Rachel Sauer

  • illuminated tent and campfire at sunset
    The world of campsite reservations is increasingly cutthroat, so why are so many campers not showing up? CU Boulder economist Jon Hughes applies numerical modeling to understand campground no-shows.
  • close-up of Wollemi pine tree branches
    CU Boulder alumni Judy and Rod McKeever donate a tree once considered extinct to the EBIO greenhouse, giving students a living example of modern conservation.
  • Four people standing on dais holding big checks
    Undergraduate students Josiah Gordon and Miles Woods formed a nonprofit to provide scholarships for students at their former high school, determined to make positive change in their community.
  • CU Boulder students in traditional Balinese garb
    Bali Global Seminar in Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship helps students see real-world work to balance tourism with environmental and cultural preservation.
  • narrow slices of movie posters from 1975
    The films of 1975, currently featured in CU Boulder’s International Film Series, reflected the times and the culture in ways that hadn’t been seen before, says film scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.
  • illustration of beaker amid trees in cloud forest
    In May, campus leaders signed the Green Chemistry Commitment to practice and teach sustainable chemistry—an effort being encouraged and advanced by students.
  • Jack Carter, Colin McDonald and Amanda Opp in the back of a truck with a beaver in a cage
    In a capstone project partnership with the Boulder Watershed Collective, Masters of the Environment students study what it means to live alongside beavers.
  • middle school students doing paper-folding math activity
    Started by CU Boulder applied mathematics Teaching Professor Silva Chang, Colorado Math Circle is celebrating 20 years of bringing middle and high school students together in a community that has fun with math.
  • Atticus Fretz kneeling and writing on whiteboard while tutoring several students
    The Applied Mathematics Community and Learning Center, opened last month after a summer-long renovation, invites students to collaborate, hang out and learn.
  • B.B. King playing guitar onstage
    In what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday month, CU Boulder music scholar Shawn O’Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025.
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