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Experiential leadership education sets CU students apart

Nov. 11, 2021

Success through discomfort––those are the words Aaron Roof uses to describe the wilderness section of his Lead 4000 course: Leadership in Context of Emerging Challenges, the capstone course for students completing the Leadership Studies Minor.

Lightbulb sparking ideas

Groundbreaking innovators awarded $1.5 million in grants at Lab Venture Challenge Finals

Nov. 11, 2021

Eleven university innovators pitched their innovations at Lab Venture Challenge, an annual funding competition hosted by Venture Partners at CU Boulder that helps accelerate commercially promising technologies into business ventures.

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Diet, exercise can improve teens’ mental health

Nov. 10, 2021

In a wide-ranging, international, multi-disciplinary project to improve mental health in teens, researchers found diet, nutrition and exercise are among the most accessible and effective interventions to reduce depression in young people.

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Scientists win $4 million for efficient battery development

Nov. 3, 2021

A Department of Energy award will help accelerate research into flow batteries, which will help make the electricity grid more reliable and sustainable.

Members of INSTAAR, the University of Maryland and TOFWERK group photo in a hangar

Hunting for emissions thousands of feet up

Oct. 27, 2021

Recent scientific flights above the Front Range will help scientists and policymakers cut unnecessary emissions, reduce greenhouse gases and help local residents breathe better.

Researcher handles large syringe filled with oxygen microbubbles

CU Boulder spinoff company develops technology that could treat COVID-19 complications

Oct. 20, 2021

After a year when the nation experienced a shortage of mechanical ventilators to help treat patients with severe COVID-19 complications, Professor Mark Borden's company Respirogen presents another treatment option: oxygen microbubbles.

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How therapy, not pills, can nix chronic pain and change the brain

Sept. 29, 2021

A new, CU Boulder-led study provides strong evidence that a psychological treatment can provide effective and lasting relief for chronic pain, which affects one in five Americans. The treatment also appears to quiet regions of the brain that generate chronic pain.

A speaker at a Catalyze CU event

Hear pitches Aug. 4 from CU Boulder's top startups

July 20, 2021

After dedicating 12 weeks this summer to furthering their ventures, this year's Catalyze CU cohort will pitch to the public in a showcase event, or "demo day." All are welcome!

An aerial image of the CU Boulder campus. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

CU Boulder experts tapped for summit on sexual misconduct

July 7, 2021

Campus experts and students from around the state helped organize the first Colorado Summit on Sexual Misconduct, coming up July 19–20, including CU Boulder employees and a student. Also, CU Boulder's Valerie Simons will give an opening address at the event.

Old Main in springtime

Innovation Buffs program seeks staff with ideas for improving workplace diversity

July 1, 2021

Employees are invited to register to participate in a four-month program featuring human-centered design to develop solutions around workplace diversity, equity and inclusion.

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