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 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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

NSF releases videos highlighting MSU research on wildfire effects

Posted On Saturday, July 13, 2013 By . Under MONTANA  Tags: , , , ,   
BOZEMAN – The National Science Foundation is giving national exposure to a series of video podcasts that spotlight how international teams of scientists are studying the impact of fire on ecosystems around the world. Through its online education site, Science360/Knowledge Network, and other means, NSF is highlighting the efforts of scientists ...

DiStefano Names Search Committee For New CU-Boulder Athletic Department Director

Posted On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 By . Under COLORADO, FEATURED  Tags: , , ,   
  University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano today announced the formation of a search committee to find a new director of intercollegiate athletics. CU Athletic Director Mike Bohn resigned from the post as AD effective June 3, 2013. “I am delighted to announce the formation of the committee that will seek ...

5 CU-Boulder Students Patent Medical Device Through Partnership with CU Cancer Center Researcher

Posted On Monday, June 3, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , ,   
Five University of Colorado Boulder students have partnered with a researcher at the University of Colorado Cancer Center to file a patent for a medical device that lets researchers quickly, easily and inexpensively isolate a patient’s cancer cells for genetic tests that allow doctors to target the disease. “Believe it or ...

CU-Boulder organizing effort to establish unmanned aircraft test site in Colorado

Posted On Monday, May 27, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , ,   
A state application organized by the University of Colorado Boulder has been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration for the development of one of six unmanned aircraft systems test sites slated to be established across the United States. Submitted this month, the seventh and final volume of the Colorado application is ...

CU Study Suggests Link Between Tumor Suppressors and Starvation Survival

Posted On Sunday, May 12, 2013 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , , , ,   
CU Study Suggests Link Between Tumor Suppressors and Starvation Survival A particular tumor suppressor gene that fights cancer cells does more than clamp down on unabated cell division -- the hallmark of the disease -- it also can help make cells more fit by allowing them to fend off stress, says a University of Colorado Boulder study. CU-Boulder Professor Min Han ...

Rainfall levels decreasing in the Hawaiian Islands

Posted On Saturday, May 4, 2013 By . Under HAWAII  Tags: , , ,   
Rainfall levels decreasing in the Hawaiian Islands Almost imperceptibly, rainfall over the Hawaiian Islands has been declining since 1978, and this trend is likely to continue with global warming through the end of this century, according to a team of scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the University of Colorado at Boulder. This latest Hawaiʻi ...
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