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Spending time in nature might enhance your intelligence with benefits to attention, clear thinking, and creativity.

When was the last time you had an amazing new idea while multi-tasking your way through the day tethered to a screen?

In an interview with The Durango Herald, Jenni Trujillo, dean of the School of Education, explained that critical race theory is a 40-plus-year concept that examines social, legal, and economic structures and how those systems relate to race and racism. She said critical race theory, or CRT, began with civil rights scholars and activists and seeks to highlight all voices in history, not just...

In a unique scientific partnership with NASA’s SnowEx field campaign, FLC interns clicked into skis once a week and skinned up the slopes of Red Mountain Pass to the Senator Beck Basin Study Area, researching the snowpack of the San Juan Mountains. An amalgamation of universities and NGOs from around the world, NASA’s SnowEx cosmopolitan team informs hydrologists and...

Calls for adventure and excitement amidst a pandemic can have rather adverse consequences. Within a seven-day period in February, 15 people were killed by avalanches, which is a number not seen since 1910. With many ski areas restricting visitors, the backcountry is more and more appealing. “It’s hard to say 'no' when you’re bored,” said Sue Kraus, professor of...

Three FLC students received the Seek Your Adventure award from Outdoor Pursuits to help them pull off the ultimate backcountry expedition.