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Over a period of more than two years, two UNC faculty members have reviewed the Colorado Pretrial Assessment Tool for accuracy when determining risk of new arrest or failing to appear in court for arrested individuals that have posted bond. They discovered room for improvement, resulting in the new Colorado Pretrial Assessment Tool-Revised.

The McNair Scholars Program, which prepares students from disadvantaged backgrounds for graduate school through research and other scholarly activities, has announced its 2020 McNair Research Award winners.

Delivering the annual State of the University Address on Wednesday, Sept. 9, to a virtual audience, University of Northern Colorado President Andy Feinstein reflected on his second year as president at UNC, noting it was “the most challenging” of his career due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social and budgetary issues.

Faculty members at UNC are finding creative ways to keep students involved virtually. Two Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences classes involve students receiving built-it-yourself kits of cigar box guitars and PVC pipe didgeridoos to learn about acoustics.

The Division of Student Affairs at the University of Northern Colorado has established organizational changes to better serve the campus community.

The University of Northern Colorado was honored with 2019 Tree Campus USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management.

High school students who are graduating next spring will not be required to submit a college entrance exam when applying to the University of Northern Colorado.

With campus closing down and reports of coronavirus ramping up, two small departments set about the Herculean task of helping faculty move from in-seat classes to remote learning

A new Ph.D. graduate shares his thoughts about UNC and describes how he felt about defending his dissertation online

When the decision was made to move classes online and send faculty and staff off campus to work remotely, the undertaking involved 11,000 students and 1,700 university employees increasing their technology use very quickly to a new level