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Colorado MetroLab project wins "Innovation of the Month" award

March 28, 2019

A Colorado MetroLab project, the Green Infrastructure Decision Tool, has won MetroLab Network's March 2019 "Innovation of the Month" award, given to outstanding projects nationwide that involve local government and university partners.

Brian Muller

Q&A with Associate Professor Brian Muller

March 22, 2019

Get to know Associate Professor Brian Muller in this video interview where he answers questions submitted by students.

Drawing of University Hill

Event highlights Hill public art project

Jan. 29, 2019

Join us for a conversation about a new public art installation for University Hill, a collaboration between CEDaR, CU Â鶹ӰԺ students and faculty and the city of Â鶹ӰԺ.

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CEDaR research shows Denver's impervious cover increasing rapidly

Jan. 23, 2019

GIS analysis of urban change in Denver indicates high rates of disappearance of green space and increasing imperviousness, which could increase to as much as 69 percent of its surface, excluding DIA, by 2040.

Audience of the Community Building Colorado-Style Conference

CEDaR conference focuses on building resilient and innovative communities

Sept. 19, 2018

The second annual Community Building Colorado-Style conference offers opportunities to develop new partnerships between the university, and Colorado cities and communities.

Marufjon (Maruf) Mirakhmatov squats next to a small table from the Â鶹ӰԺ Dushanbe Teahouse.

CEDaR helps organize model partnership for Teahouse restoration

Aug. 24, 2018

Marufjon (Maruf) Mirakhmatov restores furniture from the Â鶹ӰԺ Dushanbe Teahouse on Aug. 20, 2018, as part of a restoration project that will also involve restoring the inside and outside of the Teahouse. Mirakhmatov is co-teaching an Program in Environmental Design class where students will learn how to perform the restoration...

Person points to a model of a house.

University, city and residents engage at Ponderosa event

April 30, 2018

This spring more than 40 CU Â鶹ӰԺ students and faculty sought solutions to preserve Â鶹ӰԺ’s Ponderosa Mobile Home Park as it transitions to a more resilient model of affordable housing. The diverse 68-unit community has a long history of infrastructure issues, including impacts from the 2013 flood and challenges in...

Carson Byerhof explains his poster to an attendee

Student projects revitalizing The Hill focus of Dec. 15 open house

Dec. 7, 2017

Colorado MetroLab, a partnership between CU Â鶹ӰԺ and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where CU Â鶹ӰԺ environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing Â鶹ӰԺ's University Hill area.

Mara Mintzer

Â鶹ӰԺ's Plan to Become a Child- and Youth-Friendly City

June 14, 2017

Growing Up Â鶹ӰԺ and the city of Â鶹ӰԺ, Colorado, are actively involving all stakeholders to make it a child- and youth-friendly city.

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