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In its 12th year, the State of the Rockies Project continues to be a critical resource for keeping the public informed about the conservation issues that matter most in the Rocky Mountain West. Each summer, the program hires several student interns who compile research for the annual State of the Rockies Report Card. Three of…

It’s right there in the name: InterDisciplinary Experimental Arts. IDEA Space is an art gallery, sure, but it bursts out of that box to deliver enlightenment and inspiration wrapped in texture, color, shape, and line. Jessica Hunter-Larsen ’90 has been the curator since 2006, when she was handed a tabula rasa for the resource in…

The date was April 1, but there wasn’t a fool to be found in the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center as The Big Idea pitch competition winners for 2014 were announced. What’s The Big Idea? On paper, it’s a program designed to give students a launching pad for creating startups and pursuing funding for…

Colorado College has been designated a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka U, and selected to join a global consortium of leaders in social innovation. The group seeks innovative, transformative, and sustainable solutions to social problems. The 26 members of the consortium, which includes only three liberal arts colleges, are committed to advancing social innovation initiatives on…

Nonprofit organization seeks hard-working, dedicated, intelligent, and motivated employee. College student/recent grad seeks meaningful work experience with public interest nonprofit organization. Public Interest Fellowship Program: Bring the two together to increase the capacity of nonprofit organizations, provide CC graduates with relevant job experience, and foster a new generation of nonprofit leaders. CC’s innovative Public Interest…

See how the Class of 2014 celebrated the end of the CC chapter of their lives

Colorado College students and recent graduates, representing a variety of disciplines and departments, were widely recognized for their academic excellence in 2014. Among them: Benjamin Munyao ’14, a Colorado College economics major from Nairobi, Kenya, received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. Munyao’s project, titled “A Walk to Manhood: A Look at the Interplay Among the…

Kudos for Heckman Thanks for reprinting the N.Y. Times article by CC’s Nobel winner, Jim Heckman ’65. As usual, he is original and eminently practical, and he pinpoints a set of policy options with massive benefits across the board, as an approach to narrowing the income gap in the U.S. Other major changes under discussion…

A total of $97,789.80 was awarded to 108 students in the 2013-14 Keller Family Venture Grant Program. The 95 projects range geographically from building furniture for CC’s Art Department and Arts & Crafts Program and studying Colorado Springs’ Red Rock Canyon Open Space to exploring tourism in Thailand, organic farms in France, teaching strategies in…