Education & Outreach
CU Boulder researchers are using simple "paper" robots to teach kids basic engineering principles and inspire creativity. Watch the video.
A new augmented reality app designed by CU Boulder scientists brings sculptures to life at Lafayette's Geometry Point and at home. Watch the video.
A recent Science Discovery camp gave budding engineers a chance to launch a high-altitude balloon to the edge of outer space.
In the sciences, research experience is critical to getting into graduate school. The SMART program helps level the playing field for underserved students who have not had the opportunity to participate in authentic research.
With the help of pocket-sized microcontrollers, the Girls on Fire camp is designed to make programming fun and easy for middle school girls.
More than 40 high school students with strong ties to Colorado's Latino/Chicano communities participated in Aquetza, a CU Engage summer youth education and leadership training program.
CU Boulder's Upward Bound program works with high school students from eight different reservations across the country to prepare them for the college experience.
A number of professionals are part of a collaborative institute on campus that helps participants improve telephone, television, radio and internet services in developing nations.
This week, CU Boulder will welcome 55 Denver high school students for hands-on engineering design experience and the chance for a $2,500 scholarship.
Middle and high school students from Byers, Elizabeth, Kiowa, Hugo, Limon, Burlington, and other regions spent three days at CU Boulder this week as part of a program aimed at giving talented and gifted youth from rural districts a preview of possibilities to come.