Logs in a Colorado mountain stream

INSTAAR Summer Scholars share research plans

May 20, 2022

INSTAAR鈥檚 first cohort of Summer Scholars has been announced. S谩de Cromratie Clemons and Christina Geller will each be awarded a stipend for the summer months to continue their research projects.

Four 8th graders touching, smelling, and learning about permafrost.

Angevine Middle School students visit INSTAAR for hands-on science

April 21, 2022

200 students from Angevine Middle School criss-crossed INSTAAR space this morning, engaging in hands-on science activities. Students touched and smelled permafrost, looked at algae through microscopes, tested water pollution in local streams, investigated soil texture, learned about chickadees, and checked out weather and climate measurements in fast-paced, hands-on activities.

Scientist works on equipment while on sea ice

New Polar Science Early Career Community Office launches at CU Boulder (CIRES)

April 13, 2022

The Polar Science Early Career Community Office, funded by the NSF and housed by CIRES and INSTAAR, will provide training opportunities, resources and funding to support and help build a community of polar early-career scientists in the United States.

City lights are seen in the distance from the vantage point of a snowy mountainside at night.

Protect Our Winters advocates for racial justice in climate fight (Powder)

July 24, 2020

Minority, tribal, and indigenous people are the most vulnerable to climate change. INSTAAR Keith Musselman is quoted in this Powder Magazine story.

Students walk in all directions in front of building at Harvard University.

Schools scramble to keep students in wake of 鈥渄evastating鈥 new visa rule (Eos)

July 9, 2020

The United States has always been a scientific powerhouse, but following a sudden announcement from ICE, some worry that 鈥渨e鈥檙e just going to get so far behind.鈥 Eos story quotes INSTAAR doctoral student Lina P茅rez-Angel.

Mural of George Floyd's face surrounded by flowers

INSTAAR statement on systemic racism

June 19, 2020

We recognize that Black Lives Matter and stand with the protesters demonstrating against injustice. We are also reckoning with the overdue realization that we are part of the same systems that led to that violence. We commit to doing our part to dismantle implicit, systemic racism in our own spaces and list specific actions we will take within INSTAAR.

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