Campus News

Do you ever wonder why you have a difficult time paying attention? Or why some people are more sensitive to pain? CU-Boulder researchers will be seeking answers to these questions thanks to a new 25,000-pound, $3 million machine on campus.

There are many ways of dealing with anxiety or emotional pain, but one of the least understood is self-injury, says CU-Boulder sociology professor Patti Adler.

Don’t let Williams Village’s 1960s architecture fool you into thinking the complex is stuck in yesteryear.

Beginning in the spring, CU-Boulder students studying journalism as a major will be required to undertake an additional course of study under the new Journalism Plus program.

As the country’s final space shuttle soared into space in July to heightened levels of excitement on the Florida coast, bone loss was the subject of one of five experiments CU-Boulder’s Bioserve Space Technologies sent aloft on Atlantis.

Your stomach bacteria could help doctors prescribe personalized medicine for you in the future, according to a study co-authored by CU-Boulder professor Rob Knight.

In June your Coloradan magazine won first place from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, one of the world’s largest nonprofit educational associations.

When this year’s 5,600 new students arrived on campus, many had already networked with students, alumni and CU parents this summer.

Amid a limping economy, CU alumni and friends rallied to support the university, giving a record-breaking $213.2 million during the 12 months ending June 30, 2011.

When Rod Falk’s middle school students create their own arcade classics like Frogger, Pac-Man and Space Invaders in his computer lab, they develop critical thinking skills.