How many times must white supremacy be confronted? Every time. Less than 10 days ago, 10 innocent people were slaughtered by a teenage white supremacist at a Buffalo grocery store. Almost 30 years ago, white supremacists killed 168 people in Oklahoma City. Nearly 40 years ago, Alan Berg was assassinated by white supremacists in Denver. One […]
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CU pulls investments from Russian companies as governor urges state colleges, universities to divest
The University of Colorado is severing ties with publicly traded Russian companies, pulling money invested by the university’s foundation and treasury pool as an act of support for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. The value of the investments are “negligible overall,” according to a media release from the university. “We are looking for ways to show […]
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King Soopers union rejects request for mediator, will strike in Denver starting Wednesday
A three-week labor strike at Denver-area King Soopers stores is slated to begin Wednesday after union officials rejected a request by the grocer to ask for federal mediators to intervene. “At this point, King Soopers needs to face its workers,” Kim Cordova, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, said Monday during a […]
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CU Boulder athletic director apologizes after football coach Karl Dorrell shoves TV camera following blowout loss
By Arnie Stapleton, The Associated Press BOULDER — University of Colorado athletic director Rick George apologized on behalf of Buffaloes football coach Karl Dorrell, who shoved a photojournalist’s camera while trotting off Folsom Field following a blowout loss to Southern California on Saturday. “Coach Dorrell sends his apologizes to the local journalist who he intercepted after today’s […]
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Your COVID game plan: Are stadiums safe?
By Phil Galewitz and Andy Miller, Kaiser Health News The college football season is kicking into high gear, the National Football League season starts Sept. 9, and the baseball pennant races are heating up. For the first time since 2019, nearly all stadiums will be fully open to fans. In the so-called Before Times, sitting […]
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Tenured professors at Colorado public colleges are predominantly white
In a state that’s become increasingly diverse, the professors who teach at Colorado’s four-year colleges are overwhelmingly white. Of the 3,500 professors who have tenure, just 15 of them are Black women. Another 38 are Black men. Hispanic students now make up about 20% of the state’s universities. But Hispanic professors? Less than 8% of all […]
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Union slams University of Colorado spending, wages and bond debt
A University of Colorado labor union has questioned the university system’s priorities, pandemic cutbacks, and business model, and urges more spending on students and employees. The United Campus Workers Colorado/Communications Workers of America Local 7799, which represents workers at the system’s four campuses, said in a report released Monday that the University of Colorado has prioritized building […]
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University of Colorado president Mark Kennedy says he will step down
University of Colorado President Mark Kennedy announced Monday he would be stepping down from his job just two years after he was named to the position. “The Board of Regents and I have entered into discussions about an orderly transition of the presidency of the university in the near future,” Kennedy said in a written […]
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University of Colorado Boulder bans ex-teacher from outreach after Trump speech
BOULDER — Former California university professor John Eastman has been banned from performing outreach or speaking at the University of Colorado Boulder after giving a speech for former President Donald Trump shortly before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, university officials said. “The University of Colorado Boulder relieved John Eastman of duties related […]
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CU Boulder struggles to enroll low-income students. That has consequences for Coloradans’ social mobility.
Jason Gonzales, Chalkbeat Colorado Despite modest gains over the last decade, the University of Colorado Boulder still ranks near the bottom of the list of flagship public universities in enrollment of low-income students. The percentage of Pell Grant recipients at the university moved from 12% in 2008 to 16% a decade later, ranking Boulder as […]