University of Colorado Boulder: Difference between revisions

| endowment = $2.1310 billion (2023)<br />(system-wide) (2021)<ref name=NACUBO>{{As of|2020|6| June 30|df=US}}, 2023. {{cite web |url=https://wwwedge.nacubositecorecloud.orgio/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/researchEndowmentFiles/20212023-NTSENCSE-PublicEndowment-Tables--Number-of-NTSE-ParticipantsMarket-Values-FINAL-February-18-2022.ashx?la=en&hash=CB4FB89D97C8842CBD159C2E98A3456F2BA685D3xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 20212023 NTSENCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 20212023 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY20FY22 to FY21FY23, (Revised)and FY23 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 15, 2024 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA(NACUBO) |access-date=May 2421, 20212024 |archive-date=February 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220214850/https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE-Public-Tables--Number-of-NTSE-Participants--FINAL-February-18-2022.ashx?la=en&hash=CB4FB89D97C8842CBD159C2E98A3456F2BA685D3 |url-statusformat=liveXLS }}</ref>

| chancellor = [[PhilJustin DiStefanoSchwartz]]

The [[Colorado Buffaloes]] compete in 17 varsity sports and are members of the [[NCAA Division I]] [[Pac-Big 12 Conference]]. The Buffaloes have won 28 national championships: 20 in [[NCAA Skiing Championships|skiing]], seven total in [[NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship|men's]] and [[NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship|women's cross country]], and one in [[Colorado Buffaloes football|football]]. The university has produced [[List of American universities with Olympic medals|10 Olympic medalists]]. Alumni, faculty, and affiliates include 5 [[Nobel Prize]] laureates, 10 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners, 11 [[MacArthur Fellowship|MacArthur "Genius Grant"]] recipients, 1 [[Turing Award]] laureate, 20 [[astronauts]] and 2 [[associate justice of the United States Supreme Court]] have been affiliated with CU Boulder as alumni, researchers, or faculty.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 22, 2019 |title=Infographic: CU and the Nobel Prize |pages=36 |work=Coloradan |issue=Spring 2019 |url=https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/sites/default/files/attached-files/coloradan_spr19_forweb_1.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=October 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015112310/https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/sites/default/files/attached-files/coloradan_spr19_forweb_1.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellows Location at Award — MacArthur Foundation |url=https://www.macfound.org/maps/2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203120234/https://www.macfound.org/maps/2/ |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2021 |website=www.macfound.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2017 |title=CU in Space |url=https://www.colorado.edu/alumni/heritage-center/exhibitions/cu-space |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124103116/https://www.colorado.edu/alumni/heritage-center/exhibitions/cu-space |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |work=Alumni Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 29, 2023 |title=Byron R. White |url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/byron_r_white |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321212510/http://www.oyez.org/justices/byron_r_white/ |archive-date=March 21, 2007 |access-date=March 29, 2023 |work=Oyez}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ferren |first=John |url=https://www.scribd.com/book/387425711/Salt-of-the-Earth-Conscience-of-the-Court-The-Story-of-Justice-Wiley-Rutledge |title=Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court: The Story of Justice Wiley Rutledge |date=March 8, 2006 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |isbn=9780807876619 |location=United Kingdom |page=40}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], Colorado was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the [[V-12 Navy College Training Program]] which offered students a path to a navy commission.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2010/08/from-basketball-to-covert-ops.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=From Basketball to Covert Ops: E. Henry Knoche | access-date=September 26, 2011 | archive-date=January 12, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112123341/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2010/08/from-basketball-to-covert-ops.html | url-status=livedead }}</ref>

CU Boulder's campus has been ranked as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the United States by ''[[Travel + Leisure]]'' and ''[[Condé Nast Traveler]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title="America's most beautiful college campuses", ''Travel+Leisure'' (September 2011) |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses/21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202225614/http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses/21 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |access-date=January 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses |title="America's most beautiful college campuses", ''Travel + Leisure'' (August, 2018) |access-date=September 9, 2019 |archive-date=June 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608184511/https://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2016-01-29/the-20-most-beautiful-college-campuses-in-america |title="The 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses in America", ''Condé Nast Traveler'' (August 6, 2018) |date=January 29, 2016 |access-date=September 9, 2019 |archive-date=June 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608184521/https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2016-01-29/the-20-most-beautiful-college-campuses-in-america |url-status=live }}</ref>

CU Boulder's distinctive architecture style, known as Tuscan Vernacular Revival, was designed by architect [[Charles Klauder]].<ref name="Campus Architect">{{cite web |url=https://www.colorado.edu/fm/departments/planning-design-construction/campus-architect |title=Campus Architect |date=February 28, 2017 |publisher=Facilities Management, University of Colorado Boulder |access-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044413/https://www.colorado.edu/fm/departments/planning-design-construction/campus-architect |url-status=live }}</ref> The oldest buildings, such as Old Main (1876) and Macky Auditorium (1923), were in the [[Collegiate Gothic]] style of many East Coast schools, and Klauder's initial plans for the university's new buildings (approved in 1919) were in the same style.<ref name="Campus Architect" /> A month or so after approval, however, Klauder updated his design by sketching in a new wrap of rough, textured [[sandstone]] walls with sloping, multi-leveled red-tiled roofs and [[Indiana Limestone|Indiana limestone]] trim.<ref name="Campus Architect" /> This formed the basis of a unified style, used in the design of fifteen other buildings between 1921 and 1939 and still followed on the campus to this day.<ref name="Campus Architect" /> The sandstone used in the construction of nearly all the buildings on campus was selected from a variety of [[Front Range]] mountain quarries.

In 1947, Colorado Governor [[William Lee Knous|Lee Knous]] issued a [[proclamation]] to create a [[memorial]] to Colorado's servicemen at the University of Colorado Boulder. A proposal to house this memorial in a [[Student activity center|student union]] building resulted in a remarkable fundraising effort. The University Memorial Center (UMC) opened its doors in October 1953 with President Robert Stearns presiding over the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The UMC quickly became the central landmark of the Boulder campus. A 1964 addition created a new book storebookstore, conference facilities, additional dining facilities, and offices to house the rapidly growing student activities and organizations. The expansion was financed through bonds granted by student fees.

The 1960s and '70s put the UMC at the center of student activism as students staged strikes, grape boycotts, love-ins, sit-ins, and walk-outs. The UMC Fountain Court (now the Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court) became a familiar sight to network television news watchers as the famous and notorious promoted their cause at CU Boulder. Entertainers as diverse as [[Ramsey Lewis]] and the [[Grateful Dead]] have performed in the [[Glenn Miller]] Ballroom. The UMC Connection, a student entertainment center in the basement, is a more informal gathering place, featuring pool tables and a small bowling alley. It also features Club 156, which hosts concerts from local and up-and-coming bands. In 1986, students passed another bond issue to remodel the food- services area. The [[Alferd Packer]] Grill gets its name from [[Alferd Packer]], a famous historical cannibal in Colorado. Many exotic meals canprospector beaccused foundof herecannibalism.

The Mary Rippon Theatre is an outdoor [[theater]] and the site of many [[culture|cultural]] events, notably the [[Colorado Shakespeare Festival]]. The Theatre was named after Professor [[Mary Rippon]], the first female instructor at the university and one of the first female university instructors in the United States. She taught GermanEnglish andgrammar, French. Professor Rippon was so popular with students that when attempts were made to replace her with a male instructorGerman, theFrench studentand bodymathematics.<ref>{{cite revoltedweb ''en|url=https://www.cogreatwomen.org/project/mary-rippon/ masse'', and|title=Mary Rippon kept her job.{{Citation needed|access-date=December 20102024-04-12}}</ref>

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{{as of|2006}}, there were more than 3,800 tenured or tenure-eligible faculty members, as well as 4,400 non-tenured adjunct professors and instructors.<ref name="AnswerBook">{{Cite web|title=University of Colorado System Answer Book |first1=Christiane |last1=Griffin-Wehr |first2=Jill |last2=Norton |date=May 2006 |publisher=University of Colorado Boulder |url=https://www.cusys.edu/downloads/answerbook.pdf |access-date=December 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216022109/https://www.cusys.edu/downloads/answerbook.pdf |archive-date=February 16, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Current faculty include [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureates]] [[David J. Wineland]] (physics 2012), [[John L. Hall|John Hall]] (physics, 2005), [[Eric Cornell]] (physics, 2001), and [[Thomas Robert Cech]] (chemistry, 1989). [[Carl Wieman]] was also awarded a Nobel prize for his work with Eric Cornell. He maintains a part-time appointment at the University of Colorado Boulder but his primary appointment is Professor and Director of the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia. Controversial writer [[Ward Churchill]] was a professor of [[ethnic studies]] until he was terminated in July 2007.<ref name="wrongly fired">[{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/us/03churchill.html?hp&_r=0 |title=Jury Says Professor Was Wrongly Fired] {{Webarchive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122143957/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/us/03churchill.html?hp&_r=0 |archive-date=November 22, 2018 }};|work=The ''New York Times''; |first1=Kirk |last1=Johnson and |first2=Katherine Q. |last2=Seelye; |date=April 2, 2009,}}</ref> [[Robert T. Craig (scholar)|Robert T. Craig]] an [[International Communication Association]] Fellow and author of "Communication Theory as a Field" is a professor in the Communication Department. Professor Emerita [[Susan Kingsley Kent]] is the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies.

In addition to IBG, ICS and ATLAS, the university's other institutes include Biofrontiers Institute, [[Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences]], Institute of [[Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research|Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR)]], Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) , CU Boulder-[[NIST]] joint institute [[JILA]], [[Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics|Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space Physics (LASP)]], Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), and the [[University of Colorado Museum of Natural History]].

The [[Greek nationalism|Panhellenic]] sorority community consists of roughly a dozen chapters. The men's fraternities at the University of Colorado are not officially affiliated with the school; however, they are still a presence on campus. About 13% of the undergraduate student body participates in Greek life.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.coloradodaily.com/2015/08/08/boulder-fraternities-and-cu-sororities-greek-life-for-buffs/ | title=Boulder fraternities and CU sororities: Greek life for Buffs | work=Colorado Daily | date=August 8, 2015 }}</ref> The Multicultural Greek Council acts as a liaison between the member organizations and university administration.<ref>{{cite web|title=Multicultural Greek Council|url=https://www.colorado.edu/greeks/our-community/multicultural-greek-council|website=Greek Life|access-date=March 9, 2018|language=en|date=July 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074426/https://www.colorado.edu/greeks/our-community/multicultural-greek-council|archive-date=March 10, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The death of Chi Psi pledge Gordie Bailey from alcohol poisoning during hazing in 2004 caused Boulder fraternities to re-organize and sever legal affiliation to the university. Students gathered for a candlelight vigil for the deceased football player on the Boulder campus on Sept.September 20, 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |lastfirst=Elizabeth |firstlast=Hernandez |date=November 8, 2019 |title=15 years after pledge's hazing death, relationship between CU and Boulder's fraternities "'nonexistent"' |work=Denver Post |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/08/university-colorado-boulder-fraternities-hazing/ |access-date=August 12, 2023}}</ref>

Started in 2008 by CU-Boulder students,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_22640742/|title=CU-Boulder improv group Left Right TIM celebrates 5 years|work=Colorado Daily|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=March 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331040418/http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_22640742/|url-status=live}}</ref> Left Right TIM is the Boulder area's premier and longest-running improv comedy team, performing a weekly improvised comedy show every Friday during the university's academic year in the Hale Anthropology Building Room 270 of the school's campus. The team has performed in cities around the country as well as opening for established stand-up comedians and improv theaters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_12957453|title=One hot comic: Natasha Leggero tells jokes at CU on Friday|website=dailycamera.com|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=April 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401003556/http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_12957453|url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2018}}

Sports teams at the school are called Buffaloes. The [[varsity team|varsity]] athletic teams participate in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA's]] [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] ([[Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]] for football, see [[Bowl Championship Series]]) as a member of the [[Pac-Big 12 Conference]]. The school officially joinedrejoined the Pac-Big 12 onin July 1, 20112024, ending its affiliation with the [[Big Pac-12 Conference]]. (CU had previously been a member of the former [[Big Eight Conference]], whose members had merged with four schools of the former [[Southwest Conference]] to create the new Big 12 Conference in 1996.) The official school colors are silver and gold, as opposed to the common belief of black and gold. Silver and gold were chosen to represent the state's mineral wealth, but the colors did not look good together on the uniforms, so black was substituted.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&KEY=&ATCLID=28035 | title=FAQ – University of Colorado | access-date=August 2, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212071134/http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&KEY=&ATCLID=28035 | archive-date=December 12, 2010 | url-status=dead }} See also: [[Colorado Buffaloes#Colors]].</ref> There are three official fight songs: "Glory Colorado", "Go Colorado", and "Fight CU."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=24649|title=School Songs|access-date=April 23, 2013|archive-date=May 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509171419/http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=24649|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bands.colorado.edu/marching/media/fight.html|title=The Golden Buffalo Marching Band|access-date=April 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427062829/http://bands.colorado.edu/marching/media/fight.html|archive-date=April 27, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the early 1980s, the Board of Regents changed the school colors to sky blue and gold; but the changed proved highly unpopular with students and alumni, and the colors were changed back after 1985.

The CU [[skiing|ski team]] has won 20 National Championships at the Division I level. The sport is not sponsored by the Pac-Big 12 Conference, however (nor was it sponsored by the Big 12).