Gifts from friends, alumni and the community allow CU Linguistics to serve our state and local communities and continue to enhance our national and international stature. We place our graduates in industry, in community-based programs and in outstanding academic jobs.
According to Academic Analytics’ Scholarly Research Index, we rank 7th among US linguistics programs—above some elite institutions. We happen to be among the most innovative practitioners of empirical linguistics, training undergraduate and graduate students in methods from geospatial mapping to machine learning, to ethnography to experimental phonetics. We document endangered languages and help Native and Indigenous communities develop heritage language curricula, protecting a critical cultural legacy. Our Buff Buddies help children and adults through community-based literacy programs.
Your gifts help us hire and retain leading faculty and scholars, fund research and conference activities of our outstanding graduate students, support a diverse body of undergraduate students, and do research that helps communities and advances knowledge about language. See our Donate site for 9 key initiatives in which your gift can advance our research and training missions and shed light on properties of language.
Laura A. Michaelis,ÌýChair of Linguistics