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.

UV light

Specific UV light wavelength could offer low-cost, safe way to curb COVID-19 spread

Oct. 4, 2021

A specific wavelength of ultraviolet light is not only extremely effective at killing the virus that causes COVID-19, but is also safer for use in public spaces, finds new CU Boulder research.

Apples growing on an apple tree on the CU Boulder campus.

Participate in a historic (and tasty) science project this fall

Sept. 22, 2021

Join the Boulder Apple Tree Project this weekend to help preserve a unique local legacy, taste test apples and learn about the history of apple trees in the Front Range.

NEST Studio for the Arts

NEST mural quest takes public art to new level

Sept. 9, 2021

Seven science-inspired, larger-than-life artworks are welcoming students, staff and faculty back to campus this fall. Take and share photos of them through Oct. 10 for a chance to win a $50 gift card at the CU Boulder Bookstore.

cloth face masks

Don’t throw that cloth mask away yet—it still works

Sept. 9, 2021

New research finds that washing and drying cotton cloth masks doesn’t reduce their ability to filter out viral particles.

Smog, also known as ground level ozone, shown here in Denver, is a growing problem in the western United States. Credit: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Amid wildfires and a pandemic, here’s how to keep your indoor air clean

Sept. 7, 2021

Learn about the easy and effective ways we can keep our indoor air clean from ozone, wildfire smoke and COVID-19.

Graduate student Teyha Stockman, right, shows off her homemade bell cover made from medical mask material that helps decrease aerosol spread on her clarinet

Simple safety measures reduce musical COVID-19 transmission

Aug. 27, 2021

While playing musical instruments can emit potentially COVID-19-laden airborne particles, researchers have found that simple safety measures, such as masking instruments, social distancing and implementing time limits, significantly reduce this risk.

A view of the Fourmile Canyon Fire burning west of Boulder in 2010.

CU Boulder receives $1.1 million in EPA grants to reduce public exposure to wildland fire smoke

Aug. 23, 2021

Researchers have been awarded $1.1 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for two projects to help school districts and communities reduce exposure to harmful pollution from wildland fire smoke.

Women of Afghanistan stand outside the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Wednesday, March 1, 2006. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush made a surprise visit to the city and presided over a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the embassy. (Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika, US Army National Guard; Source: Wikimedia Commons)

What the pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan means for the nation’s women

Aug. 19, 2021

Geography professor Jennifer Fluri discusses what has changed for women in Afghanistan in the past 20 years and what’s at stake for women's education, as well as women's roles in politics, public life and the economy in light of current events.

Tim Whiten: Tools of Conveyance (Installation view)

CU Art Museum re-opens with new shows, artist-in-residence

Aug. 13, 2021

After being closed to the public for past 17 month, the CU Art Museum is celebrating its re-opening with three new shows, as well as a visiting artist-in-residence this fall.

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