Top Headlines at CU Boulder http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/top Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:31:44 -0500 CU-Boulder Ranks No. 2 Nationally for Peace Corps Volunteers http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/6f301557b6824b8f6f1875d45860e576.html http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/6f301557b6824b8f6f1875d45860e576.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:05:00 -0500 Each morning, University of Colorado at Boulder alumna Julie Fast wakes to the footsteps of "campesinos" hiking past her front door in Peru on their way to their farm fields. CU in Space Fact Sheet http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/bfcbf1504f9768628be40d35ab46d11e.html http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/bfcbf1504f9768628be40d35ab46d11e.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:10:00 -0500 � CU-Boulder is the only university in the world to have designed, built and launched instruments to every planet in the solar system. The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics currently has a $12 million instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft now at Saturn, an $8.7 million instrument en route to Mercury on the MESSENGER mission and a student-built dust counter on the New Horizons mission to Pluto launched in 2006. $32 Million CU Instrument Package to Study Space Weather Set for Launch by NASA Feb. 10 http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/6bdfc6752229166744cd4303b916fbe3.html http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/6bdfc6752229166744cd4303b916fbe3.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0500 A $32 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument package set for launch Feb. 10 by NASA should help scientists better understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites, power grids, ground communications systems and even astronauts and aircraft crews. CU-Boulder Professor to Testify Before U.S. House Subcommittee on the State of Science Education Feb. 4 http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/439ea880ea5fd2776f26e711b3b73bd2.html http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/439ea880ea5fd2776f26e711b3b73bd2.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:40:00 -0500 University of Colorado at Boulder Associate Professor Noah Finkelstein will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on the state of science and math education on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 10:30 a.m. EST in Washington, D.C. CU Tossing Recyclables Into Expanded Dual-Stream System http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/9ad07ff2f4aa7442cf71d2e10484abb8.html http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/9ad07ff2f4aa7442cf71d2e10484abb8.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:30:00 -0500 The University of Colorado at Boulder is expanding its recycling program and converting to a dual-stream system with the help of dozens of student employees who provide recycling outreach, collections and processing. Haiti Earthquake a Reminder That Disasters are Preventable, CU-Boulder Expert Says http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/4a93d7dd603434a4af5a6e78f06b0761.html http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/4a93d7dd603434a4af5a6e78f06b0761.html Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:20:00 -0500 Amid all the commentary focused on the historic tragedy in Haiti, a tough but important fact has gone virtually unmentioned, according to a nationally recognized expert on disasters at the University of Colorado at Boulder. CU-Boulder Students Lead Campus Campaign to Raise $100,000 in Aid to Haiti http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/475003186024a4f57fabd076ab68c442.html http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/475003186024a4f57fabd076ab68c442.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:50:00 -0500 University of Colorado at Boulder student leaders are heading a campus campaign called "CU Stands With Haiti" aimed at coordinating and unifying the CU community in an effort to raise at least $100,000 in relief for Haiti. Solar Panels Installed at CU Produce Energy for Campus and Contribute to State Goal http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/3e1220c2a6c3416fa79aaa7a9b153de4.html http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/3e1220c2a6c3416fa79aaa7a9b153de4.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:10:00 -0500 Solar panels installed at the University of Colorado at Boulder on the roofs of the Coors Events/Conference Center, Housing System Maintenance Center and Wolf Law Building will produce 140,000 kilowatt-hours of energy per year -- enough to power 20 medium-sized houses. CU-Boulder Student Satellite Selected for Launch by NASA http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/f395170153feb462a3d1f6ea9a862efe.html http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/f395170153feb462a3d1f6ea9a862efe.html Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:20:00 -0500 A tiny communications satellite designed and built by University of Colorado at Boulder undergraduates has been selected as one of three university research satellites to be launched into orbit in November as part of a NASA space education initiative. Scholar of Antiquity Looks to the Future and Sees Signs of Major Changes in Human Life http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/e5c87574917a105153bac91370ee79b3.html http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/e5c87574917a105153bac91370ee79b3.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:40:00 -0500 In 4 million years, human life has undergone several major periods of transition -- each marked by physical remnants of change -- and today's physical evidence suggests that humans may be entering a new epoch marked by a "single, global political entity," according to a prominent archaeologist who will speak on the University of Colorado campus Saturday.