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High-school student helps science-ed team update its simulations

Oct. 20, 2017

'Even students studying degrees in computer programming have difficulty doing this from scratch,' PhET Interactive Simulations team member says Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) literacy is difficult for college students, so you would not expect a high school student to master these concepts and also convey them via computer...

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Post-Ferguson ‘de-policing’ more pronounced in nonwhite areas, study finds

Oct. 20, 2017

Pushing for stronger policing instead of smarter policing might encourage unethical law enforcement tactics, CU Boulder scholar contends.

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Filmmaker alums tackle nuclear weapons buildup

Oct. 19, 2017

The nuclear weapons buildup and the protests against it were for many simply the news of the day, but for two filmmakers from the University of Colorado Boulder it may turn out to be a provocative theme for a historical documentary and multimedia oral-history archive.

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Digging in the Arctic mud for answers to climate change

Oct. 18, 2017

Paleoclimatologist Sarah Crump, a PhD student and INSTARR researcher, studies the effects of climate variability in the Canadian Arctic by analyzing ancient DNA from lake sediment.

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When stars collide: prof explains this week's dense discovery

Oct. 17, 2017

Wrap your mind around this: Neutron stars, the collapsed cores of once-large stars, are thought to be so dense that a teaspoon of one would weigh more than Mt. Everest.

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Experts to discuss civic discourse ‘Beyond #Protest’

Oct. 16, 2017

The role of social media in protests, concepts of privilege and protest in sports, and ways protesters can be most effective will be discussed by a trio of experts at CU Boulder Nov. 1, at noon in Old Main Chapel.

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Expert to discuss God and local 'theory' of mind

Oct. 11, 2017

An expert on the American evangelical relationship with God will discuss her scholarly work this week on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.

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Slavery forums draw interest, crowds on campus

Oct. 10, 2017

A series of participatory forums looking back at American racism by the University of Colorado Boulder’s History Department is proving to be a very popular campus learning experience, with organizers working on the fly make sure as many interested people as possible can attend.

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New JILA atomic clock can outperform all predecessors

Oct. 10, 2017

Physicists have created an atomic clock that reaches the same level of precision as its predecessors but is more than 20 times faster, promising dramatically improved measurements and more.

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MFA dance concert confronts racial and sexual discrimination head-on

Sept. 29, 2017

CU Boulder’s dance division shines a spotlight on two MFA candidates in “Taking UP Space,” an evening of performances embracing racial and sexual diversity. The dance concert runs Oct. 20-22 in CU’s Charlotte York Irey Theatre.

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