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Teachers at Bio Summer Workshop 2023. Credit: Bio Team

Students use observation, creative thinking to uncover meaning in scientific data
The Building Insights through Observation Project has developed a framework for incorporating art-based education into science classrooms. The project has strengthened…
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CEEE Receives Three Summer UROP Awards
We’re thrilled to announce that CEEE has received three UROP Summer Faculty Grants! Two were awarded to Anne U. Gold, Director of CIRES CEEE, and one to Grace Bennett-Pierre…
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HEART Force students learning about the program

HEART Force Participants Win Statewide Award for Wildfire Preparedness Project
This marked the first year that Primero students entered the RISE Challenge, hosted by national nonprofit Earth Force, though they have been active participants for several…
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Former RECCS intern awarded NSF fellowship
The National Science Foundation has awarded 12 University of Colorado Boulder students with the prestigious graduate research fellowship, which places the university in the…
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Megan Littrell

Spotlight on CEEE's Megan Littrell
Meg Littrell, an education researcher and evaluator at the CIRES Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation (CEEE), studies place-based education, science learning, and…
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NNA 2025 group photo

CIRES hosted its largest event ever, Arctic Science Summit Week
Last week, CIRES hosted its largest event to date: Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW), an international gathering of nearly 1,000 participants focused on sharing Arctic…
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Leah standing in front of NOAA building

Finding Her People, Place and Purpose
Leah Shipley, a first-generation college student, overcame a challenging upbringing to enroll at Front Range Community College (FRCC). Through TRIO Student Support Services,…
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Elk range

Exploring Innovative Sessions with CEEE at AGU24
The CIRES Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation (CEEE) will bring engaging and impactful programming to the AGU24 meeting, December 9-13, 2024, in Washington, D.C…
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Climate Literacy

CLEAN revitalizes climate education with new climate literacy principles
October 18, 2024. The release of the 2024 Climate Literacy Guide by the federal government, which emphasizes climate justice, solutions, and the inclusion of Indigenous…
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Glacier hiking

CU Boulder launches new course to foster inclusive and safe field expeditions
September 23, 2024. CIRES has partnered with the ADVANCEGeo Partnership to launch ADVANCEing FieldSafety, a free online course aimed at creating safer, more inclusive field…
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Boulder

Four CIRES researchers join Council of Fellows
September 10, 2024. Antonietta Capotondi, Anne Gold, Matthew Shupe, and Christine Wiedinmyer joined the CIRES Council of Fellows, bringing diverse expertise in oceanography,…
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GOrock

CIRES' Girls* on Rock program finds new footing in 2024
September 5, 2024. Girls* on Rock program, a 12-day wilderness science expedition, empowers high school youth—cisgender girls, transgender, nonbinary, and…
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Colorado River

Traveling "We are Water" exhibit makes its debut in Grand Junction (Mesa County)
July 14, 2024. "We are Water" brings a traveling exhibit and interactive programs to rural, Latinx, and Indigenous communities in the Four Corners Region of the U.S. and…
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Desert from We are Water trip

Page Middle School's ECAP program visits CEEE "We are Water" exhibit
February 6, 2024. The Education Career Action Plan (ECAP) is a statewide initiative designed to guide middle school students in mapping out their academic and career pathways…
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Group of students with a camera and equipment filming

New center inspires curiosity, community, and action in environmental science
The new CIRES Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation (CEEE) is dedicated to three broad goals: excellence and inclusion in environmental science education, career…
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HEART Force Teacher Fellows and Earth Force Program Managers gather around the hood of a car in the field, studying a map with Theo Engel, Assistant Fire Management Officer from the Gunnison Ranger District. The group, surrounded by shrubs, learns about the 2023 Lowline Fire.

Gunnison High School students students tackle wildfire solutions with HEART Force
December 6, 2023. The Gunnison Times profiled local students' participation in the HEART Force wildfire curriculum, and their efforts to better prepare their community for…
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CIRES We Are Water team receives Governor’s Award
In October 2023, the CIRES’ We Are Water team received prestigious recognition at the annual CO-LABS Governor’s Awards. The Pathfinding and Partnerships Award honored the…
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Two people in wooded area and brush

Students build science identity through immersive research experience
Each summer, community college students from Colorado and surrounding states converge on the CU Boulder campus to participate in an immersive nine-week research program. A…
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