Steve Janko, a resident of Colorado Springs and a retired attorney who specialized in international law presents on how he took the fall 2000 semester off from his international law studies at the University of Miami and volunteered to join a United Nations peacekeeping effort to help refugees return to their homes in Kosovo. 

Discussion on the Board of Peace and the United Nations Security Council: A Cooperation or Conflict? Ed Elmendorf took a deep look at the recent Trump initiative for peace in the Middle East against the backdrop of the traditional role and capability of the UNSC.

Jonathan Moyer is the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Institute for International Futures and an Associate Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He leads the continued development and application of International Futures (IFs), the integrated global modeling system that serves as the backbone for much of the UN system’s long-term forecasting and policy analysis.

If an individual is injured during a civil immigration enforcement action, it may be difficult to find a straightforward legal pathway. SB26-005 (Rights Violation in Immigration Enforcement Remedy) would create a state-law cause of action when a person’s federal constitutional rights are violated in the context of civil immigration enforcement

Colorado law currently allows 16- and 17- year-olds to marry with a judge’s approval. Senate Bill 26-048 proposes removing this exception and establishing 18 as the uniform minimum marriage age. While the bill passed its first committee hearing on a 3-2 party-line vote, it has sparked a complex debate that goes beyond simple partisan lines, forcing lawmakers and advocates to weigh child protection against potential unintended consequences (Colorado General Assembly, 2026).

Smoke drifts over the Divide and the Air Quality Index spikes. Your neighbor’s kid needs a vaccine that’s suddenly hard to find. A friend’s cousin arrives after fleeing conflict and just needs a safe place to start over. None of that stays tidy inside county lines. So who coordinates the big stuff when the big stuff refuses to stay local?

On January 24th, 2026, members from Boulder High School MUN, CU MUN, and Kent Denver School MUN joined residents from the Academy at Mapleton Hill, Frasier Meadows, and the Balfour Senior Living community to collaborate on the crisis in Myanmar/Burma during an Intergenerational Model UN (IMUN) Security Council meeting.