Campus News
- Forty years ago, before alternative energy was lucrative and being green was the cool thing to do, CU students founded the Environmental Center on Earth Day in 1970.
- Chancellor DiStefano was front and center on Jan. 6 at the White House when leaders of four research universities presented a letter to President Barack Obama pledging to address the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers.
- About 50 students, mostly from aerospace engineering, are working to build a 5-pound spacecraft the size of a loaf of bread that will give scientists a better understanding of solar flares and other so-called space weather.
- The venerable Norlin Library turned 70 years old on Jan. 6.
- If you are planning a trip abroad, how do you evaluate if a country is safe?
- Traditional cancer research often rewards tried-and-true approaches, leaving young scientists who think outside the box empty-handed. Hang “Hubert” Yin, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, hopes his research may change that.
- When Lea Alvarado began her new job as alumni career counselor at CU-Boulder in August, the phone started ringing off the hook.
- CU Boulder statistics and numbers from the winter 2009 issue.