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CU Boulder launches certificate program in animals and society

March 9, 2018

CU Boulder has joined more than two dozen colleges and universities worldwide that offer majors, minors or certificate programs in animals and society, which is also known as animal studies.

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When choosing where to recreate, personality is key

March 5, 2018

Economist Edward Morey has long been interested in “recreational site choice”—where do hikers, bikers, anglers, kayakers and anyone who plays in the great outdoors choose to do their thing and why?

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Schmooze-A-Palooza is music to Hebrew students' ears

March 5, 2018

The fourth annual Schmooze-A-Palooza, a student concert sung in Hebrew at the University of Colorado Boulder, will be performed this week. Singing along is encouraged; lyrics will be projected for each song on a screen, and there is free food.

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Scholars give historical context on African Americans in Germany

Feb. 28, 2018

The first African American woman to graduate from CU, in 1918, earned her degree in German. A trio of experts this month will discuss the historical trends that framed her choice.

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Grad student helps science sims break language barriers

Feb. 27, 2018

Physics is challenging, but learning it in a second language adds an entirely different obstacle, says Diana López, who is doing what she can to make STEM subjects—science, technology, engineering, and math—more accessible to students who speak Spanish.

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‘Brain Drain Through Deportation’ is subject of expert panel discussion

Feb. 26, 2018

The consequences of the DACA program—and its uncertain future—is the subject of the next Social Sciences Today Forum at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Without access to care, 'Hispanic health paradox' reverses

Feb. 22, 2018

Foreign-born less likely to receive treatment, manage conditions, CU Boulder researchers find

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For better health, urbanites find help from trees

Feb. 22, 2018

City trees benefit human health more than grass, CU Boulder research finds

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College requests comments on new strategic plan

Feb. 22, 2018

The College of Arts and Sciences has opened the public comment period for a draft of its new strategic plan.

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What's up, and what's going down, with hogbacks

Feb. 21, 2018

'The cool thing is that this was motivated by looking at the hogbacks right outside our windows; no one had explained their shape before,' says Rachel Glade

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