On a beautiful summer day in Boulder, the National Center for Atmospheric Research rises dramatically above the city from its home on Table Mesa. With blue skies overhead, green foothills surrounding it, and the Colorado plains stretching toward the horizon, NCAR looks less like a conventional laboratory and more like a monument carved directly from […]

The first week at the University of Colorado Boulder can feel like several weeks packed into a few days. Move-in boxes are barely unpacked, Fall Welcome events are filling the calendar, classes are approaching, and students are learning to live with people they may have met only hours earlier. That combination can be exciting, exhausting […]

Welcome to Boulder, new Buffs. The Flatirons are waiting, the trails are calling, and campus is about to hit full volume. For many incoming freshmen, college social life can seem automatically connected to drinking and partying. It doesn’t have to be. At the University of Colorado Boulder, students looking for another path have something valuable […]

You’ve made it. The boxes are mostly unpacked. The mini-fridge is humming. Your parents have left—or they’re about to. Somewhere between the last trip to the car and your first night in a residence hall, it hits you: This is real. You’re a Buff now. And if your stomach is doing that strange little dance […]

Outdoor Picture of the Day: Sewall Hall, CU Boulder’s Historic Heart Look at that classic CU Boulder sandstone and red-tile roof glowing beneath the Flatirons. Sewall Hall isn’t simply another residence hall—it is one of the university’s most recognizable buildings and a living piece of Buff history. Completed in 1934 as a women’s dormitory, Sewall […]

Welcome back, Buffs. Move-in is happening, Boulder is filling up again, and CU Boulder classes begin Thursday, August 20. Before long, campus will be buzzing, lunch lines will be growing and dining dollars may start disappearing faster than expected. But eating well between classes does not have to mean spending a fortune or settling for […]

Boulder, Colorado, has a special way of beginning the day. In this award-winning photograph, Boulder’s morning sky comes alive in brilliant waves of orange, red and gold. The colors stretch across the horizon, transforming an ordinary morning into an unforgettable Colorado moment. It is the kind of sunrise that makes people stop, look up and […]

Altitude 101 for CU Freshmen: How to Adjust Without Feeling Wrecked Welcome to Boulder, new Buffs. You have made it through move-in, the Flatirons are filling the horizon, and a new semester is about to begin. But before you race to the Recreation Center or head straight for your first mountain hike, give your body […]

  Outdoor Picture of the Day: Boulder Reservoir Lights Up North Boulder Today’s Outdoor Picture of the Day captures one of Boulder’s most recognizable bodies of water: Boulder Reservoir, glowing beneath a wide Colorado sky with the foothills and Flatirons rising in the distance. Locals simply call it “the Rez.” Located along Boulder’s northern edge, […]

Boulder Creek is open for tubing, and during Boulder’s relentless summer heat, the cold current running through the center of town feels better than ever. As of August 12, 2026, Boulder County reports that there are no current restrictions on tubing or single-chamber flotation devices. The USGS gauge at North 75th Street registered a flow […]