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- Nearly 80% of stroke survivors experience walking issues and many turn to ankle braces for support, but the functionality of these braces is still very limited. Assistant Professor Cara Welker is leading a new, collaborative research project that aims to transform the way these assistive devices are designed.
- Doctoral student Krithik Ranjan analyzed 33 student learning tools and developed a “spectrum of tinkerability” that offers designers new ways to think about teaching computational skills.
- CU Boulder's William Kuskin, who teaches a course on comics and graphic novels, considers Superman's enduring appeal as Hollywood debuts a new adaptation about the Man of Steel.
- Four seniors in the Quantum Forge class at CU Boulder recently completed their year-long project with Xairos Systems, Inc., giving them an inside look at working in the industry.
- Ten years ago, a pioneering spacecraft flew past Pluto, sending startling images of the dwarf planet back to Earth. Current and former students at CU Boulder reflect on their time working on the mission.
- CU Boulder flood modeler Zhi Li explains why current flood warnings can leave communities unprepared—and how high-resolution forecasting and better risk communication could save lives.
- Anant Telikicherla is developing new instrumentation to improve the space weather forecasting of damaging solar flares.
- A recent event, which drew 166 participants to the CU Boulder campus, marked an industry-wide step toward cutting emissions tied to building materials like steel and concrete.
- Through its more than 100-year history, public media in the United States has represented diverse audiences and broadcast in areas that commercial media hasn’t.
- In research recently published in Science, CU Boulder scientists detail how light—rather than energy-intensive heat—can efficiently and sustainably catalyze chemical transformations.