Aviation Week Names 7 CU-Boulder Students Among 20 National Engineering Leaders

Posted On Thursday, November 14, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , ,   
Aviation Week Names 7 CU-Boulder Students Among 20 National Engineering Leaders Seven University of Colorado Boulder aerospace engineering students are among 20 top students who will be recognized Nov. 14 with a new national award honoring tomorrow’s engineering leaders sponsored by Penton’s Aviation Week in partnership with Raytheon. The “Twenty20s” awards honor the academic achievements and leadership of top engineering, math, science ...

CU-Boulder Sources on 50th Anniversary of JFK Assassination

Posted On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , , ,   
Rick Stevens, assistant professor of journalism, can comment on media coverage of the JFK assassination as the first time in history Americans reacted to the same visual event. He says the coverage of the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath represented a key shift from radio to television as the dominant ...

CU-Boulder-led study shows unprecedented warmth in Arctic

Posted On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , ,   
Average summer temperatures in the Eastern Canadian Arctic during the last 100 years are higher now than during any century in the past 44,000 years and perhaps as long ago as 120,000 years, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study. The study is the first direct evidence the present warmth ...

Back to Boulder Homecoming Weekend to offer activities and events Oct. 24-27

Posted On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , , ,   
A huge range of activities will be offered during the University of Colorado’s 2013 Back to Boulder Homecoming Weekend Oct. 24-27 for alumni, students, faculty, staff and community members. A full description of activities and events as well as event registration can be found on the Back to Boulder website at ...

CU-Boulder Engineering Days to feature egg drop and rocket launch on Oct. 18

Posted On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , ,   
Engineering students at the University of Colorado Boulder will host the annual College Egg Drop competition Oct. 18 as part of Engineering Days. The egg drop, which starts at 11 a.m. on the west side of the Engineering Center, challenges students to create a contraption that will protect a raw egg ...

CU-Boulder Vice Chancellor Frances Draper names Mark J. Miller campus spokesperson

Posted On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , ,   
  University of Colorado Boulder Vice Chancellor for Strategic Relations Frances Draper today named Mark J. Miller as spokesperson and issues coordinator for the CU-Boulder campus, effective Nov. 4, 2013. Miller currently serves as spokesperson and associate director for marketing and communications for Drury University in Springfield, Mo., and brings more than ...

CO-LABS Awards for High-Impact Research Honor CIRES, LASP

Posted On Sunday, September 29, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , ,   
Office of Economic Development & International Trade Executive Director Ken Lund will present the annual awards for “High-Impact Research” on Oct. 10 to teams from four Colorado-based research centers for breakthroughs in the creation of a long-term record of global greenhouse gases, Colorado drought planning, new approaches to diagnosing and ...

Solid-State Battery Developed at CU-Boulder Could Double the Range of Electric Cars

Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , ,   
A cutting-edge battery technology developed at the University of Colorado Boulder that could allow tomorrow’s electric vehicles to travel twice as far on a charge is now closer to becoming a commercial reality. CU’s Technology Transfer Office has completed an agreement with Solid Power LLC—a CU-Boulder spinoff company founded by Se-Hee ...

University of Colorado Boulder Dlosed Thursday Due to Severe Flooding

Posted On Friday, September 13, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , ,   
The University of Colorado Boulder campus will be closed Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 due to effects of severe flooding and the ongoing weather emergency. CU police officers have been checking building exteriors looking for safety hazards. Assessments of damage have been ongoing throughout the evening and will continue into the morning hours. ...

Rare Western Bumblebees Netted on Colorado’s Front Range During CU-Boulder Survey

Posted On Friday, September 6, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , , ,   
Front Range during CU-Boulder survey A white-rumped bumblebee that has been in steep decline across its native range in the western United States and Canada appears to be making a comeback on the Colorado Front Range. A survey of bumblebee populations carried out largely by University of Colorado Boulder undergraduates in undisturbed patches of prairieland and ...

Search Committee for CU-Boulder College of Music Dean Announced

Posted On Thursday, August 29, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , ,   
  University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the formation of a search committee to lead a national search for a new dean of the College of Music. John Stevenson, dean of the Graduate School, will chair the committee. “The College of Music assumes a central role in shaping ...

CU Professor to Use New Mobile Technology to Test for Agricultural Pathogens in Africa

Posted On Thursday, August 22, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , ,   
A University of Colorado Boulder faculty member will travel to Africa later this month to test a mobile smartphone technology developed by his team to rapidly detect and track natural carcinogens, including aflatoxin, which is estimated to contaminate up to 25 percent of the global food supply and cause severe ...

JILA Researchers Discover Atomic Clock can Simulate Quantum Magnetism

Posted On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , , ,   
simulate quantum magnetism Researchers at JILA have for the first time used an atomic clock as a quantum simulator, mimicking the behavior of a different, more complex quantum system. Atomic clocks now join a growing list of physical systems that can be used for modeling and perhaps eventually explaining the quantum mechanical behavior of ...

CU-led MAVEN Mission Spacecraft Arrives at Florida Launch Site

Posted On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , ,   
The spacecraft for NASA’s Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission to Mars being led by the University of Colorado Boulder has arrived in Florida in anticipation of a November launch. The spacecraft was shipped on Friday, Aug. 2, aboard a U.S. Air Force cargo plane from Buckley Air Force Base ...

Ice-free Arctic Winters Could Explain Amplified Warming During Pliocene

Posted On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , , ,   
Year-round ice-free conditions across the surface of the Arctic Ocean could explain why the Earth was substantially warmer during the Pliocene Epoch than it is today, despite similar concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to new research carried out at the University of Colorado Boulder. In early May, instruments ...

CU Study illuminates Mortality Differences Between Nondrinkers and Light Drinkers

Posted On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , ,   
As a class, people who don’t drink at all have a higher mortality risk than light drinkers. But nondrinkers are a diverse bunch, and the reasons people have for abstaining affects their individual mortality risk, in some cases lowering it on par with the risk for light drinkers, according to ...

CU Study Shows How Early Earth Kept Warm Enough to Support Life

Posted On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , ,   
Solving the “faint young sun paradox” -- explaining how early Earth was warm and habitable for life beginning more than 3 billion years ago even though the sun was 20 percent dimmer than today -- may not be as difficult as believed, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study. In ...

Colorado State University Wins National Awards From Council for Advancement and Support of Education

Posted On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , , ,   
FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University’s Football 101, a unique program designed to introduce international students to American college football and its many traditions, has been awarded a Gold Circle of Excellence Award by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). CSU also won a Silver Circle of Excellence ...
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