ĬU hired its first female professor, Mary Rippon, in 1878. ĭuring World War II, Colorado was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a navy commission. There were 38 men and 27 women, and their ages ranged from 12 to 23 years. In the fall of 1877, the student body consisted of 15 students in the college proper and 50 students in the preparatory school. At the time, there were few high schools in the state that could adequately prepare students for university work, so in addition to the university, a preparatory school was formed on campus. The doors of the university opened on September 5, 1877.
The cornerstone of the building that became Old Main was laid on September 20, 1875. (There are now six prisons in the Cañon City area.) Cañon City was at a disadvantage as it was already the home of the Colorado Territorial Prison. The consolation prize for the losing city was to be the home to the new Colorado State Prison. Two cities competed for the site of the University of Colorado: Boulder and Cañon City. On March 14, 1876, the Colorado territorial legislature passed an amendment to the state constitution that provided money for the establishment of the University of Colorado in Boulder, the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, and the Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins. Over 1,000 students participate in over 34 intercollegiate club sports annually.Ĭlass=notpageimage| Location of the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder
The university has produced 10 Olympic medalists. The Buffaloes have won 28 national championships: 20 in skiing, seven total in men's and women's cross country, and one in football. The Colorado Buffaloes compete in 17 varsity sports and are members of the NCAA Division I Pac-12 Conference. In 2022, the university received over $658 million in sponsored research to fund programs like the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and JILA. To date, 5 Nobel Prize laureates, 10 Pulitzer Prize winners, 11 MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipients, 1 Turing Award laureate, 20 astronauts and 2 associate justice of the United States Supreme Court have been affiliated with CU Boulder as alumni, researchers, or faculty. The university consists of nine colleges and schools and offers over 150 academic programs, enrolling more than 35,000 students as of January 2022. In 2021, the university attracted the support of over $634 million for research and spent $536 million on research and development according to the National Science Foundation, ranking it 50th in the nation. CU Boulder is a member of the Association of American Universities, a selective group of major research universities in North America, and is classified among R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. The University of Colorado Boulder ( CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
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