University of Colorado Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 1876. It is the flagship campus of the University of Colorado system.

University of Colorado system: A public university system comprising four campuses in Colorado. CU Boulder is the system’s flagship campus.
Colorado statehood: Colorado’s admission to the United States as the 38th state in 1876. The university opened in the same year Colorado became a state.
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics: A University of Colorado Boulder research institute that develops and operates space instruments and studies Earth and space environments. It is a prominent example of the university’s space-science research.
Robert Redford: An American actor, director, and producer who founded the Sundance Film Festival. He attended the university before leaving without graduating.
Colorado State University: A public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is CU Boulder’s fellow major public research university in Colorado.
Boulder, Colorado: A city at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in north-central Colorado. The university’s location shapes its community and setting.
Colorado Territory: A United States territory that existed from 1861 until Colorado became a state in 1876. The university’s establishment followed the territorial period.
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences: A research institute jointly operated by the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Its partnership links university research with federal environmental science.
Scott Carpenter: An American astronaut and one of the original seven NASA Project Mercury astronauts. He studied aeronautical engineering at CU Boulder.
University of Denver: A private research university in Denver, Colorado. Its private governance contrasts with CU Boulder’s public status.

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