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CU Boulder announced it has joined the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3), a newly formed coalition of 13 leading North American research universities that have united to help communities achieve their climate goals and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.

CU Boulder researchers have discovered a mechanism that explains the persistence of asymmetrical stellar clusters surrounding supermassive black holes in some galaxies and suggests that during post-galactic merger periods, orbiting stars could be flung into the black hole and destroyed at a rate of one per year.

Ask a nonscientist what memories are made of and you’ll likely conjure images of childhood birthday parties or wedding days. Charles Hoeffer thinks about proteins.

University of Colorado Boulder community,All of us here at CU Boulder are pleased that the Senate, House and President have agreed on a Continuing Resolution (CR) to end the federal government shutdown that began last Friday. We appreciate the

Engineers have developed a new class of soft, electrically activated devices capable of mimicking the expansion and contraction of natural muscles, a major advance in the field of robotics.

The space agency is turning to an unlikely resource in its quest to conquer the red planet, and CU Boulder students are answering the call. It is all part of the NASA BIG Idea Challenge college competition.

(THE JANUARY 2018 SHUTDOWN HAS ENDED AS OF MONDAY, JANUARY 22)Below is a running list of shutdown-related guidance that has been received by CU Boulder. When possible, we are sharing a link to the source. In some cases, the guidance was

Vice Chancellor Terri FiezUniversity of Colorado Boulder Community,As you may know, ongoing budget negotiations have failed to produce a stopgap funding agreement in Congress. The immediate consequence is that the federal

 Denitta D. Ward, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation; Director, Office of Contracts and GrantsAs you may be aware, the United States Congress has failed to pass a temporary or permanent federal budget measure. As a

A new report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends that NASA, NOAA and the USGS should implement a coordinated approach for their space-based environmental observations to further advance Earth science and applications for the next decade.