Jared Lee - Photo Album - University of Colorado at Boulder

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I was invited to a group visit weekend to the University of Colorado at Boulder's Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, my first visit to a grad school and the first time I'd ever been in Colorado
March 10-11, 2005

01-UniversityOfColorado The campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder, with the Flatiron Ranges making for a picturesque setting

02-CUCampus CU campus

03-CU University of Colorado

04-TheSink The Sink, a popular restaurant with students in downtown Boulder, where some current CU grad students took all of us prospies to lunch

05-FolsomField Folsom Field, the football home for the Colorado Buffaloes

06-DuanePhysics The tall building is Duane Physics Building

07-FolsomField Folsom Field

08-FolsomField Folsom Field

09-North Looking north

10-FolsomConcourse Folsom concourse

11-Field Practice field

12-Folsom Folsom, with the Flatirons in the background

13-Campus Campus

14-Campus University of Colorado

15-Clouds Clouds illuminated by the sun sinking behind the Flatirons

16-DuanePhysics Duane Physics ... all the buildings on the CU campus had the same stonework exterior, it was pretty cool

17-FolsomField Folsom Field ... I'd seen this place on TV, which is part of why I was drawn to it ... that, and I knew that I'd be going to games here if I chose to attend Colorado

18-CUCampus CU campus

19-Buffalo The Monarch of the Plains, the mascot of the Colorado Buffaloes, sitting outside Folsom Field

20-ViewFrom11thDuane The view from the 11th floor of Duane Physics, where the Program for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences hosted an official dinner for us prospective grad students

21-Boulder The city of Boulder, as viewed from 11th Duane

22-Boulder Boulder

23-FolsomField Folsom Field, as seen from 11th Duane

24-LASP-Mariner6-7 On the second full day of our visit, PAOS brought us around to some of the different atmospheric science research organizations that are located in Boulder, the so-called

25-LASP-Rockets Rockets on display in the lobby of LASP

26-LASP-Mariner A closeup of the Mariner 6 & 7 probe

27-FlatironsA Flatirons, the first picture that I took to put together a panoramic

28-FlatironRangesB Flatiron Ranges, the front range of the Rockies

29-FlatironsC Flatirons

30-FlatironsD Flatirons

31-FlatironsE Flatirons

32-FlatironRanges Flatiron Ranges

33-Flatirons Flatirons

34-LASP LASP was definitely a cool place to visit

35-GovtViruses A computer in the lobby of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ... the text on the page is funny enough, but the date at the bottom of the page is 14 October 2004, which means that by this point it had been 5 months that this computer had been out of order due to viruses and spyware ... more proof that the government moves about as quick as molasses in January in Alaska

36-NOAA-Sculpture A sculpture in the lobby of NOAA

37-SphericalTheaterScreen One of the world's first spherical theater screens, located at NOAA-Boulder

38-NOAA-View The view from the front doors of NOAA

39-Jared-NOAA Proof that I was at NOAA

40-NOAA NOAA

41-NCAR After LASP and NOAA, next up was a visit to NCAR, the National Center for Atmospheric Research ... the distinctive buildings on the NCAR campus were designed by legendary architect I.M. Pei

42-NCAR-Tower One of the towers at the NCAR building ... in addition to a tour and a presentation, we were treated to lunch with the Director of NCAR

43-BoulderCampus Back on the campus of CU-Boulder ... I decided to wander around campus and Boulder with one of the other prospies, a girl from Nebraska

44-Mall The academic mall at CU

45-Creek A creek running through campus

46-BoulderCreek Boulder Creek

47-Boulder Boulder

48-PearlStreet Pearl Street, a pedestrian mall at the heart of Boulder

49-PearlStreet Pearl Street

50-BoulderCourthouse Boulder Courthouse