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Seventeen students are named 2022 Van Ek Scholars

April 28, 2022

The award, considered one of the College of Arts and Sciences' highest honors, is given to students for academic achievement and service

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Life scientist wins first Cogswell Award for Inspirational Instruction

April 15, 2022

Pamela Harvey, teaching associate professor, recognized for the passion and effectiveness of her teaching.

Coral rescue

Student cares for Caribbean corals at a Colorado ‘ark’

Dec. 15, 2021

CU Boulder undergraduate joins an innovative effort to rescue dying coral reef and bring it back from the brink of extinction

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Neuroscientist strives to crack the code on monogamy

Sept. 28, 2021

CU Boulder researcher plans to use NSF award to continue her research on how some mammalian species are innately driven to form intimate relationships with others.

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Long-serving professors look back on 50 years of service

July 28, 2021

Honorees express amazement at the quality of students at CU Boulder, awe at how much the university has changed and gratitude for opportunities they’ve had

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Microbiome may unlock the secrets of aging

Feb. 10, 2021

CU Boulder-led research seeks to understand the connection between microbiome and aging.

Corrie Detweiler in a lab

With COVID-19 exacerbating the threat of superbugs, researchers ID new weapon

Jan. 4, 2021

CU Boulder researchers have discovered a new compound capable of pushing past the defenses of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. It, and other recent discoveries from the lab, could lead to a new arsenal for combating the rising threat of superbugs.

Ed Chuong, an assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at CU Boulder,

Remnants of ancient viruses could be shaping coronavirus response, says new Packard Fellow

Oct. 15, 2020

Why are some people more resilient to viruses than others? The answer has eluded scientists for centuries and, in the age of COVID-19, has come to represent one of the holy grails of biomedical research.

Camille Paige, a researcher at the BioFrontiers Institute, spits into a tube to demonstrate how SickStick works.

Scientists developing COVID-19 test that knows you’re sick before you do

April 15, 2020

Imagine a test that could tell you if you were infected with COVID-19 before you had a single symptom. SickStick may offer that chance.

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Researcher aims to make biology more accessible

April 3, 2020

Newly published book, Biology Everywhere, is the product of CU Boulder biologist and learning scientist Melanie Peffer’s passion for good teaching and science literacy

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