Whenever I meet with parents of University of Colorado Boulder students, I begin by thanking them for entrusting their young adults to us. I tell them their loved one’s safety is my No. 1 priority. That’s why when I first learned of the seriousness of COVID-19, we immediately moved to action. We transitioned CU Boulder […]
Phillip DiStefano
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CU chancellor: Colorado needs more funding for college diversity
Every winter under the gold dome of the Colorado Capitol, the state legislature comes together to literally write Colorado’s history. In 2014, with little fanfare, they established a scholarship to help low- and middle-income students — disproportionately students of color, first-generation and underrepresented. Since then, tens of thousands of Coloradans who may not otherwise have […]
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Opinion: Federal investment in university research is critical to surging public-private partnerships
When a SpaceX passenger capsule docked with the International Space Station on March 3, completing a flawless daylong trek, it put an exclamation point on the success of public-private partnerships. On the eve of that headline-making voyage, NASA Deputy Administrator James Morhard and colleagues from NASA were on our campus in Boulder to help us […]