Naropa in the News
Recent News About Naropa and Its Faculty, Students & Alumnx
2023
Boulder’s Naropa University Emerges as National Leader in the Field of Psychedelics
Daily Camera
June 20, 2023
The Wilderness Effect
Boulder Weekly
March 9, 2023
2022
Naropa University Putting Values into Practice
The Daily Camera
November 12, 2022
Back to Boulder: Why Innovation and Entrepreneurship Matter
Daily Herald
October 30, 2022
Transforming the World: Naropa holds biannual Community Practice Day with art as this semester’s muse
The Daily Camera
October 11, 2022
See the notes from Thurston Moore’s unlikely poetry university workshop
Far Out Magazine
September 9, 2022
The Buddha in America
Lion’s Roar
July 26, 2022
The literary landmarks of Boulder
Boulder Weekly
May 31, 2022
Naropa University Launches Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Program
Tricycle
May 17, 2022
Marshall Fire: CU Boulder, Naropa host second healing collective trauma workshop
Tricycle
February 7, 2022
2016
Taking an Authentic Approach to Leadership (Featuring Susan Skjei)
New Hope Network
September 13, 2016
In Boulder, Where Inner Peace Meets Outer Beauty
New York Times
August 31, 2016
Boulder, CU Prepare to Welcome Dalai Lama
Boulder Daily Camera
June 23, 2016
Anne Waldman: Voice’s Daughter of a Heart Yet To Be Born
KGNU
May 30, 2016
Climate change activist Bill McKibben to visit Naropa for public talk June 18
Boulder Daily Camera
April 22, 2016
Naropa University to offer new bachelor’s degree in art therapy
Boulder Daily Camera
April 22, 2016
Resisting the Call of College Brand Names
Forbes
April 21, 2016
Universities are facing an “intellectual crisis”
Patheos (blog)
April 9, 2016
Mindfulness, Buddhism, and Philosophy
Patheos (blog)
March 26, 2016
Brenda Salgado, meditation center director, to speak at Naropa commencement
Boulder Daily Camera
March 15, 2016
Mike Sandrock: How mindful running can help your training and your life
Boulder Daily Camera
March 6, 2016
Transitioning out of homelessness: The Community Table Kitchen
KGNU
March 2, 2016
10 Minutes With: Ali Smith & Atman Smith of Holistic Life Foundation
Elephant Journal
February 25, 2016
Top 10 Colleges for Hippies
College Magazine
February 25, 2016
10 Minutes With: Patagonia’s Rose Marcario
Elephant Journal
February 15, 2016
Art Therapy to Help Sex Trafficking Victims
KGNU
February 4, 2016
10 Minutes With: Bill George
Elephant Journal
February 4, 2016
Sky and Kai McKenzie: A courageous call by Naropa
Boulder Daily Camera
January 25, 2016
Boulder’s Naropa University hires Learie Nurse as new dean of students
Boulder Daily Camera
January 25, 2016
On menu at Boulder’s Naropa, food service by ex-homeless
Washington Times
January 9, 2016
Naropa Faculty Deborah Young on her Fulbright in An Najah, Palestine
KGNU
January 8, 2016
2015
Why Taking Yoga Teacher Training May be One of the Best Things You Do in College
Huffington Post
December 2, 2015
How You Can Live With Both Fear and Compassion
Huffington Post
December 1, 2015
Mindfulness is Transforming Leaders
Huffington Post
November 11, 2015
Business Minded: Dalai Lama, Naropa at heart of national movement toward workplace mindfulness
Biz West
October 2, 2015
Boulder’s Naropa launching community counseling center
Daily Camera
August 25, 2015
From Dancer to Naropa President, Barbara Dilley’s Memoir
Colorado Matters
August 13, 2015
Joy Redstone: Listen to cries for help
Daily Camera
August 11, 2015
Parker Palmer’s Spectacular Commencement Address on the Six Pillars of the Examined Life
Brain Pickings
August 10, 2015
Naropa buys Boulder College of Massage Therapy assets
Daily Camera
July 19, 2015
Thurston Moore Talks Allen Ginsberg At Naropa University
OpenAir CPR
July 9, 2015
Living Dialogues: with Tom Hayden long-time activist and political visionary
KGNU
July 5, 2015
Slippery Ground: An Interview with Jerry Colonna, Chair of the Board at Naropa University
Shambhala Times
June 17, 2015
Buddhists Go to the White House: Sensei Hozan Alan Senauke
Upaya
May 18, 2015
Shambhala Visits the White House
Shambhala Times
May 17, 2015
White House Buddhist Leadership Conference
KGNU.org
May 11, 2015
OnlineSchoolCenter.com Releases List of 15 Most Extreme College Majors
NBC 26
May 11, 2015
Naropa graduates told to live an ‘examined life’
Daily Camera
May 10, 2015
#YOGAforNEPAL Benefit at Naropa University on May 12th
Elephant Journal
May 7, 2015
Climate change activists urge Coloradans to divest from fossil fuel stocks
Colorado Public Radio
May 7, 2015
Yoga, meditation benefit for Nepal victims set for Naropa’s Nalanda Campus
Daily Camera
May 6, 2015
10 Minutes with: angel Kyodo williams
Elephant Journal
April 28, 2015
The Journey Within: An Interview on Authentic Leadership with Yoga Journal Publisher Jeff Tkach
Anchor & Leap
April 23, 2015
Food summit to look at food insecurity, race
Daily Camera
April 8, 2015
Dalai Lama planning first visit to Boulder in 18 years
Daily Camera
January 23, 2015
Exploring Receptivity: On Contemplative Practice, Receptivity, and Spiritual Activism
Shambhala Times
January 2, 2015
2014
10 Minutes with: Motley Fool CEO & Co-Founder, Tom Gardner
Elephant Journal
December 29, 2014
Naropa Students Heading to Bhutan for Spring Semester
Boulder Daily Camera
December 28, 2014
Mindful Final Exams?
Huffington Post
December 21, 2014
10 Minutes with: Sharon Salzberg
Elephant Journal
December 15, 2014
These 3 Colleges Stopped Investing in Fossil Fuels—One Year Later, Their Endowments Are Doing Just Fine
YES! Magazine
December 11, 2014
5-Step Meditation to Conquer Work Stress + Cultivate Leadership
Yoga Journal
December 8, 2014
Boulder residents run hot, cold on East Arapahoe plan
Boulder Daily Camera
October 29, 2014
Radicals for compassion convene in Boulder
Colorado Public Radio
October 17, 2014
Boulder’s Naropa marks 40 years of contemplative higher ed
Colorado Public Radio
October 15, 2014
Video: The University You Wish You Went to
Elephant Journal
October 13, 2014
Naropa hosting ‘mindful’ golf tournament
Boulder Daily Camera
October 10, 2014
Finding Your Calling – Interview with Adam Bucko
Shambhala Times
October 8, 2014
Proclamation from the Governor Declaring ‘Naropa University Day’
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper
September 18, 2014
Boulder’s Naropa celebrates 40 years of contemplative education
Boulder Daily Camera
September 13, 2014
The Early Years, Part 2
Shambhala Times
September 9, 2014
Profile: Naropa University
Buddhadharma
August 12, 2014
Naropa Turns 40
Shambhala Times
August 4, 2014
Naropa prof preaching ‘gross national happiness’ to Costa Rican educators
Boulder Daily Camera
July 27, 2014
Naropa begins $2M construction project in east Boulder
Boulder Daily Camera
May 16, 2014
At Naropa, Chödrön implores grads to ‘fail, fail again, fail better’
Boulder Daily Camera
May 10, 2014
Stanford becomes the most prominent university yet to divest from coal
The Washington Post
May 6, 2014
8 Colleges That Are Energetic About Going Green
US News & World Report
April 17, 2014
Naropa Students Heading to Bhutan for Spring Semester
The Daily Camera
April 16, 2014
2013
Naropa University building enclosed walkway, community space
Boulder Daily Camera
November 15, 2013
Naropa paint marathon raising money for service trip
Boulder Daily Camera
November 10, 2013
Friends and family celebrate Boulder poet Anselm Hollo’s life
Boulder Daily Camera
July 7, 2013
Matthew R. Kerns on Gay Fantasia, his late-night theater immersion project
Denver Westword
April 11, 2013
Naropa’s matchbox art fundraiser: Sparked to make a difference
Boulder Weekly
April 11, 2013
Trungpa Rinpoche’s works make it to print
Boulder Daily Camera
April 6, 2013
Meredith Monk, Explorer of the Voice
Boulder Weekly
March 7, 2013
2012
Naropa art studio opens its doors, builds mentorships
Boulder Daily Camera
October 27, 2012
Can Buddhism Training De-stress Teachers?
EdNews Colorado
July 27, 2012
Poets, Author Gather for Naropa’s Summer Writing Program
Boulder Daily Camera
June 16, 2012
Naropa cited in New York Times “Buddhists’ Delight” Op-Ed
New York Times
June 19, 2012
Naropa Taps Charles G. Lief as Next President
Boulder Daily Camera
May 22, 2012
Setting Fire to Sex Trafficking
Boulder Weekly
March 15, 2012
Where East Meets West
Shambhala Times
March 15, 2012
Naropa Alum Creates Art to Unlock Emotions
West Seattle Herald
January 12, 2012
2011
Naropa Alum Seth Lepore Talks about ‘Losing His Religion’
Boston Globe
November 11, 2011
Writing Class with Thurston Moore
Westword
July 11, 2011
Notice What You Notice
Bomb Magazine Blog
June 29, 2011
From centered beginnings, Naropa graduates prepare to enter the world
Boulder Daily Camera
May 7, 2011
Q & A with Howard Dean
Boulder Daily Camera
May 7, 2011
Naropa student launches yogathon to benefit Boulder County foster care
The Daily Camera
April 19, 2011
Let’s Get Physical: What’s Happening Now?
American Theatre
January 13, 2011
2010
Naropa student publishes first book, ‘Automatic Zygote’
Colorado Daily
December 30, 2010
A Letterpress Shop Survives, Printing Poems in the Era of YouTube
Chronicle of Higher Education
December 14, 2010
Eleven Years of Naropa University Commencement Ceremonies
elephantjournal.com
May 14, 2010
Naropa Students Engage Community in Preparation for Dead Man Walking
Boulder Daily Camera
April 23, 2010
Tim Hernandez’s Breathing, In Dust Offers Questions Rather Than Answers
Boulder Daily Camera
April 4, 2010
Flowers Fall: An Interview with Judith Simmer Brown
Chronogram Magazine
April 1, 2010
Leading International Peacemaker Dr. Paula Green
Newsblaze.com
March 23, 2010
Finding Balance in Mindfulness
Psychology Today
April 18, 2010
The Authors Are Coming: AWP to Meet in Denver
Denver Post
Sunday, April 4, 2010
American University Assists Bhutan in Reforming its Education System
Newsblaze.com
Sunday, January 5, 2010
2005-09
Made-in-Colorado film Entanglement debuts tonight
By Mike Roberts, Writer
Westword
Friday, Jun. 26, 2009
The Inner Scholar
Claire Dederer
NYTimes.com
November 4, 2007
To hear Thomas B. Coburn, president of Naropa University, explain the theory of contemplative education is to grasp a simple concept. The Buddhist-inspired teaching that goes on at this small college, he says, is aimed at giving students “a critical perspective on their inner lives.”
On the Road, Again
By Joe Woodward
Poets and Writers
September/October 2007
Summary: Over this past summer, Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, home to the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, hosted the inaugural Kerouac Festival, a three-day event that included readings, scholarly panels, film screenings, and a gala dinner.
Kerouac Fans Stage Marathon Reading
The Associated Press
WashingtonPost.com
Summary: Admirers of author Jack Kerouac celebrated the 50th anniversary of “On the Road” with a marathon reading of the novel.
Five Perfect College Towns
Kate Hamman
SmarterTravel.com
Summary: These five towns exemplify the best of college life: cafes, diners, cutting-edge music and art scenes, and a melting pot of individualism.
With Iraq War as a Backdrop, Speakers Reflect on the Future
New York Times
June 10, 2007
Summary: For many if not most members of the class of 2007, the war in Iraq has been the constant background of their college years. And so as seniors graduated from thousands of colleges and universities in recent weeks, the war was on the mind of many commencement speakers. Alice Walker speaking at Naropa University’s commencement was one of them.
The Poet that Changed America
Allen Ginsberg – Beat poet activist queer American Buddhist
Co-founder of Naropa’s Kerouac School
elephantjournal.com, Autumn 2006
Please Help Me Learn Who I Am
By Barry Boyce
Shambhala Sun, January 2007
Summary: For more information about Naropa University’s approach to contemplative education, please consult this article.
Cultivating Spiritual Academics for Leadership—A Presidential Perspective
By Thomas B. Coburn
Journal of College and Character
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