University of Colorado

University of Colorado main campus at Boulder; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1877. There are campuses at Colorado Springs and Denver; the Health Sciences Center, with a large medical center, is also at Denver. The university also operates the High Altitude Observatory at Climax. The university museum has a noted collection of materials and specimens relating to the natural history of the Southwest and the Rocky Mountain regions.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Boulder, Colorado). Founded in 1958 by Jack Crouch, the summer festival of Shakespearean and other plays has operated on the campus of the University of Colorado, utilizing an outdoor Elizabethan‐style theatre and a modern indoor theatre. Over the years the company has completed the entire Shakespeare canon. The longtime artistic director (and lighting designer) is Richard Devin.

Naropa University. A Buddhist university in Boulder, Colorado, USA founded by Chogyam Trungpa in 1974. The institution takes its name from Nāropa, the 11th-century abbot of the ancient university of Nālandā in India. Nāropa was renowned for bringing together scholarly wisdom with meditative insight, and this has become the ongoing inspiration for the development of Naropa University. The mission of Naropa University is to: (1) offer educational programmes that cultivate awareness of the present moment through intellectual, artistic, and meditative disciplines; (2) foster a learning community (composed of students, faculty, staff, trustees, and alumni) that uncovers wisdom and heart; (3) cultivate openness and communication, sharpen critical intellect, enhance resourcefulness, and develop effective action in all disciplines; (4) exemplify the principles grounded in Naropa University's Buddhist educational heritage; (5) encourage the integration of world wisdom traditions with modern culture; (6) be non-sectarian and open to all.