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| Sep 3, 2026 | Plans call for 55-foot apartments wrapping Lincoln Hall on Naropa campus | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Core Spaces LLC, a Chicago-based student-housing developer, is planning to build rental housing for nearly 600 University of Colorado students on a site in central Boulder that was the longtime hom... |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Aquiles La Grave running for Boulder Mayor | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Aquiles La Grave is throwing his hat into the ring.
The 48-year-old entrepreneur is running to be the mayor of Boulder, challenging incumbent Aaron Brockett. La Grave is a tech professional and imm... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Do you have what it takes to be a literary ambassador? Boulder launches poet laureate program | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Roses are red. Rocky Mountain pussytoes are white. Boulder is looking for a poet, and the city will pay them to write.
On Wednesday, the City of Boulder officially opened nominations for its first-... |
| Jun 21, 2026 | Eleusinia Retreat Marks 1,500 Participants and 115 Retreats, Bringing Rigorous Psychedelic Care to Those the Industry Left Behind | Founded by a Patient Who Built What She Couldn't Find, Eleusinia Has Become One of the Most Experienced Psilocybin Retreat Programs in the World
VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico, June 21, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Eleusinia Retreat, a medically supe... |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Ann Marie Klotz, Ph.D., Named Next Pacifica President in Pacifica's 50-Year History | As Pacifica Graduate Institute celebrates its 50th anniversary, the Institute proudly announces the appointment of Dr. Ann Marie Klotz as its fifth President. Dr. Klotz's appointment comes at a pivotal moment in Pacifica's evolution as the ... |
| Jun 8, 2026 | How the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan draft classifies land | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The latest draft of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan lays out how and where housing and commercial properties could be developed throughout the city and parts of the county.
The latest draft, ... |
| May 21, 2026 | Boulder’s Naropa University announces significant faculty layoffs amid budget crisis | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Naropa University in Boulder is eliminating 11 core faculty positions and about 40 instructor jobs in an attempt to correct a long-term structural operating deficit in the university’s budget.
Naro... |
| May 9, 2026 | Naropa graduates class of 2026: ‘Anything and everything is possible’ | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Jess Benjamin shared having a “deeply unsettling” feeling of not knowing what the future holds after graduation.
Benjamin, who graduated with a master of divinity degree from Naropa University on S... |
| May 8, 2026 | Canvas offline at CU Boulder after large-scale cyberattack | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Canvas, a widely used online learning platform, remains offline at the University of Colorado Boulder following a widespread cyberattack that jeopardized the personal data of millions of students a... |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Boulder’s Gary Allen helps bring mindfulness to prisoners (5 Questions) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Boulder resident Gary Allen has dedicated his career to helping prisoners and veterans by offering them meditation and mindfulness practices.
Allen is the co-executive director of the Mindfulness P... |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Looking outward: 50 years marks change at Boulder Shambhala Center | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The Boulder Shambhala Center is no longer a guru-led organization.
The center has abandoned the traditional hierarchical structure of being governed by a single Tibetan teacher, and instead it has ... |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Boulder’s Naropa University adds online degree in political and justice studies | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Naropa University in Boulder will soon offer an online Bachelor of Arts degree in Political and Justice Studies, an addition that comes as the university continues to expand its online offerings.
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| Oct 27, 2025 | Naropa’s new president aims to secure the university’s future | Paul Burkhardt, Naropa University’s new president, has arrived in Boulder at a turning point for the university.
As Naropa celebrated 50 years as a university in 2024, its leaders have opted to increase online student enrollment and sell it... |
| Sep 27, 2025 | Can AI move humans? Two Boulder Beat Gen-loving poets challenged ChatGPT to pen prose | When I fire up ChatGPT, it’s usually to ask if my knee pain means I need surgery, or if there’s any dignified way to turn wilting spinach and a lone sweet potato into dinner.
Sadly, after talking to pair of local poets and longtime friends,... |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Boulder County Democrats name Stuart C. Lord as executive director | The Boulder County Democrats have hired longtime community leader and educator Stuart C. Lord for a newly introduced executive director position, according to a news release from the organization.
The new role aims to reach voters in novel ... |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Rotary’s Boulder Builds Peace Initiative will offer more events this year | This year, Boulder Rotary Club is taking its goal of creating a peaceful future to the next level.
Starting Sunday, the Boulder Builds Peace Initiative will offer two weeks of panels and workshops on conflict resolution and mediation. The i... |
| Sep 6, 2025 | Alaya Preschool to hold benefit concert Sept. 21 | Alaya Preschool in Boulder will hold a benefit concert to raise money to save the school from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Fox Theater, 1135 13th St.
Admission will be free and feature performances by Hunter Stone and Rolling Harvest.
Alaya ... |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Colorado students’ math, literacy scores largely reach or exceed pre-pandemic levels | More eighth-graders met or exceeded expectations in both English language arts (43.9%) and math (34.7%) than they did last year. But their scores remain below pre-pandemic levels in both subjects.
DPS, the state’s largest district, saw CMAS... |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Boulder’s Naropa University to launch primarily online version of counseling program | The global somatic therapy market is projected to grow from $4 billion in 2025 to $12.4 billion by 2032, according to a 2024 report by Coherent Market Insights, a company that provides data analysis and market trend insights. This anticipat... |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Harvard scientists say research could be set back years after funding freeze | Researchers laid off and science shelved
The loss of an estimated $2.6 billion in federal funding at Harvard has meant that some of the world’s most prominent researchers are laying off young researchers. They are shelving years or even dec... |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Boulder officials see concept to develop housing on Naropa campus | Core Spaces is a company that specializes in, as planning board member Jorge Boone put it on July 15, “luxury” student housing. It’s unclear if the future of this site would be student housing. Core Spaces developed an apartment complex cal... |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Naropa campus redevelopment calls for 130+ CU student-housing units | Preliminary plans for the redeveloped Naropa University campus in Boulder call for the Arapahoe Avenue site to be largely scraped to make way for the construction of more than 130 residential units aimed at University of Colorado students.
... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Guest opinion: Stuart C. Lord: Education was my way out. This bill slams that door shut. | In Colorado, the impact would be devastating:
• Over 69,000 students rely on Pell Grants, including more than 11,000 at the University of Colorado system alone.
• More than 50,000 undergraduates use subsidized Stafford loans.
• Nearly 6,500... |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Boulder’s Naropa University selects its first new president in more than a decade | Lief will remain at Naropa during the presidential transition. After that, he plans to explore new ways to serve, he said, including finding ways to be involved in the emerging field of psychedelic therapy.
Burkhardt’s most recent role was ... |
| May 6, 2025 | Nature's Whisper: Reconnecting with Our Earthly Roots | In a world racing forward, we often forget to look back. We forget the soil beneath our feet. We forget the whispers of the wind. We forget that we are part of something larger. Vanessa Tavernetti, a local environmentalist and educator, aim... |
| May 5, 2025 | Boulder event led by local environmentalist to help people understand connection with earth | Vanessa Tavernetti, an adjunct faculty member with Naropa University and founder of Earth Magic Academy, will be presenting a vignette about the importance of intuition when understanding how people work within the earth’s system.
“I believ... |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Local News | Naropa officials plan to sell main campus to housing developer | Naropa University in Boulder plans to sell its main campus for an undisclosed sum to Core Spaces LLC, a Chicago-based student housing developer.
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| Dec 28, 2024 | Local News | Top 10: No. 3: Boulder sues FAA after airport ballot measures make 2024 ballot | The FAA has since moved to dismiss the lawsuit. But a resolution to the case could be more than a year away.Top 10 stories of 2024:
The Daily Camera is counting down the top 10 stories of the year as voted on by editors.
No. 10 – Man accuse... |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Local News | Top 10: No 4: Deion takes Buffs to a bowl, Travis Hunter wins Heisman | Colorado’s Travis Hunter, right, and coach Deion Sanders embrace after Hunter won the Heisman Trophy as the outstanding player in college football, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in New York. (Todd Van Emst/Heisman Trust via AP, Pool)
Hunter is t... |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Local News | Top 10: No 5: Naropa to sell its main Boulder campus | The university said the campus sale is not to bridge any existing deficits, rather it is to invest in the future of Naropa. The proceeds from the sale will be used to fund initiatives including hiring and retaining faculty, new professional... |
| Dec 22, 2024 | The Canvas of Boulder: A Tapestry of Art and Culture | Boulder, Colorado, is a vibrant hub of creativity. Its art scene is a rich tapestry, woven from diverse threads of history, culture, and innovation. The city pulses with artistic energy, offering a myriad of galleries, exhibitions, and even... |
| Dec 21, 2024 | Student-housing developer Core Spaces is expected to buy Naropa campus | “We selected Core Spaces because of their considerable experience developing in Boulder and the quality of their projects,” Lief said. “With Naropa’s support, Core Spaces is in the early stages of investigating the best use of the property ... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Local News | Salary for new Naropa president to be between $250,000 and $325,000 | Naropa University in Boulder has added a salary range to its job posting after launching a new search for a president this week.
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| Dec 19, 2024 | Books | Local Author Spotlight: Four new books from Colorado writers | “Arroyo Circle,” by JoeAnn Hart (Courtesy photo) Arroyo Circle
By: JoeAnn Hart
Book: Fiction, 254 pages
Summary: As wildfires attack the Front Range and creep into Boulder, Shelley, a middle-aged handmaiden to a hoarder, is violently confro... |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Local News | Naropa launches new presidential search | The search for a new Naropa president was put on hold in August of 2023 after the university and its first search firm determined the university needed to address systemic issues and develop its readiness before engaging in a presidential s... |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Entertainment | Local icons Nick Forster and Chuck Morris will discuss Tulagi in new eTown series highlighting Boulder’s storied past | If you’ve ever wondered how Boulder became a music town, Chuck Morris is one of the reasons.
In the late 1960s, Morris was a University of Colorado Boulder grad student working towards his doctorate in political science when he realized his... |
| Oct 26, 2024 | The Rising Tide of Police Complaints: A Community's Struggle for Trust | In Boulder, a storm brews beneath the surface. Complaints against police have surged in 2024, a stark contrast to the previous year. The numbers tell a story of distrust, fear, and a community grappling with its relationship with law enforc... |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Boulder’s Police Oversight: A Community Struggles for Trust | In Boulder, the relationship between the police and the community is a delicate dance. The Police Oversight Panel, formed in 2020, is still finding its footing. Recent data reveals a troubling spike in complaints against police officers. Th... |
| Oct 25, 2024 | Local News | Boulder police monitor: Complaints against police in 2024 have spiked from 2023 | Daun said she plans to continue monitoring police misconduct complaints and trending the numbers over time. As the police monitor, she works alongside the city’s Police Oversight Panel to review such complaints and make policy recommendatio... |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Books | 5 local authors: Longtime CU prof Bruce Kawin releases book of stories in ‘Find Me,’ plus, short horror stories and other local titles | “Find Me,” by Bruce Kawin (Courtesy photo) Find Me
By: Bruce Kawin
Book: Fiction, 130 pages
Summary: A book of stories, the longest story, “Find Me,” is set in Los Angeles in 2005. It’s about a couple who meet a powerful Chinese man and the... |
| Sep 18, 2024 | Local News | Naropa students call for transparency following decision to sell Boulder campus | Students at Naropa created a petition calling for financial transparency from the university following the announcement of the sale. A March audit of Naropa’s finances showed the university had faced financial difficulties in the last few y... |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Commentary | Guest opinion: Charles G. Lief: Naropa is using its resources to realize a bright future | It became possible for Naropa to sell some underused property as nearly 50% of our students are enrolled in online or hybrid programs, and many faculty and staff work remotely. Naropa remains committed to both in-person programs and our gro... |
| Aug 24, 2024 | Editorials | Community Editorial Board: Considering the sale of Naropa’s campus | The financial realities driving this decision cannot be ignored. Naropa’s administration acknowledged the emotional weight of selling the main campus, recognizing the profound value the land holds for many. However, they emphasized the need... |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Community Resilience: A Tale of Grants and Preschools in Boulder County | In the heart of Boulder County, two stories unfold, each a testament to community spirit and resilience. One story celebrates the generosity of the Community Foundation Boulder County, while the other highlights the bittersweet transition o... |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Local News | Report shows Boulder’s Naropa University faces financial trouble | Naropa President Charles Lief said some of the proceeds from property sales have been used to restore the university’s financial health.
“Despite the challenges faced by many small liberal arts schools, Naropa is not only standing strong, b... |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Local News | Naropa University to sell Alaya Preschool in Boulder | Mark Wilding, co-chair of the Naropa Board of Trustees, sits in one of the outdoor play areas at Alaya Preschool on July 23 (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)
Naropa owns the preschool and used to utilize it for its early childhood educat... |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Local News | Naropa University to sell its main Boulder campus | “The sense of loss, it reminds me of being a kid when the family house is sold and you have to move,” she said. “It’s that grief of losing the stability of having place.”
Naropa student Max Gregor said it’ll take time for him to process the... |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Local News | Boulder’s Naropa University launches psychedelic mushrooms certificate | The six-month, 150-hour non-degree professional development program is fully online. After completing the program, trainees can advance to a 40-hour, experiential practicum under the supervision of mentors, a requirement for psilocybin faci... |
| Jul 13, 2024 | Local News | Boulder’s Naropa University celebrates 50th anniversary | A Naropa education combines Eastern philosophy and Western scholarship while valuing experiential learning and contemplative practice. Contemplative education at Naropa is a mindfulness practice that includes meditation and yoga inspired by... |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Education | ‘Future leaders’ enjoy BVSD’s Summer Leadership Academy pilot | The idea for the leadership academy came from Stuart Lord, a leadership consultant and former Naropa University president who was inspired by a talk on the importance of internships by Gov. Jared Polis.
“These opportunities shape future lea... |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Local News | Naropa sells Boulder building for $2 million | “The great news, is, we got a great outcome, and we’re going to do a great project,” White said.
White said he was willing to wait because he’s passionate about the project. He plans to create a multi-use meditation center and center for Bu... |
| May 11, 2024 | Local News | Boulder’s Naropa University puts ‘deep trust and confidence’ in graduates | “Be who you are, and continue to become who you are, more and more fully,” Kocataşkın said.Nick Sharp, left, Daniel Delany and Karen Deremo put on their purple graduation sashes before Naropa University’s graduation ceremony on Saturday. (C... |
| Apr 27, 2024 | Cultivate Roots for Cultural Change with Chacruna: Psychedelic Culture 2024 Tickets Now On Sale | An unmissable lineup centers diverse perspectives and experiential offerings.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On April 27 and 28 at San Francisco's Brava Theatre, Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines will h... |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Boulder's Naropa University to offer psychedelic minor program | A private university in Boulder is ramping up efforts to train professionals and students in the emerging psychedelic therapy field.
The big picture: Naropa University announced last month it will offer a minor in psychedelic studies this f... |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Education | Boulder college planning a psychedelic studies undergraduate minor | Psychedelic-assisted therapy is well on its way to becoming a legitimate industry in Colorado. But for all the regulatory advancements, there are few ways hopeful professionals in the space can get a formal education about psychedelic subst... |
| Mar 14, 2024 | Local News | Naropa expands online degrees, 40% of students in programs | Naropa University in Boulder is adding to its bachelor’s degree offerings this fall with environmental studies and interdisciplinary studies online programs.
Since the pandemic, Naropa administrators have seen an opportunity to reach more s... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Local News | Naropa extends search for new president to 2025 | The search for a new president at Naropa University in Boulder has been extended through the spring of 2025 after various factors prompted the university to put the search on hold.
The initial plan was to select someone to take over for Nar... |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Local News | ‘Incredibly unique’: Naropa offers rare yoga studies degrees in the new, growing field | Naropa University in Boulder was the first college in the United States to offer an undergraduate degree in yoga in 2008. As of 2020, Naropa launched a master’s program in yoga studies, which is one of only two such yoga degrees in the coun... |
| Mar 8, 2024 | Local News | Boulder selects three new Police Oversight Panel members | Boulder officials have chosen three new members for the city’s Police Oversight Panel. The new panelists will replace former members who have departed within the past year amid the ongoing challenges and setbacks the panel has experienced.
... |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Naropa University Launches Online Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Studies | Empowering Students for a Sustainable Tomorrow
Students develop their inner resources to engage the social skills needed to bring our world into awareness of food justice, economic equality, and preparation for climate change.”
— Stephanie ... |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Business | Naropa opens expanded counseling center | Naropa Community Counseling, a branch of Naropa University that provides mental health care, has opened a new counseling center in Boulder.
The center at 1600 Range St., Suite 202, encompasses 3,000 square feet — almost double the size of i... |
| Nov 15, 2022 | Joe Harrison Appointed Executive Director of Naropa Center for Psychedelic Studies | With mindfulness and contemplative learning at its core, Naropa University is uniquely qualified to provide academically rigorous education and training in psychedelic-assisted therapy. ”
— Joesph HarrisonBOULDER, CO, UNITED STATES, Novembe... |
| Oct 26, 2022 | Naropa University Launches New Online Bachelor’s Degree in Art Therapy | Accepting Applications for Fall 2023, the New Program Prepares Students to Utilize Art as a Healing Modality
Crafting sacred artistic spaces in one’s home environment, whether metaphorical or tangible, allows for deep engagement with the ma... |
| Sep 22, 2022 | Naropa University Appoints Kendra Sandoval as New Vice Chair of Board of Trustees | Sandoval to Serve as the First Latina Vice Chair in Naropa University's History
There is no place in the world like this university, where a person who wants to change the world learns to start with their very own heart. I am so excited to ... |
| Apr 13, 2022 | Naropa Hosts Keynote Event "Reconnecting to Soil, Self and Society" to Celebrate its 7th Annual Earth Justice Week | Panelists present their work in eco-art, poetics, and indigenous wisdom and how it relates to what we can do to reconnect to self, society, soil, or all three. BOULDER, COLORADO, U.S.A., April 13, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- “Now is emerging... |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Naropa University Announces Thupten Jinpa, PhD, as 2022 Lenz Distinguished Guest Lecturer | Looking at Buddhist tradition's own understandings of how enduring mental transformations occur could offer a rich resource for developing a more integrated model for such a theory of change.”
— Thupten JinpaBOULDER, COLORADO, UNITED STATES... |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health | Let’s get three truths out of the way. 1. Drugs are a sensitive topic. 2. In a lot of the world, many drugs that can be used recreationally — including psychedelics — are illegal. 3. A lot of people are willing to break the law to use psych... |
| Nov 7, 2021 | Queer Asterisk Therapeutic Services: Dedicated to Your Freedom to Transform | Four main pillars lie at the heart of Queer Asterisk, a nonprofit launched in 2016 by alumni of Naropa University.
The organization provides queer-informed counseling services, community programming, peer mentorship and educational training... |
| Aug 20, 2021 | On display: Front Range art guide Aug. 20-26 | Boulder area
15th Street Gallery Featuring work by Boston artist Nancy Simonds and Denver artist Tony Ortega; open by appointment 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 1708 15th St., Boulder; 303-447-2841; 15thstreetgalleryboulder.com
Ana’s Art... |
| Aug 13, 2021 | On display: Front Range art guide Aug. 13-19 | Boulder area
15th Street Gallery Featuring work by Boston artist Nancy Simonds and Denver artist Tony Ortega; open by appointment 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 1708 15th St., Boulder; 303-447-2841; 15thstreetgalleryboulder.com
Ana’s Art... |
| Aug 6, 2021 | On display: Front Range art guide Aug. 6-12 | Boulder area
15th Street Gallery Featuring work by Boston artist Nancy Simonds and Denver artist Tony Ortega; open by appointment 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 1708 15th St., Boulder; 303-447-2841; 15thstreetgalleryboulder.com
Ana’s Art... |
| Jul 18, 2021 | On display: Indigenous artwork at the Dairy, a Niwot-centric exhibit and Tony Ortega’s Mexican-American mashups | Boulder area
15th Street Gallery “Magia Chicana,” by Tony Ortega; open by appointment 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 1708 15th St., Boulder; 303-447-2841; 15thstreetgalleryboulder.com
Ana’s Art Gallery Art from local, African and Caribbe... |
| May 21, 2020 | Front Range art galleries opening with safety at forefront | At SmithKlein Gallery in downtown Boulder, the second-generation owners of the storied art space boarded up its windows after a neighboring business was burglarized in March.
With the type of high-end fine art the gallery has in its invento... |
| Apr 11, 2020 | Susan Skjei: Working with fear and uncertainty | By Susan Skjei
For BizWest/Prairie Mountain Media
The last few weeks have been tumultuous. The novel coronavirus has injected uncertainty into markets, into all business transactions and into the way we live our lives. Many people, includin... |
| Jan 28, 2020 | Naropa launches climate grief group | Naropa Community Counseling will offer a paid grief group for those “grappling with the challenges of today’s climate crisis.”
The 10-week group will help people “combat despair, deepen self-awareness, recognize our interconnectedness with ... |
| Jun 8, 2019 | Gap year gives Boulder-area students opportunity to learn, grow before college | Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correctly reflect the gender of Mattea Beachy.
Jacob Munch, who graduated from Louisville’s Monarch High School last month, described high school as “rough” thanks to his penchant for procrastin... |