Valley School District, researchers from the Renée Crown Wellness Institute at CU Boulder have developed and implemented a peer-led model of social support called Circles de Confianza (of Trust).
- Research suggests that a nationwide ban on abortion could increase maternal mortality by double digits.
- Early childhood learners from low-income schools wait more, move less than wealthier school peers.
- More than half of people diagnosed with one psychiatric disorder will be diagnosed with a second or third.
- Colorado Law’s American Indian Law Clinic is helping to provide critical legal services to members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.
- Lydia Wagenknecht, a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at CU Boulder’s College of Music and a recent recipient of a Fulbright Research Award, delves into questions of equity, justice and ecotourism in Chile, particularly around the city of Punta Arenas.
- W.E.B. Du Bois is considered one of the most influential thinkers of the modern era—and yet, most of his legacy has been confined to his scholarly work within racial studies.