University of Colorado at Boulder
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| Motto | Let Your Light Shine |
| Established | 1876 |
| Type | Public |
| Academic term | Semester |
| Endowment | US $590 million (systemwide)[1] |
| Chancellor | George "Bud" Peterson |
| President | Hank Brown |
| Faculty | 2,081 |
| Undergraduates | 24,000+ |
| Postgraduates | 4,000+ |
| Location | Boulder, Colorado, United States |
| Campus | Urban, 786 acres (3.2 km²) |
| Colors | Silver and Gold[2] |
| Nickname | Buffaloes |
| Mascot | Ralphie (live); Chip (costume) |
| Website | http://www.colorado.edu |
The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder, UCB officially[3]; Colorado and CU colloquially) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado System in Boulder, Colorado. CU has produced a number of astronauts, Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners and other notable individuals in their fields. It is known as one of the Public Ivies. The January 2004 edition of The Economist ranked CU as the 11th-best public university in the nation and 31st best public university globally for 2003. The U.S. News and World Report currently ranks the university 77th in the nation overall (private institutions included) and 34th best among public universities. In 2004, Carl Wieman was named U.S. Professor of the Year.[4]
History
On March 14, 1876, the Colorado state legislature passed an amendment to the state constitution which provided money for the establishment of the University of Colorado in Boulder, the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, and Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins, now known as Colorado State University.
Two cities competed for the site of the original University of Colorado: Boulder and Cañon City. The consolation prize for the losing city would be home of the new Colorado State Prison. Cañon City was at a disadvantage as it was already the home of the Colorado Territorial Prison (There are now six prisons in the Cañon City area).
In the early days of the University’s construction, Boulder Sheriff David H. Nichols made a midnight horseback ride from Boulder to Denver with $20,000 in money to give to the state to help with expenses of building the University. For this effort, the University named a dorm after him - Nichols Hall. In the 1980s it came to light that this same Mr. Nichols took part in the infamous Sand Creek Massacre, where the Colorado Militia massacred a tribe of Native Americans, including many women and children, who were peacefully encamped along Sand Creek. After some debate, the name of the dorm was changed to Cheyenne-Arapaho Hall after two Native American nations indigenous to Colorado.
The cornerstone of the building that would become Old Main was laid September 20, 1875. The doors of the university opened on September 5, 1877. At the time there were few high schools in the state that could adequately prepare students for university work, so in addition to the University, a preparatory school was formed on campus. In the fall of 1877, the student body consisted of 15 students in the college proper and 50 students in the preparatory school. There were 38 men and 27 women, and their ages ranged from 12-23 years.
Campus
The main CU-Boulder Campus is located about 1 mile south of the popular Pearl Street Mall. It is composed of academic and residential buildings as well as research facilities. The East Campus is about a quarter mile from the main campus and is composed mainly of athletic fields and research buildings.
"The Hill" borders Campus to the West and is a central location for shops, restaurants, bars, etc. The Hill is also prime real estate for students, given its central location and proximity to campus. The majority of Greek fraternities and sororities are on the Hill.
Architecture
Due to its location at the foot of the Flatirons and distinctive Tuscan architecture, CU-Boulder is often called one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation.
In 1917 the university was undergoing a massive expansion. This triggered debate over the architectural style of the campus. The consensus was that the University should be built in a unified style, but which style was the center of the debate. Some wanted to follow the style of Macky Auditorium, which was Neo-Gothic, while others wanted to use the Collegiate Gothic style of many East Coast schools. However, Charles Z. Klauder, the head architect of the firm hired to do the construction, presented then President Norlin with sketches of new buildings in Italian Rural Architecture. This style was developed in the mountains of northern Italy, and Klauder and Norlin felt that it was a harmonious fit with the Boulder foothills.
The most obvious characteristics of this style on the Boulder campus are the rough, textured walls and the sloping, multi-leveled roofs with red tile. The sandstone used in the construction of nearly all the buildings on campus was selected from a quarry in Lyons, Colorado. The architecture had a rugged yet classical feel, fitting for a western University.
Klauder’s vision for the campus took nearly twenty years to complete, and laid the foundation for the future design of the campus.
Library
Until 1903, the library collection was housed with the rest of the school in Old Main. The growing size of the library required a move, as the weight of the books was causing physical damage to the floor. The cornerstone for the first separate library building was laid in January 1903, and the building was opened in January 1904. When the new Norlin Library opened in 1940, the old library turned over to Theatre department, and was converted into classrooms and a theatre.
Norlin Library was the last building to be designed by Klauder. There are two inscriptions on the western face of the building, overlooking the Norlin Quadrangle. Both were composed by Pres. Norlin. The larger inscription reads “Who knows only his own generation remains always a child” and the smaller inscription on the marble just over the door reads “Enter here the timeless fellowship of the human spirit.” Norlin was one of the first college libraries in the country to have a divisional reading room plan, with books on open shelves where students could freely access them. Norlin Library also completed the Norlin Quadrangle, a central grassy area in the middle of campus which is used as a spot for student gatherings and official events.
When it opened, Norlin was the largest university library between the Mississippi and California, and it still ranks among the largest. In 1940, there were 311,000 volumes and 60,000 pamphlets. This jumped to 706,371 volumes by 1950. Currently, Norlin Library and its satellite libraries house approximately 5 million volumes.
Macky Auditorium
Macky Auditorium is a large building on the University of Colorado campus, which plays host to various talks, plays, and musical performances. Andrew J. Macky was a prominent businessman involved with the town of Boulder in the late 1800’s. Macky served as the President, as well as a stockholder of the First National Bank, an institution founded by another early CU supporter Lewis Cheney. Macky is credited with a number of landmarks throughout Boulder, where he was a carpenter and involved in politics.
The Auditorium opened its doors in 1923, thirteen years after construction started. Macky's adopted daughter, May, sued for a third of Macky's estate, a case which took thirteen years to settle. May was angered that her father left her no money in his will, while leaving $400,000 to CU for the hall’s construction. The university eventually won the case, and the majority of critical construction on the building resumed.
The building has a variety of architectural elements from various buildings around the globe that President Baker, CU’s president at the turn of the century, admired. The design of the auditorium is primarily Neo-Gothic, with the primary materials being sandstone and red tile, like the rest of campus. The result is a unique building, with two large towers and sprawling ivy, that sets itself apart from the rest of the CU campus. Macky was refurbished in 1986, with improved seating, custom carpeting, modern plumbing and an elevator. Currently there is an electronic bell system in the towers of Macky which rings the hours during the day.
Macky is the home of a two departments both in the College of Music, the Jazz Studies Department and the Choral Department, and it houses an art gallery which is open Wednesdays, and to patrons during performances. A wide range of entertainers perform at Macky each year, from Phillip Glass to Wilco. The hall houses almost all performances by the Boulder Philharmonic, the Artist Series, and the CU Opera. Macky is also the home of many lectures including the famous Conference on World Affairs held at CU each spring.
Macky is also the location of a campus murder. In July of 1966, Elaura Jaquette, a twenty year old student, was lured into the west tower of the building by Joseph Morse, a janitor at Macky. She was raped and brutally murdered in the organ practice room. The murder room is now an office. Campus legend claims her ghost still haunts the building.
University Memorial Center (UMC)
In 1947, Colorado Governor Lee Knous issued a proclamation to create a memorial to Colorado's servicemen at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A proposal to house this memorial in a student union building resulted in a remarkable fundraising effort.
The University Memorial Center opened its doors in October 1953 with President Robert L. Stearns presiding over the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Pundits of the day described the building as "opulent" and "breathtaking," and the UMC quickly became the central landmark of the Boulder campus.
A 1964 addition created a new book store, conference facilities, additional dining facilities, and offices to house the rapidly growing student activities and organizations. The expansion was financed through bonds granted by student fees.
The 1960s and '70s put the UMC at the center of student activism as students staged strikes, grape boycotts, love-ins, sit-ins, and walk-outs. The UMC Fountain Court (now the Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court) became a familiar sight to network television news watchers as the famous and notorious promoted their cause at CU-Boulder.
Entertainers as diverse as Ramsey Lewis and the Grateful Dead have performed in the Glenn Miller Ballroom. The UMC Connection, a student entertainment center in the basement, is a more informal gathering place, featuring pool tables and a small bowling alley. It also features Club 156, which hosts concerts from local and up-and-coming bands.
In 1986, students passed another bond issue to remodel the food services area. The Alferd Packer Grill was transformed to the current food court concept and students have since enjoyed the addition of other vendors including Subway, Dominos, and Celestial Seasonings Teas and Coffees.
Mary Rippon Theatre
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The Mary Rippon Theatre is an outdoor theater and the site of many cultural events, notably the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
The Theatre was named after Professor Mary Rippon, the first female instructor at the University and one of the first female University instructors in the United States. She taught German and French. Professor Rippon was so popular with students that when attempts were made to replace her with a male instructor, the student body revolted en masse, and Rippon kept her job.
Galleries, museums and performing arts facilities
The University of Colorado at Boulder is home to an array of art galleries, museums, and performing arts facilities.
Galleries
Norlin Library features two art galleries, several dedicated art spaces, and art works on display throughout the building.
The CU Art Museum features cutting edge works of modern and contemporary art, as well as historical art works. The Museum's permanent collection includes over 5,000 works of art from numerous time periods and cultures.
The UMC Art Gallery exhibits a variety of visual offerings ranging from student works created on campus to presentations of internationally recognized artists.
Andrew J. Macky Gallery showcases the work of both local and national artists and is housed in the historic Macky Auditorium.
Museums
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History has one of the most extensive natural history collections in the Rocky Mountain and Plains regions, representing the disciplines of Anthropology, Botany, Entomology, Paleontology, and Zoology.
CU Heritage Center tells the stories of CU-Boulder's past and present and is housed in Old Main, the first building constructed on campus. Seven galleries exhibit art and memorabilia associated with CU faculty and alumni.
Fiske Planetarium and Science Center features a 60 ft. planetarium dome - the largest between Los Angeles and Chicago - and produces laser shows, live concerts, and an on-going series of public programs. Fiske also offers a hands-on science museum with interactive exhibits and space-themed art.
Performing Arts Facilities
The University of Colorado College of Music presents over 400 performances and educational events bringing together faculty, students, and guest artists each year through the Pendulum New Music Series. They present musical genres including classical, jazz, world music, and new music.
Colorado University Theatre and Dance is home to the Charlotte York Irey Dance Theatre, the University Theatre, and the Loft Theatre. Over a dozen productions are presented each year featuring student and faculty actors, dancers, choreographers, directors, and designers.
Organization
The University of Colorado is divided into several colleges and schools. While the College of Arts and Sciences is by far the largest, the university also consists of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the schools of Architecture and Planning, Education, Journalism and Mass Communication, Music, Law, and the Leeds School of Business. Most, if not all, of these colleges and schools also incorporate masters and doctorate level degree programs. At the University, there are currently approximately 3400 courses available in over 150 disciplines comprising 85 majors ranging from Accounting to Women's Studies.
As of Fall 2005, the top 10 declared majors were:
- Psychology
- Integrative Physiology
- English
- Political Science
- Prejournalism and Mass Communication
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
- Finance
- Marketing
- Economics
- Art and Art History -- Studio Arts
The most popular major for new students is the "open option" or undeclared major.
University of Colorado School of Law is by far the smallest and most selective of the colleges. The Wolf Law Building, the new home of the Law School, was dedicated on September 8, 2006, by United States Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer.
The Leeds School of Business has an enrollment of 3,300 students including undergraduates, master's candidates, and Ph.D. candidates. The Ph.D. entrepreneurship program ranks first in the nation. The undergraduate program ranks 39th in the country and the undergraduate entrepreneurship program ranks 14th in the nation. The MBA program ranks 26th among all public universities. The faculty are ranked 38th in the nation according to the Academy of Management Journal.
Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education
The Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education (CAETE) is a partnership between the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. As the distance learning and professional studies arm of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, CAETE provides courses from the College to working professionals via the Internet and CD-ROM. Students can take courses for professional development or toward earning a master's degree or graduate certificate (in some disciplines) in aerospace engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, engineering management, and telecommunications. Founded in 1983, CAETE currently receives over 1,000 enrollments a year from over 250 job sites in Colorado, across the nation, and abroad.
Academic freedom
Article 5.D of the Laws of the Regents defines "academic freedom" as the "freedom to inquire, discover, publish and teach truth as the faculty member sees it, subject to no control or authority save the control and authority of the rational methods by which truth is established."[5] It requires that all members of the University's faculty have complete freedom to study, learn, research, and communicate the results of these pursuits to others. It also protects University students with freedom of study and discussion. However, both the faculty and the students must comply with certain standards. Those standards for faculty members are listed in 5.D.2.[5]
Honor code
CU-Boulder has an honor code that all students must adhere to in their academic pursuits. A copy of the code, engraved on a metal plate, is posted in every classroom on campus. The Honor Code is a result of a student initiative, it took effect in 2000 after the student body voted in favor of the code. [3] Students are expected to uphold the ideals of ethics and honor in all of their academic pursuits. If students do not, they are held accountable through the student-run honor code system.
The code states: On my honor, as a University of Colorado at Boulder student, I have neither given nor received unauthorized assistance on this work.
Students and Faculty
The student population is just under 30,000 (24,000 undergraduates; 4,000 graduates and postgraduates) and the faculty population is about 2,000. The university population makes up a significant portion of Boulder’s total population (91,000 people).
Nobel Laureates
In 2005, John Hall was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with fellow researchers Roy J. Glauber, from Harvard University, and Theodor W. Hansch, from Munich, Germany. Dr. Hall's efforts developed laser-based precision spectroscopy, which includes the optical frequency comb technique. He is currently a professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman are both distinguished professors of physics at CU Boulder. In 2001, they won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their creation of the world's first Bose-Einstein condensate that they created in 1995.
In 1989, Thomas Robert Cech was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery that RNA in living cells is not only a molecule of heredity, but can also function as a biocatalyst. Cech is currently employed in the Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Noted alumni
The University of Colorado at Boulder ranks fourth among U.S. universities in number of astronauts produced, not including military academies.
Ward LeRoy Churchill
Ward LeRoy Churchill was a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. While a professor, Ward Churchill wrote an essay in September 2001 titled Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens about the September 11, 2001 attacks, in which he argued that American foreign policies provoked the attacks. He described the "technocratic corps at the very heart of America's global financial empire" working in the World Trade Center as "little Eichmanns," a phrase coined by anarcho-primitivist John Zerzan.[6][7]
In response to 2005 publicity from the mass media and in weblogs, Churchill was both widely condemned and widely defended. Some defenders who did not agree with Churchill's analysis and/or with his inflammatory phrasing nonetheless felt that the attacks on Churchill represented efforts at intimidation against academic discourse and suppression of political dissent.[8] This later became known as the Ward Churchill 9/11 essay controversy.
Following an investigation of Churchill's past research, Churchill was fired by the University on July 24, 2007 for research misconduct not related to the controversial essay, including plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification.[9][10] Regent Cindy Carlisle was the lone vote against dismissal, arguing that the University should "follow the recommendation made by the majority of those on the P&T dismissal panel, namely that Churchill should be demoted and suspended for one year without pay."[8] Margaret LeCompte, chair of the University's chapter of the American Association of University Professors, commented that the act of dismissing Churchill would have a "profoundly chilling effect on teaching, learning and research" at the University and that it is not "a safe place for academic freedom."[8]
Notable accomplishments at CU
- First to create a new form of matter, the Bose-Einstein condensate, just a few hundred billionths of a degree above absolute zero. [11]
- First to observe a "fermionic condensate" formed from pairs of atoms in a gas.[12]
- Discovered a naturally occurring protein in the blood that prevents the AIDS virus from reproducing and spreading to healthy cells.
- First to identify a genetic factor that converts normal cells into cancer cells.
- First to develop a classification and numbering system for human chromosomes.
- First to produce computerized 3-D images of the entire human body derived from anatomical sections (“visible human”).
- Developed the "FluChip" to aid physicians in diagnosing respiratory illness and differentiating between three types of influenza and other viruses that cause similar symptoms.[13]
- First in the nation to perform a fetal cell implant to treat Parkinson’s Disease.
- First to provide a nationwide computerized network of family physicians for practice-based research— a model replicated worldwide.
- First Place in the 2002 and 2005 National Solar Decathlons. (An international competition in which students and faculty from the Engineering and Architecture programs collaborated to design, construct, transport and live in a sustainable residence. These are the only two competitions until the next one in 2007.)[14]
Events
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a summer festival of Shakespeare held at the outdoor Mary Rippon Theater on the University of Colorado campus.
The Conference on World Affairs is an annual one-week conference featuring dozens of discussion panels on a variety of contemporary issues.
Campus Organizations
The Buff Bus
The Buff Bus is a student shuttle that runs between off-campus housing and the main campus. The buses serve students with two routes through campus. The route from The Williams Village Dormitories and Bear Creek Apartments runs all day and brings passengers to campus from the remote dormitories and the apartment complex. The College Inn route runs for two hours in the morning and again in the evening and circulates through campus to and from that dormitory. The Buff Bus can also be chartered for special events and trips.
The Buff Bus runs from 7:00 am to midnight on weekdays, until 2:55 am on Fridays, and until 3:00 am on Saturday. It is a primary mode of transportation by many students living in off-campus housing. Many Buff Bus drivers are students, with a few exceptions.
The fleet includes buses manufactured by NovaBus, Gillig, Neoplan, Thomas Built Buses, Navistar International Corporation, Blue Bird Corporation, and ElDorado National. Some of the buses in the fleet are powered by biodiesel manufactured from fryer grease. The idea started as a class project for CU Environmental Engineering student Andrew Azman and four other students after hearing a talk from biodiesel pioneer, Joshua Tickell.[15] The conversion of the Buff Buses to biodiesel was supported by a student referendum. Used fryer grease from the dining halls around campus is now processed into fuel for the Buff Busses, leading some to comment that the bus exhaust smells like french fries.[15]
Hiking Club
Founded in May 1919, the Hiking Club is the longest running student organization at the University of Colorado at Boulder. [4] It is a non-profit, student-run organization for university students and affiliates interested in hiking and outdoors activities, with hundreds of active members on campus.
The club organizes member-led trips every weekend, and travels throughout the Rocky Mountain Region during breaks to wilderness areas in New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah. Depending on the outing, a variety of activities are featured such as climbing, mountain biking, hot-springing, and backpacking. Examples of frequent trip destinations include the nearby Indian Peaks Wilderness, ascents of Colorado's fourteeners, and day-hikes among the picturesque Flatirons.
The club motto, "half mile more," dates back to the 1940's of the club's tradition-rich history. The summit of Green Mountain, overlooking Boulder and the CU campus, is where a plaque placed by club members in 1925 marks the names and elevations of every visible summit in the Rocky Mountain Front Range from Longs Peak to Pikes Peak. A slideshow [5] of the club's activities is shown on campus during semi-annual new member meetings and the alumni association meets annually.
Radio 1190
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| City of license | Boulder |
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| Broadcast area | Denver/Boulder |
| Branding | Radio 1190 |
| Slogan | The AM Revolution |
| First air date | November 4th, 1998 |
| Frequency | 1190 (kHz) |
| Format | College |
| Power | 6,800 watts daytime, 110 watts nighttime |
| Class | D |
| Owner | The University of Colorado Foundation, Inc. |
| Website | www.radio1190.org |
KVCU AM-1190, popularly known as Radio 1190, is a college radio station affiliated with the University of Colorado at Boulder. Staff of the station are compensated with funds provided by the University of Colorado Student Union while operating funds are raised during biannual on-air pledge drives. It is also run by volunteers from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
The station is best described as "college alternative" although the DJs play a huge variety of music which includes indie, techno, hip-hop, heavy metal, acappella, world and rap. One of the many programs run by the radio station is Basementalism, a show highlighting underground hip-hop artists [6]. Currently, Radio 1190 broadcasts at 1190 AM in the Denver/Boulder area. They also have a streaming webcast on their website. [7] The station takes part in many student events, including the WelcomeFest.
The station first went on the air May 22, 1978 as KGNU. The station changed its carrier band and call letters in 1987 to become KUCB. The station's range was also expanded to include Williams Village, which was about a half mile away from campus. Over the 1988-1989 school year, the station's motto became "Progressive As Hell," something which troubled the Student Union.
In the summer of 1991, heavy rains flooded the entire basement of the University Memorial Center, where KUCB was located. While all of the operating equipment was out of danger, there was a great deal of damage to records and stored equipment.
The station stopped broadcasting on Jan. 1, 1994 when TCI Cable dropped all radio stations from its service, including KUCB. The station was reinstated when a student referendum raised the funds necessary for its operation. KUCB began broadcasting again on November 1, 1994. Currently the station's call ID is KVCU.
Boulder Freeride
Boulder Freeride is the ski and snowboard club at the University of Colorado at Boulder. It was started in 1933, and has thrived on the CU campus as a student run, nonprofit organization. It was designed to promote skiing and snowboarding at the University of Colorado, Boulder campus. Boulder Freeride is the largest student group on campus, as well as the largest collegiate ski and snowboard club in the nation. It has over 3,000 members, making it larger than the University of Colorado’s Greek system.
Boulder Freeride is active year-round. Fall activities include a camping trip, BBQs, popular ski and snowboard movie premieres, and one of the year’s biggest events, Welcome Freeriders. This event is the club’s annual back to school gathering held on campus attended by CU students, and includes popular ski and snowboard vendors and magazines, as well as representative from the Colorado mountain resorts.
Boulder Freeride organizes a number of ski trips each year. Past trips have included a Thanksgiving trip to Steamboat Springs, CO, an annual trip to Aspen, CO to see the X Games, spring break trips to Innsbruck, Austria, Whistler, BC and Chamonix, France, and summer surf trips to South America.
Program Council
Established in 1953, Program Council is a student run group that coordinates the concerts and movies that are played on campus throughout the year. Program Council mainly focuses on organizing concerts around campus. Over the years, this group has brought such acts as The Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, REM, The Ramones, and many more to the University of Colorado. Concerts vary in size ranging from large scale concerts, to smaller local acts, some of which are free to attend. Besides concerts, Program Council also hosts a film series throughout the year which allows students to see soon-to-be-released movies as well as cult classics for free in one of the large lecture halls on campus.
For a list of events go to: www.programcouncil.com
The Herd
The Herd is one of the largest student alumni group in the nation, with over 5,700 members. It was created to bring students together and get them involved in school activities. The Herd's main goal is increasing school spirit. Therefore, the Herd is an active participant in encouraging students to come to many of the school activities such as sports games and club meetings. The Herd also sponsors free bus rides to the ski slopes, discounts around Boulder, and pre-game parties. Twenty-five student leaders run the group; any CU student can join the Herd and all Herd activities are optional.
Sports, clubs, and traditions
Sports teams at the school are called Buffaloes. CU participates in the NCAA’s Division I (I-A for football) as a member of the North Division of the Big 12 Conference. The school mascot is Ralphie the Buffalo and the school colors are Silver and Gold, but are usually represented by Black and Gold.[16] There are three official fight songs: "Glory Colorado," "Go Colorado," and "Fight CU."
In 1934, the University teams were officially nicknamed the "Buffaloes." Previous nicknames used by the press included the “Silver Helmets” and “Frontiersmen.” The final game of 1934, against DU, saw the first running of a buffalo in a Colorado football game. A buffalo calf was rented from a local ranch and ran along the sidelines.
Contrary to popular belief, the school's colors are silver and gold, not black and gold. Silver and gold were chosen to represent the state's mineral wealth, but the colors did not look good together on the uniforms, so black was substituted.
CU has won national championships in both men’s and women’s cross country, cycling, triathlon, skiing, and a national championship in football. Conference championships have also been won in several sports.
In football, CU enjoys major rivalries with the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Colorado State Rams in the "Rocky Mountain Showdown." The game is sometimes played at the neutral site Invesco Field at Mile High. Since the 1990s, Colorado and Nebraska have finished their respective seasons in a nationally televised confrontation on the Friday following Thanksgiving.
The CU ski team has won 16 National Championships at the Division I level. The sport is not sponsored by the Big 12 Conference, however.
CU also maintains one of the largest Club Sports departments in the U.S. It supports over 30 club teams with leading clubs such as crew, cycling, ultimate Frisbee, swimming/diving, men's lacrosse, softball, ice hockey, and Rugby.
See also
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
- JILA (formerly the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics)
- National Science Digital Library
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
- Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR)
- List of University of Colorado at Boulder people
External links
- The University of Colorado’s web site
- Official Colorado athletics site
- Radio 1190
- University Memorial Center
- Tocqueville Initiative
- CU Hiking Club
- CU Student Group The Society for the Advancement of Central and East European Cultures
- University of Colorado Program Council
References
- ^ "2006 NACUBO Endowment Study". National Association of College and University Business Officers.
- ^ <http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&KEY=&ATCLID=28035 FAQ - CUBuffs.com -- Official Athletics Web Site of the University of Colorado
- ^ ^ University of Colorado Graphic Standards Manual (PDF)
- ^ http://www.colorado.edu/news/poy/wieman/
- ^ a b Laws of the Regents [1]
- ^ Ward Churchill, "Some People Push Back": On the Justice of Roosting Chickens, Kersplebedeb blog, February 10 2005
- ^ Ward Churchill Statement, Daily Camera, February 1 2005
- ^ a b c Regents dismiss Ward Churchill [2]
- ^ Wesson, Marianne; Clinton, Robert & Limón, José et al. (2006), Report of the Investigative Committee of the Standing Committee on Research Misconduct at the University of Colorado at Boulder concerning Allegations of Academic Misconduct against Professor Ward Churchill, University of Colorado at Boulder, <http://www.colorado.edu/news/reports/churchill/download/WardChurchillReport.pdf>
- ^ Ward Churchill The Research Misconduct Inquiry. colorado.edu. Retrieved on 2006-07-03.
- ^ Observation of Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Dilute Atomic Vapor (html) (07/14/1995).
- ^ NIST/University of Colorado Scientists Create New Form of Matter: A Fermionic Condensate (HTML) (English). Office of News Services (2004-01-28). Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
- ^ New CU-Boulder Technology Expected To Help Rapidly Identify Avian Flu Strains (HTML) (English). Office of News Services (2006-11-13). Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
- ^ HGTV To Film Segment On CU Solar Decathlon Home (HTML) (English). Office of News Services (2006-07-07). Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
- ^ a b Fueling the Future (HTML) (English). CUBioDiesel.org (2004). Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
- ^ FAQ - University of Colorado (HTML). Retrieved on 2006-08-02.
- Davis, William E. (1965). Glory Colorado! A history of the University of Colorado, 1858-1963. Boulder, CO: Prutt Press, Inc.. LD1178 .D35.
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