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Olivia Doak
Olivia Doak covers higher education for the Boulder Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call, including the University of Colorado Boulder, Naropa University and Front Range Community College. She reports on everything from tuition costs and new research to student life and matters affecting faculty and staff. She also helps cover Boulder's federal labs, including NOAA, NIST and NCAR. Olivia moved to Colorado in 2023 to join the Camera after covering city government for the NewsTribune in La Salle, Illinois. There, she was a 2023 DePaul FOIA fellow and won a first-place award in 2022 for public service from the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors.
Olivia grew up in the Chicago suburbs and graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Augustana College. She's passionate about holding public officials and institutions accountable through her reporting. When she's not writing, she can be found hiking in the mountains, curled up at the library with a good book or cheering on the Nuggets and Broncos. Send news tips, say hi, or share book recs to odoak@prairiemountainmedia.com and follow oliviatdoak on X.
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CU Boulder LASP researchers earn NASA prize to fund space dust technology
A team of researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder has won a NASA prize that they will use to further develop their space technology that can remove and repel...

Conflict escalates between CU board, Regent Wanda James after censure
Conflict has escalated in the weeks after the University of Colorado Board of Regents censured Regent Wanda James as each side has refused to back down from their position and...

CU board censures Regent Wanda James following investigation
The University of Colorado Board of Regents censured CU Regent Wanda James on Wednesday following an independent investigation into reported policy violations.

Boulder County to shut down foster care program
The Boulder County 360 Foster Care Program will be phased out in the coming months after county officials decided to shut down the program, citing financial pressure.

No charges filed in April incident where pro-Palestinian protesters were thrown out of CU Boulder classroom
No criminal charges will be filed in the videoed incident where pro-Palestine protesters interrupted a University of Colorado Boulder class in April and were physically thrown out of the classroom.

Boulder Jewish Festival sees largest turnout ever after antisemitic terror attack on Pearl Street: ‘We are united in horror and pain’
Dozens of police officers roamed the area while sniper rifles were set up on each side of the block, including on the roof of the courthouse.

Proposed 40% reduction ‘would likely mean large-scale cuts’ to Boulder’s NCAR
The National Science Foundation has submitted a budget request that, if approved by Congress, would cut the budget for the National Center for Atmospheric Research by 40% and significantly impact...

Colorado’s Jewish state lawmakers decry antisemitism in Boulder attack: ‘We must confront hate forcefully’
A bipartisan group of Jewish state lawmakers called Monday for "our allies to speak out" against the antisemitic violence on display in the fire attack on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall...

Colorado Jewish community horrified at Boulder attack: ‘There are no words’
People in the Jewish community in Boulder and throughout the state respond to Sunday's attack on Pearl Street.

False rumor of DOGE visit to Boulder’s federal labs sparks protest
U.S. Rep Joe Neguse met with personnel from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology on Monday afternoon.