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Campus News Briefs - Fall 2017

Sept. 1, 2017

Fraternities, nuclear war and showerhead ecosystems.

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Are Mermaids Real?

Sept. 1, 2017

An 8-year-old asks a CU scientist for the hard truth.

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Mysteries of the Teenage Brain

June 1, 2017

Teenagers and young adults think and act differently from grownups. CU scientist Marie Banich is helping us see why.

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From Beer, A Better Battery?

March 1, 2017

The brewers are happy to give away dirty water. The PhDs are happy to take it.

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Origins: 3D Printing

June 1, 2016

Chuck Hull and the invention of 3D printing.

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Of Mind and Matter

June 1, 2016

Amy Cuddy's TED Talk is the second most viewed of all time — and just a taste of what she has to say.

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Look: Plants

March 1, 2016

About 1,000 plant species, mostly exotic, thrive inside CU-Boulder's 30th Street greenhouse.

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Courtnie Paschall's New Flight Plan

Dec. 1, 2015

For Courtnie Paschall (Neuro, ElEngr’15), working on a drug trial for patients with schizophrenia while applying to 20 MD-PhD programs counts as light duty.

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Painstaking Discovery

Sept. 1, 2013

How severe is your pain? A CU-Boulder professor’s breakthrough provides a scientific means to measure pain.

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Finding Genes That Fit

Sept. 1, 2013

Ask Joaquin Espinosa what he sees as the key to curing cancer, and he answers with a blend of ancient Chinese philosophy and cutting-edge genetics.

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