CU outreach program hopes to inspire engineers

BOULDER, Colo. — An outreach program that started with some extra rocket kits and a suggestion from Byron Young, a University of Colorado aerospace engineering major, has taken off since it started about 12 weeks ago. As part of the program, Young and other volunteers, most of them also engineers, go to local elementary schools, give a brief talk about engineering and then help the kids design, build and launch the model rockets.

CU's Egg Drop wows student audience

BOULDER, Colo. — University of Colorado students gathered around the office tower of the university's Engineering Center on Thursday to see the crowd-pleasing pastime from school that is the college "Egg Drop."

Video: CU students react to Churchill verdict

University of Colorado students react to a jury's recent verdict in favor of former professor Ward Churchill in his suit against the university. In his suit, Churchill claimed that he had been wrongly fired because of controversial comments that he made in the wake of 9/11.