NEWS AND PRESS

EurekAlert! Science News: CU researchers publish study on nerve cell repair in Nature Neuroscience

By University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus EurekAlert! Science News AURORA, Colo. (May 18, 2020) — Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified a new way that cells in the central nervous system regenerate and repair following damage. In an article published in the...

CU Connections: Cu Anschutz, CU Boulder faculty among recipients of Boettcher COVID-19 grants

By CU Connections Staff CU Connections Two University of Colorado faculty researchers are among the recipients of nearly $1 million in new Boettcher Foundation grants aimed at fighting COVID-19 and potential future pandemics. The Boettcher Foundation last month launched the COVID Biomedical Research Innovation Fund, creating a rapid...

Elbert County News: EHS senior awarded Boettcher Scholarship

By Tabatha Stewart Elbert County News More than 1,400 high school seniors in Colorado apply for the prestigious Boettcher Scholarship each year. Only 42 are awarded. Elizabeth High School senior Colton Arciniaga was one of the 42 to receive the scholarship this year, which includes all expenses...

CSU Source: Rushika Perera, Sue VandeWoude land COVID-19 research awards from the Boettcher Foundation

By CSU University Communications Staff CSU Source This story was adapted from a news release developed by the Boettcher Foundation. Two research teams from Colorado State University have received grants from the Boettcher Foundation to fight COVID-19 and potential future pandemics. The Foundation revealed the names of six...

Colorado Department of Education: Graduate in the heartland got to work when COVID hit

By CDE Staff Colorado Department of Education Sophie Russell is the type of person who when presented with a challenge just knuckles down and starts working harder. For example, everything was humming along smoothly in the first part of 2020 in her last year at Swink High School,...

The Mountain Mail: Shavano Academic Booster Club announces scholarships

By The Mountain Mail Staff The Mountain Mail Six Salida High School seniors were awarded Shavano Academic Booster Club scholarships. The scholarships are awarded to former SABC students of the month in their senior year. Students of the month are nominated by teachers. Students may only be nominated once...

The Gazette: Sachi Rohilla, Best and Brightest

By Leslie James The Gazette Change. Sachi Rohilla has learned to adapt in virtually any scenario through encounters with neighbors, friends, and schoolmates. The Classical Academy senior discovered something needed to change when she learned her two young neighbors had jumped from foster family to foster family before...

Colorado Academy News: CA Senior named Boettcher Scholar

By Renee Rockford Colorado Academy News “We are over-the-moon proud,” says Colorado Academy College Counselor Sara Purviance about CA Senior Walt Jones, who has been named a recipient of the prestigious Boettcher Scholarship. “It is a truly extraordinary honor,” she says. The coveted award is one of the oldest and most...

TEDxMileHigh: Understand COVID-19 and Learn How You Can Help

By TEDxMileHigh Staff We hope that you and your friends and family are doing okay in these stressful times. Your health and the well-being of our community is our primary concern, and we are thinking of you. This week we are sharing content that we hope will...

The Pueblo Chieftain: Boettcher Scholar Bayer revels in life’s little things

By Jon Pompia The Pueblo Chieftain Although he boasts a 4.8 weighted and 4.0 unweighted GPA, is second in his class, and earned a coveted Boettcher Scholarship, East High School’s Ryan Bayer cites his most notable high school accomplishments as the little things in life. “I made friends...