DENVER - Graduate programs across the University of Colorado system continue to gain attention for excellence in the latest annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report. Research and teaching contributions by the four campuses in health care, engineering, law, education and business are well-represented in the 2014 edition of ...
CU-Boulder Graduate Programs Earn Top National Ratings
Posted On Thursday, March 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: atomic, Best Graduate Schools, molecular, national ratings, optical physics program
DENVER - Graduate programs across the University of Colorado system continue to gain attention for excellence in the latest annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report. Research and teaching contributions by the four campuses in health care, engineering, law, education and business are well-represented in the 2014 edition of ...
CU-Boulder Fundraising Leaders Fund $2 Million Jazz Studies Endowment
Posted On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Chair John Davis, Thompson Jazz Studies Program, University of Colorado
Jeannie and Jack Thompson have made an unprecedented commitment to the Jazz Studies program at the University of Colorado Boulder -- building $1.6 million in combined gifts to trigger a new $2 million program endowment.
To honor and recognize this transformational gift, the program will be renamed the Thompson Jazz Studies ...
CU-Boulder Effort Helps Former Students Complete Their Degrees
Posted On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Anne K. Heinz, Colorado Department of Higher Education, CU Complete, Division of Continuing Education, University of Colorado
When life’s complications get in the way of graduation, the University of Colorado Boulder offers CU Complete, an academic service designed to assist former CU-Boulder students in completing their bachelor’s degrees.
Launched in 2009 by the CU-Boulder Division of Continuing Education, CU Complete provides academic, financial aid and career advising to ...
University of Twente Donates Electron Accelerator to Colorado State University
Posted On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Colorado State University, Donates Electron Accelerator, peripheral materialsto, University of Twente
FORT COLLINS - The University of Twente in the Netherlands has donated a linear accelerator and peripheral materialsto Colorado State University to help enhance ongoing research collaborations with Professors Sandra Biedron and Stephen Milton in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The accelerator arrived on campus in January.
Biedron and ...
Southwest Regional Warming Likely Cause of Pinyon Pine Cone Decline, Says CU Study
Posted On Thursday, February 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO, FEATURED Tags: biology, Boulder-led study, ecology, Miranda Redmond, pinyon pine, University of Colorado
Creeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction, a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ecosystems, says a University of Colorado Boulder-led study.
The new study showed that pinyon pine seed cone production declined by an average of ...
Human Bacteria Sequencing Pinvolving CU Raises $340,000 Online
Posted On Thursday, February 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: American Gut, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Human bacteria sequencing, Human Microbiome Project
In hopes of better understanding nutrition and health, the University of Colorado Boulder is playing the leading science role in a “crowdfunding” effort that has raised more than $340,000 for a project designed to sequence the gut bacteria of thousands of people around the world.
Known as the American Gut project, the effort raised the money ...
CU-Boulder Engineering Students To Unveil Grand Orrery On Feb. 11
Posted On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Andrews community, Andrews Hall, Eitan Cher, Fiske Planetarium, grand orrery, University of Colorado
A scaled, working model of the solar system built by engineering students at the University of Colorado Boulder will be officially unveiled at Andrews Hall on Feb. 11.
The unveiling and dedication of the “grand orrery” is free and open to the public. The event will begin at 3 p.m. at ...
Colorado State University Celebrates Black History Month Throughout February
Posted On Thursday, January 31, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Black History Month, Brooklyn Friends School, Colorado State University, Quiz Bowl
FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University’s Black/African American Cultural Center has a full month of programs scheduled to celebrate Black History this year. From the kick-off event at noon on Feb. 1 to the Black Tie Affair on the evening of March 1, lectures, discussions, films, networking, even a Black ...
CIRES-led Study Discovers High Levels Of Air-Cleansing Compound Over Ocean
Posted On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: CIRES-led, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES), Discovery & Innovation, Institutes, Natural Sciences
Researchers have detected the presence of a pollutant-destroying compound iodine monoxide in surprisingly high levels high above the tropical ocean, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
“The levels of IO we observed were much higher than expected,” said ...
CU Law School Appoints Brad Udall Director of Newly Named Getches-Wilkinson Center
Posted On Saturday, January 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Energy and Environment, Getches-Wilkinson, LAW SCHOOL, Natural Resources, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado
The University of Colorado Law School announced today that it is hiring Brad Udall as director of the newly renamed Natural Resources Law Center, which will now be called the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and Environment.
“Colorado Law’s brand, mission and core values are intricately interlinked with leadership in ...
CSU, Fort Collins Communities Celebrate the Faces of Freedom on MLK Day Jan. 21
Posted On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Lory Student Center Main Ballroom, Martin Luther King Jr., Poudre School District essay, The Colorado State University
FORT COLLINS - The Colorado State University and Fort Collins communities will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with several events on Monday, Jan. 21. The theme of this year's celebration is “Faces of Freedom: Past, Present, Future.”
WHAT/WHEN:
The celebration kicks off at 1 p.m. with the traditional community march from ...
Oil And Gas Wells Contribute Fuel For Ozone Pollution, CIRES Researchers
Posted On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: CIRES researchers, Earth System Research Laboratory, Environmental Science and Technology, Fuel, gas, Oil, ozone pollution, University of Colorado
Emissions from oil and natural gas operations north of Denver could add to ozone pollution in that region, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).
“At our test site in Weld County, we found that oil and ...
Colorado State University Researcher Aims to Optimize Aging Experience for Graying Population
Posted On Friday, January 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Colorado State University, Graying Population, Manfred Diehl, National Institutes of Health, self-perceived age
FORT COLLINS - How does a person know when he or she is old? The answer is more complicated than one might think. A Colorado State University researcher is working to unravel the complicated interaction between how young or old a person feels – self-perceived age – and his or ...
CSU Center for the New Energy Economy Co-Sponsoring Rocky Mountain Clean Energy
Posted On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Clean Energy, Energy Economy, Gov. Bill Ritter, Rocky Mountain
What/When:
Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, now director of the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University, will speak at the Rocky Mountain Clean Energy Transmission Summit in Denver on Wednesday, Jan. 9.
The event will be 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at the History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, ...
Pronunciation of ‘S’ Sounds Impacts Perception of Gender, CU-Boulder Researcher Finds
Posted On Monday, January 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: CU-Boulder’s linguistics department, Lal Zimman, Society of America in Boston, University of Colorado Boulder
A person’s style of speech — not just the pitch of his or her voice — may help determine whether the listener perceives the speaker to be male or female, according to a University of Colorado Boulder researcher who studied transgender people transitioning from female to male.
The way people pronounce ...
