Architecture ĬU Boulder's distinctive architecture style, known as Tuscan Vernacular Revival, was designed by architect Charles Klauder. The East Campus is about a quarter-mile from the main campus and is composed mainly of athletic fields and research buildings.ĬU 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. It consists of academic and residential buildings as well as research facilities. The main CU Boulder campus is located south of the Pearl Street Mall and east of Chautauqua Auditorium. Its first African American female graduate, Lucile Berkeley Buchanan, received her degree in 1918. Nilon, in 1956, and its first African-American librarian, Mildred Nilon, in 1962. It hired its first African-American professor, Charles H.
ĬU hired its first female professor, Mary Rippon, in 1878. ĭuring 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. There were 38 men and 27 women, and their ages ranged from 12 to 23 years. In the fall of 1877, the student body consisted of 15 students in the college proper and 50 students in the preparatory school. At the time, there were few high schools in the state that could adequately prepare students for university work, so in addition to the university, a preparatory school was formed on campus. The doors of the university opened on September 5, 1877. The cornerstone of the building that became Old Main was laid on September 20, 1875. (There are now six prisons in the Cañon City area.) Cañon City was at a disadvantage as it was already the home of the Colorado Territorial Prison. The consolation prize for the losing city was to be the home to the new Colorado State Prison. Two cities competed for the site of the University of Colorado: Boulder and Cañon City. On March 14, 1876, the Colorado territorial legislature passed an amendment to the state constitution that provided money for the establishment of the University of Colorado in Boulder, the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, and the Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins. History Ĭlass=notpageimage| Location of the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder Alumni, faculty, and affiliates include 5 Nobel Prize laureates, 10 Pulitzer Prize winners, 11 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. The university has produced 10 Olympic medalists.
The Buffaloes have won 28 national championships: 20 in skiing, seven total in men's and women's cross country, and one in football. The Colorado Buffaloes compete in 17 varsity sports and are members of the NCAA Division I Pac-12 Conference. In 2021, the university attracted the support of over $634 million for research and spent $536 million on research and development according to the National Science Foundation, ranking it 50th in the nation. The university consists of nine colleges and schools and offers over 150 academic programs, enrolling more than 35,000 students as of January 2022. CU Boulder is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity.
Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. The University of Colorado Boulder ( CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
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