Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder became the first university in the nation to open a student-led Environmental Center. The day coincided with the nation’s inaugural Earth Day.
Record-breaking ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ summer heat, including the hottest temperature ever recorded in the state didn’t delay winter at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥. Boulder saw more than 26 inches of snow in October and nearly 30 in November, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Hale was the first science building on campus and at one point housed all the sciences, a small museum and the School of Law. The building was named after the second university president, Horace Hale.
It wasn’t much to look at, but it was the start of a ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder institution. The first issue of this magazine appeared as The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Alumnus in May 1911.
The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences includes a bioastronautics lab, a payload operations center with a real-time communications link to the International Space Station and an indoor drone testing space.