Campus History
What is the name of the historic building on Boulder Campus, completed in 1876, that today houses a museum of natural history?
Old Main
What is the annual charity tradition where students strip down to their underwear and run through campus in the cold, called?
Nearly Naked Mile
When did Lucille Berkeley Buchanan first graduate from CU?
1918
What is the name of the live female mascot at CU Boulder?
What percentage of 2026 Fall admits were Colorado residents?
What is the name of the main student grill in the UMC (University Memorial Center) named after a prominent Colorado figure?
Alfred Packer Restaurant and Grill - named in 1968 after the infamous Colorado cannibal who confessed eating his traveling companions to survive a winter of 1874
What year did CU last make it to the National Championships for Football?
1990
When did the first woman graduate from CU? What was her name?
1886, Helen Tyler
What number mascot are we on?
"Brandy" is Ralphie no. 7
What is our average student to faculty ratio?
19 students to 1 professor
1919
Which two players won the heisman trophy?
Travis Hunter and Rashaan Salaam
How many Nobel Laureates have been affiliated with CU Boulder?
5. David Wineland, John Hall, Eric Cornell, Carl Wieman, Thomas Cech
Why is our Mascot's Current Location (her ranch) a secret?
Campus legend states in the 80's, Air Force Academy abducted Ralphie and spray painted a blue 'AF' in her side
Our aerospace engineering program is ranked what place nationwide, as of 2026, including public universities?
Number Six
What building on campus is the oldest continually operating dorm building?
Sewall Hall - Dating to the 1920's
What is the name of the coach who led the buffaloes to our first National Championship?
Bill McCartney
How many astronauts are affiliated with CU?
18
What year did the first Ralphie debut?
1967
this program is ranked 12-13th nationally? Hint: it's within arts & sciences
Physics
When did the very first class graduate from CU Boulder and how many students were in it?
1882, 6 students.
What year did CU first play Nebraska?
1898
What Academy Award winning actor and director attended CU Boulder in the 1950's where he studied painting before dropping out to pursue acting?
Robert Redford
Before officially adopting the buffaloes, what was the unofficial mascot of CU Boulder's baseball team?
A dog
CU Boulder holds a highly unique record regarding interplanetary exploration, what is it?
We are the only public university to have designed and built instruments which visited every planet including pluto!