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Collegify your phone
Putting the university in the palm of your hand You may have a smart phone, but these mobile-specific apps and campus services will make yours a smarter phone for a student...
Getting involved at CU
Finding a smaller community within the larger one Exploring a new world is always daunting. And, in a way, attending a large school like the University of Colorado Boulder is similar to navigating a new world — one with uncharted territories and a whole host of ...
2012 Student Guide | CU students: Your tuition includes…
There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but now that you’ve (almost) paid your tuition and fees, there may be things that feel like free services, and you should take full advantage of them...
2012 Student Guide | Join the club
More than 1,500 student athletes competed in 35 club sports teams at CU last year, and 21 of those clubs went on to their national championships. The list of sports includes baseball, crew, dance, field hockey, freestyle skiing, hockey, soccer, lacrosse, rugby, ...
Soot on snow
A blur of fire-blackened trees line the trail through the snow-covered Table Mountain burn zone in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. With every uphill turn of the snowmobiles, the wind whips harder, temperatures slipping. Fat snowflakes swirl from gray skies. ...
Meet your president(s)
The how and why of CU student government You’re in the big leagues now. The classes are bigger, the books are bigger and so is the amount of money that flies around your campus. So who is in charge of those student fees that could make your wallet a winner on The ...
The hot list
You’ve heard of the usual places. You know, the ones that make it into the top 10 lists in magazines, places like Strawberry Park...
Fiber problems
What if you could improve the infrastructure on the electric grid to make it smarter? In 2008, Xcel Energy embarked on an ambitious pilot program designed to do just that in Boulder. Called SmartGridCity, the program was intended to add digital tracking capabilities ...
Shifting seasons
As fall harvests wind down, some backyard gardeners may think the work is at an end. But local agricultural experts agree that there are several steps that should be taken to make next year’s growing season even more bountiful. Or even prolong the current yield...
