Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano

Chancellor's Corner: How new immigration restrictions affect the CU community

Jan. 30, 2017

The University of Colorado has heard from many students, faculty and staff concerned about how the new restrictions on immigration and the ability of non-United States citizens to enter the U.S. will affect the CU Boulder community.

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High-altitude water acts as atmospheric escape route for Martian hydrogen

Jan. 30, 2017

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered an atmospheric escape route for hydrogen on Mars, a mechanism that may have played a significant role in the planet’s loss of liquid water.

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Register today: Software Carpentry Workshop, March 13 and 14

Jan. 27, 2017

Join Research Computing (RC) on March 13 and 14 for the next Software Carpentry Workshop, which aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills.

College of Engineering and Applied Science Assistant Dean for Communications, Strategy and Planning Phil Larson

White House, SpaceX veteran Larson joining CU Boulder

Jan. 27, 2017

Dean Bobby Braun has announced Phil Larson's appointment to assistant dean for communications, strategy and planning in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, where he will lead strategic relations.

Matthew Hurst and Christine Reilly

Two aerospace students make '20 Twenties' to watch

Jan. 27, 2017

Aerospace undergraduates Matthew Hurst and Christine Reilly are being recognized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' awards program "Tomorrow's Engineering Leaders: The 20 Twenties."

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Six friends choose love over fear in 'Unspoken' play

Jan. 27, 2017

CU Boulder’s 2016-17 theatre season continues with Unspoken, a 2016 work by New Play Festival winner and PhD candidate Kevin Crowe. The intimate portrait of six friends living in New York City runs Feb. 15 to 19 in CU’s Loft Theatre.

a map showing recent snow totals in California's Sierra Nevada range

Recent storms recouped 37 percent of California’s five-year snow-water deficit

Jan. 27, 2017

The recent “atmospheric river” weather pattern that pummeled California with storms from late December to late-January may have recouped 37 percent of the state’s five-year snow-water deficit.

collared pika shown in a rocky habitat

Rapid trait evolution crucial to species growth, CU Boulder study finds

Jan. 27, 2017

Rapid evolution at the edges of a given species habitat may play a larger role in population expansions than previously suspected, according to the results of a new University of Colorado Boulder-led study.

Richard Johnson, MD

Johnson to lecture on climate change, evolution of humans

Jan. 26, 2017

On Friday, Jan. 27, the Distinguished Lecture Series will feature Richard Johnson, MD. The lecture, titled "Climate Change and the Evolution of Humans," discusses a mutation in uric acid metabolism that likely occurred in Europe as a survival advantage for apes living there.

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OIEC information sessions on Colorado pregnancy legislation

Jan. 26, 2017

The Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance (OIEC) has scheduled information sessions to educate CU Boulder employees on the law requiring Colorado employers to assess potential accommodations for conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth.

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