A child's hands as he or she does homework

Autism rates increasing fastest among blacks and Hispanics

Aug. 28, 2019

Autism prevalence, which has historically been higher among white children, is now more common among black youth in most states and climbing faster among Hispanic youth than any other groups.

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The write stuff: Students work with older Boulderites to hone writing skills

Aug. 26, 2019

The Intergenerational Writing course will pair 19 undergraduate students with community members over the age of 60 for semester-long research and writing projects.

An artist's depiction of an early Earth bombarded by asteroids.

A new timeline of Earth’s cataclysmic past

Aug. 12, 2019

Recent research shows that our planet may have been pummeled with asteroids long before some scientists had previously thought.

Arctic sea ice

A year in the ice: Researchers join historic mission to the Arctic

Aug. 12, 2019

Dozens of CU Boulder researchers will take part in the MOSAIC expedition, which will send an icebreaker ship into the winter pack ice to drift for an entire year.

Erick Mueller, executive director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, on his motorcycle.

On the road: Entrepreneurship classes on 2 wheels

Aug. 9, 2019

Erick Mueller, executive director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business, has now reached every region of the state with his rural entrepreneurship workshops.

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Wildfire smoke provides clues on nuclear war, geoengineering

Aug. 8, 2019

Wildfire smoke can persist for months in the stratosphere, giving scientists an opportunity to fine-tune models of climate change, nuclear winter and geoengineering.

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Colorado economy adding new businesses more slowly, new report shows

Aug. 8, 2019

Colorado is continuing a years-long trend of adding new businesses, but at a slower rate, according to a CU Boulder report released by Secretary of State Jena Griswold.

Founders and employees of ShineOn

Students in Focus: ShineOn prepares for mass production of advanced bike light

Aug. 6, 2019

A year and a half after starting the company, CU Boulder startup ShineOn has grown to five employees and is preparing to launch its first product for cycling enthusiasts.

Ian Geraghty and Xinzhao Chu in Antarctica

Alumni in Focus: A year in Antarctica

Aug. 6, 2019

Researching in one of the most inaccessible and extreme places on Earth, Antarctica, Ian Geraghty is using LIDAR aimed at the sky to study the atmosphere at altitudes so high, Earth and space weather interact.

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Searching for Bigfoot

Aug. 5, 2019

Former CU Boulder Journalism Fellow Laura Krantz explores all things Bigfoot in Wild Thing, which the Atlantic named one of 2018's Best Podcasts.

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