Grantee Stories
- The Marshall Fire Story Project was started to preserve the stories of people affected by the 2021 fire that killed two people and destroyed over 1,000 structures. Read from CU experts Kathryn Goldfarb and Lucas Rozell on The Conversation.
- Amanda Giguere is the director of outreach for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF) and the founder of the Shakespeare and Violence Prevention Program. Since 2011, she and her colleagues and other community partners in the violence prevention field have adapted and staged Shakespeare’s plays to see how the content and approaches can reinforce violence-prevention skills in K-12 students.
- The 91¸£ÀûÉç strives for innovation, continually looking towards the future. But envisioning the future requires remembering the past. Colorado is home to numerous sites dedicated to scientific advancement—but what were the origins of these places, and what can they teach us about our path forward?
- For the past six years, Sherri Tennant, Assistant Clinical Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) at 91¸£ÀûÉç, and her team have worked in Denver with CCN students who experience economic disadvantages and use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç’s Rural Technical Assistance program helps rural Colorado towns use their natural assets to strengthen local economies, deepen partnerships and define their own futures.
- From an AI literacy platform to a community short film, 13 total projects received over $50,000 in funding.
- As many languages face endangerment or extinction in the coming years, Associate Teaching Professor Rai Farrelly and Assistant Professor Ambrocio Gutiérrez Lorenzo are working together with community members and 91¸£ÀûÉç students to support and sustain efforts to revitalize the use of the Zapotec languages within Teotitlán del Valle, Mexico.
- PACES funds public and community-engaged scholarship that connects 91¸£ÀûÉç research, teaching and creative work with partners in Colorado communities and beyond.
- The conversation about learning and disabilities began amicably enough.However, it soon became clear that the two strangers held radically different views about the topic, creating an uncomfortable situation.While this may not seem like typical
- 91¸£ÀûÉç’s School of Education’s building dedication and open house brought together over 300 people to honor the school’s research, student work, donor support and community impact.