Campus News

Taking the Lede: Colorado Edition —a 45-minute documentary produced by CU News Corps students and faculty members—will air on Colorado Public Television (Channel 12) on Wednesday, June 29, at 8:30 p.m. The documentary details stories of Colorado high school journalism in the wake of the the 1988 Hazelwood Supreme Court decision, which ruled that school administrators could exercise restraint of school-sponsored expression.

Thirteen students from the CU-Boulder’s advertising program have won seven awards in a major international advertising contest. Their ad campaign entries range from a Lego fund to teach children about wildlife extinction to a LinkedIn platform designed to allow workplaces to address positive change around inequality.

Jim Hakala is hitting the road Friday with bins of captivating remnants of the ancient past. Among other things, he’s got fossilized fern, leaves, shark teeth, dinosaur bone, fish, petrified wood and a trilobite. This time, he’s targeting fourth grade classrooms in mostly northeastern Colorado with 12 of his “fossil kits,” courtesy of the CU Museum of Natural History, along with a standards-based curriculum for use by teachers.

Hello, friends and scholars! There are all kinds of events happening on campus this week, and I encourage you to get out and about as much as possible in this beautiful weather.