News Releases

2020

	Title	Date
	L. Song Richardson Appointed 14th President of Colorado College	12/9/2020
	Quad Innovation Partnership Thriving as Students Tackle Community Issues	11/19/2020
	Colorado College Joins Racial Equity Leadership Alliance	11/12/2020
	Sachs Foundation Grant Supports Black Students Pursuing Careers in Education	10/28/2020
	‘Election 2020: What’s at Stake?’ Up Next in CC Conversation Series	10/14/2020
	CC, UCCS Join to Present Activist Cornel West Discussing Race, Religion and Politics	10/6/2020
	CC Names Diversity, Inclusion, Equity Leadership; $1 Million Gift for Antiracism	07/1/2020
	Colorado College Achieves Ambitious Goal of Becoming Carbon Neutral	01/22/2020
	CPR and Colorado College announce partnership to expand 91.5 KRCC public service and create new public media center	01/17/2020
	Jill Tiefenthaler Named National Geographic Society CEO	01/14/2020
	Cornerstone Arts Week Highlights Gap Between Marginalized Artists, Arts Industry	01/6/2020

2019

	Title	Date
	City Council Unanimously Approves Robson Arena on CC Campus	12/11/2019
	Master Trumpeter Nicholas Payton to Perform Live with Philharmonic	10/18/2019
	CC Launches College Preparatory Program Aimed at Students in the Pikes Peak Region	10/1/2019
	91.5 KRCC Names New General Manager	09/6/2019
	Standardized Tests Now Optional for Admission to Colorado College	09/6/2019
	CC Launches Pledge to Increase Affordability for Colorado Students	08/23/2019
	CC's Liberal Arts in Correctional Facilities Program Continues with $60,000 Grant	04/19/2019
	Tad Benoit to Headline 2019 Blues Under the Bridge	04/18/2019
	Prominent Earth Scientists Gather for Colorado College Symposium	04/17/2019
	Oprah Winfrey to Deliver Commencement Address	03/28/2019
	Parking Garage, Additional Lot Planned for Robson Arena at Colorado College	03/11/2019
	Corina McKendry Takes Over Helm of CC’s State of the Rockies Project	02/20/2019
	Students Launch Big Ideas at 7th Annual Big Idea Competition	01/30/2019
	Roxane Gay Keynote Speaker for Cornerstone Arts Week	01/17/2019

2018

	Title	Date
	Colorado College Hosts Midterm Election Symposium	10/22/2018
	CC Hosts Mandala Tour, Which Includes Three-Day Creation of a Mandala	09/24/2018
	Popular Visiting Writers Series Brings Variety of Authors to Campus	08/31/2018
	Opening Convocation Kicks Off CC's 145th Academic Year	08/20/2018
	Springs Art Collectors to Give Collections to Fine Arts Center	07/11/2018
	Broadway Producer Nancy Nagel Gibbs to Give Commencement Address	05/18/2018
	CC Has $166 Million Impact Annually on Colorado Springs' Economy	04/17/2018
	91.5 KRCC Co-hosts StoryCorps' 12-Day Trip to Colorado Springs	04/4/2018
	Fine Arts Center at CC to Become Kennedy Center Partner in Education	03/21/2018
	Los Lobos to Headline 12th Annual Blues Under the Bridge	03/12/2018
	Alan R. Townsend to Become CC Provost	03/5/2018
	Four Faculty Members Promoted, Receive Tenure	02/27/2018
	Quad Innovation Partnership Launches Three Projects	02/6/2018
	Ali Budner Joins 91.5 KRCC	02/5/2018
	CC Hosts Three-day Leonard Bernstein Symposium	01/19/2018

2017

	Title	Date
	Colorado College Ends Year with Notable Gifts	12/20/2017
	CC celebrates Martin Luther King Jr	12/19/2017
	Robert Sapolsky, Lynda Barry Cornerstone Arts Week Speakers	12/7/2017
	Colorado College Launches $435 Million Fundraising Campaign	10/17/2017
	91.5 KRCC Launches New Journalism Collaborative	10/13/2017
	Colorado College Receives Fine Arts Center Gift Valued at More Than $175 Million	10/6/2017
	CC to Host Ethnomusicology Symposium, Bringing Together Indigenous Scholars, Performers	09/28/2017
	CC's Renovated Building is Largest Academic Library to Achieve Net-Zero Construction	09/14/2017
	Visiting Writers Series Brings Variety of Authors to Campus	09/4/2017
	Opening Convocation Marks CC's 144th Academic Year	08/23/2017
	Alumni Hybl, Hershey Honored at East Campus Housing Spaces	08/22/2017
	Class of 2021 Orientation to Include Common Book, Volunteer Work and Eclipse	08/17/2017
	CC Raises $44.7 Million; Highest Participation in Nine Years	07/25/2017
	Blind Boys of Alabama Headline Blues Under the Bridge	07/21/2017
	Strategic Plan for CC-FAC Alliance Unanimously Approved	06/28/2017
	91.5 KRCC Extends, Improves Coverage in Woodland Park	06/16/2017
	Seven Faculty Members Granted Tenure, Promotions	05/17/2017
	Journalist-in-Residence Hampton Sides to Give Commencement Address	05/17/2017
	Summer Music Festival Hits High Note with 4 New Faculty, Record Number of Applicants	05/12/2017
	East Campus Naming Release	02/8/2017
	KRCC new music release	02/3/2017
	CC, FAC alliance update release	01/27/2017
	91.5 KRCC Move Puts it Closer to Downtown	01/16/2017
	Miranda July Presentation, Film Featured During Cornerstone Arts Week	01/13/2017

2016

	Title	Date
	CC Alumni Challenge: $75,000 if 750 Alumni Give on Dec. 9	12/6/2016
	Sub-committees Begin Work on CC, FAC Program Plans	11/3/2016
	Ed Robson ’54 Gives $8 Million for New Hockey Arena	10/13/2016
	CC, FAC Receive $3.5 Million for Arts, Educational Initiatives	10/3/2016
	Fine Arts Center Museum Staff Bolstered with CC Art and Curatorial Experience	09/2/2016
	CC Hosts 13th Sondermann Presidential Symposium	08/29/2016
	CC, Fine Arts Center Announce Historic Alliance	08/26/2016
	CC Hosts Conference on America's 'Piano Man,' Billy Joel	08/23/2016
	Live Green Roof Moves CC Closer to Carbon Neutral Goal	08/9/2016
	Colorado College Alumni Propel Fundraising Success	07/26/2016
	Colorado College Names Five New Trustees	07/5/2016
	KRCC Adds New Programming to Lineup	06/23/2016
	$5.6 Million Gift Honors Steven Janke, Funds Student Scholarship	04/28/2016
	KRCC to Air Two New Programs	02/4/2016
	Dana Wittmer Publishes Ground-Breaking Human Trafficking Research	01/26/2016

2015

	Title	Date
	Colorado College Receives $8.5 Million for Innovation	12/15/2015
	Colorado College Receives $4 Million for Student Research Grants	11/9/2015
	Library Renovation Garners $7 Million in Foundation Grants	09/17/2015
	KRCC Hires New General Manager	09/11/2015
	Education Department Receives $1.1 Million to Partner with Local Schools	09/1/2015
	Performance Honors Legacy of J. Glenn and Ursula Gray	08/28/2015
	Colorado College Fundraising Sets Record	08/10/2015
	Seven New Members Named to Board of Trustees	06/29/2015
	CC Summer Music Festival Kicks Off 31st Season	06/1/2015
	Bro Adams to Deliver 2015 Commencement Address	05/14/2015
	StoryCorps Comes to Colorado Springs	05/13/2015
	Book by CC's Journalist-in-Residence Selected for City-wide Reading Program	05/13/2015
	CC Students Serve Up Real-World Answers to Complex Questions	05/13/2015
	Alumni Give CC Denver Basin Water Rights	03/17/2015
	3 Professors Launch 'Critical Karaoke' on KRCC	03/17/2015
	Robert Pinsky Keynote Speaker for Cornerstone Arts Week	01/13/2015

2014

	Title	Date
	Colorado College Receives $5 Million for Library Renovation	09/22/2014
	New CC Professor Part of $1.7 Million Grant Aimed at Women in Science	09/9/2014
	Opening Convocation Welcomes Class of 2018	08/27/2014
	Geologist Paul Myrow Finds Evidence of Devastating Earthquakes in Colorado	08/25/2014
	More than $18 Million Raised During Fiscal Year 2014	08/13/2014
	NSF Grant Funds High-Performance Research Instrument	07/23/2014
	Tutt Library, Fine Arts Center Collaborate on Book Collection	07/21/2014
	CC Named 'Changemaker Campus' by Ashoka U	07/7/2014
	Susan Grace to Receive Spirit of the Springs Award	06/20/2014
	Jane Lubchenco '69 to Deliver Commencement Address	05/1/2014
	Sounds of Bowed Piano Ensemble to Fade as Stephen Scott Retires	03/17/2014
	CC to Offer Higher Levels of Education Endorsements	03/17/2014
	Dance Extravaganza Features Seven Original Works	03/11/2014
	Physics, Biology Professors Receive $507,653 NSF Grant	02/19/2014
	CC Students Start Food Rescue Group; Change Corporate Policy	02/19/2014

2013

	Title	Date
	President Tiefenthaler Addresses Economics, Affordability in 'Remaking College'	12/13/2013
	'Wordless!' is Keynote Event at Cornerstone Arts Week	12/10/2013
	Jusin Weis Receives Professional Award	11/26/2013
	$800,000 Mellon Grant Strengthens Block Plan	11/7/2013
	Brian Young Joins CC as VP for Information Technology	11/6/2013
	Eschewing MOOCs in favor of SIPP	08/30/2013
	CC Adds $839 Million to State's Economy	08/27/2013
	Slocum Hall Gets $14 Million Renovation	08/23/2013
	CC, UCCS Husband-Wife Team Up for $677,000 NSF Grant	07/8/2013
	Jane Turnis Named Vice President for Communications	07/1/2013
	Blues Under the Bridge Now in its 7th Year	06/18/2013
	Improv Workshop, Showcase Performance Highlights of Dance Festival	05/23/2013
	CC Adds New Major in Education	05/15/2013
	CC Gets an EV Car Charging Station	05/13/2013
	Marian Wright Edelman to Give Commencement Address	05/2/2013
	Paul Maruyama Receives Award for Lifetime Achievement	05/2/2013
	Scholars, Dancers Hold Workshop Featuring the Real Harlem Shake	04/25/2013
	Technical Team to Present Draft Recommendations for Transportation Master Plan	04/22/2013
	CC's Frank Shelton to Play at Concert Honoring Notre Dame Cathedral	04/12/2013
	Chemical Exposure Occurs in Olin Hall	04/11/2013
	Immigration Reform: State and Local Experts Speak on Colorado Business and Community Impact at Upcoming Luncheon	04/8/2013
	$50,000 Prize Shared by Three Student Teams in Entrepreneurship Competition	04/4/2013
	Gamelan Festival Celebrates 20 Years of CC's Indonesian Program	03/28/2013
	Adam F. Press Fitness Center Opens	03/27/2013
	Three experts discuss immigration reform’s effect on Colorado businesses, community	03/22/2013
	Richard Lamm to Receive 2013 Champion of the Rockies Award	03/19/2013
	Off Topic: New KRCC Show Features CC Faculty	03/12/2013
	Exhibit, Programs, Concert Bring 'Voice from Japan' to Life	03/6/2013
	Four Faculty Members Receive Tenure; Laurel Watkins Granted Emerita Status	03/1/2013
	CC Hosts 4th Meeting to Discuss Safety, Mobility Options	02/25/2013
	CC Climbs Four Spots to Place 6th on Peace Corp List	02/5/2013
	Maz Jobrani Explores Boundaries of Faith, Humor at Cornerstone Arts Initiative	02/5/2013
	George Eckhardt Wins Prestigious Award for Campus Preservation	01/30/2013
	CC Hosts Third Working Group Transportation Meeting	01/22/2013
	Slocum Hall Renovation Kicks Off Jan. 7	01/9/2013

2012

	Title	Date
	Music Instructor Steve Barta Nominated for Grammy Award	12/14/2012
	Ofer Ben-Amots' Composition Featured in Landmark Collaborative Production	12/13/2012
	CC Initiates Transportation Master Plan Study	11/30/2012
	Colorado River Researchers Discuss Findings From Two-Month Journey	11/30/2012
	CC Students Track Waldo Canyon Restoration	10/19/2012
	CC Hosts Series on Antarctic Research	10/19/2012
	Timely Series at CC Looks at Tradition, Change in Islamic World	09/27/2012
	Study Looks at Effects of Don't Ask, Don't Tell One Year Later	09/26/2012
	Sondermann Presidential Series Offers Variety of Election-Related Events	09/14/2012
	CC to Inaugurate Jill M. Tiefenthaler as 13th President	09/12/2012
	Kristi Erdal's Study Shows How Athletes 'Sandbag' Concussion Tests	09/12/2012
	CC's Literacy Intervention Specialist Program Receives National Recognition	09/5/2012
	CC Welcomes Class of 2016	08/30/2012
	Colorado College Alumni Begin River Expedition	08/20/2012
	Economic Model Accurate Again for London Olympic Games	08/14/2012
	Colorado College Partners with CSHP to Deliver Student Health Services	08/2/2012
	New Fitness Center Named for Adam F. Press '84	07/30/2012
	CC Film Class and Philharmonic Intersect	07/30/2012
	New Media Guru Discusses Virtual Reality	07/30/2012
	Economist Dan Johnson Makes 2012 Olympic Predictions	07/30/2012
	Two CC graduates recognized as Academic All-Americans	07/30/2012
	Sandra Wong Named Dean of the College/Dean of the Faculty	07/30/2012
	CC's Community Kitchen Celebrates its 20th Anniversary	07/30/2012
	CC Alumna Abigail Washburn '99 to deliver commencement address	07/30/2012
	CC Professor Anne Hyde Wins Celebrated Bancroft Prize	07/30/2012
	Sue Grace to perform at Carnegie Hall with Quattro Mani	07/30/2012
	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar '77 Named 2012 Champion of the Rockies	07/30/2012
	Taiyuan Puppet Theatre Company hosts variety of events at CC	07/30/2012
	Keeping the Colorado River Basin healthy for the next generation	07/30/2012
	Sean Pieri named new vice president for advancement	07/30/2012

For news releases issued prior to 2012, please visit the news release archive.