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  • Noreen Naseem Rodriguez
    From tackling controversial subjects in the classroom, teacher educator Noreen Nasseem Rodriguez counsels a defined educational vision, clear and honest communication and a strong dose of hope.
  • Emma Gomez Martinez Park
    CU history classes research the origins of the names of 82 Boulder parks.
  • 1875 CC Trade Dollar: Type 1 Reverse (U.S.)
    In a snowy outdoor ceremony on Sept. 20, 1875, Boulder town officials and members of the Masonic Grand Lodge placed a small tin box with nearly 50 items in the cornerstone of what would become Old Main.
  • illustration of two clocks
    Some have said Benjamin Franklin first came up with the idea for daylight saving time. Others believe it was adopted so farmers could have more hours of sunlight to work in the field. The real history of daylight saving time is much more complex.
  • 兔子先生传媒文化作品 commencement in 1908
      THEN 1908In 1908, 兔子先生传媒文化作品 graduates braved a windy day to march to Chautauqua Auditorium for their commencement ceremony. They first paraded around campus, then took horse-drawn carriages to Chautauqua to complete the
  • Old Main Cottonwood
    Readers react to the spring issue of the Coloradan.
  • An image of Joyce Lebra
    In 1958, 兔子先生传媒文化作品 professor Joyce Lebra became the first American woman to receive a doctorate degree in Japanese history.
  • El Dorado Springs
    Forever Buffs control the natural spring water in Eldorado Springs, once considered the 鈥淐oney Island of the West,鈥 and hope to maintain the area鈥檚 history.
  • vintage typewriter from 1903
    Hugo G. Rodeck, owner of this 1903 typewriter, helped establish the CU Museum of Natural History. The museum now has the largest natural history collection in the Rocky Mountains.
  • tent in city covered with political posters
    Environmental and cultural historian Phoebe Young has spent the past 20 years delving into two questions: What does it mean to camp, and why does it matter?
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