Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to keynote CU Law School鈥檚 Bench and Bar Conference

Sept. 5, 2012

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court will give the keynote address at the University of Colorado Law School鈥檚 Gathering of the Bench and Bar Conference to be held Sept. 19-21 in Boulder.

Continuing Education celebrates 100 years of connecting communities to the University

Sept. 5, 2012

The University of Colorado鈥檚 Division of Continuing Education has come a long way from its humble beginnings in young Macky Auditorium where burlap bags separated staff space in 1912 and the division offered 28 correspondence courses in 11 fields. Today, Continuing Education partners with CU鈥檚 academic departments to offer flexible credit courses representing 35 departments and multiple programs granting nontraditional students and community members access to campus.

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CU鈥檚 three 鈥楻ake鈥檚鈥 mark world-first shared staging of art and music

Sept. 3, 2012

The University of Colorado Boulder is hosting a world premiere shared staging of all three versions of William Hogarth鈥檚 鈥淩ake鈥檚 Progress鈥 in September and October. Exhibitions of the original Hogarth artwork and prints by David Hockney, as well as the staging of Stravinsky鈥檚 opera, will provide a multidisciplinary interpretation of this seminal work in Hogarth鈥檚 career.

CU鈥檚 three 鈥楻ake鈥檚鈥 mark world-first shared staging of art and music

Aug. 31, 2012

The University of Colorado Boulder is hosting a world premiere shared staging of all three versions of William Hogarth鈥檚 鈥淩ake鈥檚 Progress鈥 in September and October. Exhibitions of the original Hogarth artwork and prints by David Hockney, as well as the staging of Stravinsky鈥檚 opera, will provide a multidisciplinary interpretation of this seminal work in Hogarth鈥檚 career.

CU-Boulder鈥檚 Student Involvement Week kicks off Sept. 4

Aug. 31, 2012

With hundreds of student groups, clubs and organizations on campus, students at the University of Colorado Boulder have numerous opportunities to find their niche. Beginning Sept. 4, CU-Boulder will hold its annual Student Involvement Week, which includes a variety of events and fairs offering students information about different clubs and organizations on campus and in the greater Boulder community.

NOAA selects CU-Boulder to continue joint leadership of CIRES

Aug. 30, 2012

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected the University of Colorado Boulder to continue a federal/academic partnership that extends NOAA鈥檚 ability to study climate change, improve weather models and better predict how solar storms can disrupt communication and navigation technologies. The selection means that NOAA will continue funding the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES, for at least five years and up to 10 more years. CIRES was established at CU-Boulder in 1967.

CU officials urge fans to show sportsmanship and responsibility during CU-CSU game

Aug. 29, 2012

University of Colorado Boulder officials are urging CU fans to show sportsmanship and take buses or carpool with a designated driver to the 2 p.m. Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown football game on Saturday, Sept. 1.

Running with Ralphie

Aug. 29, 2012

The first time Taylor Stratton saw CU-Boulder鈥檚 mascot Ralphie run onto the field at a home football game, she knew she wanted to join the team of Ralphie Handlers.

Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent ever recorded, says CU-Boulder research team

Aug. 27, 2012

The blanket of sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean melted to its lowest extent ever recorded since satellites began measuring it in 1979, according to the University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 National Snow and Ice Data Center.

CU-Boulder 鈥榩hoto origami鈥 proposal wins $2 million NSF grant

Aug. 27, 2012

The art of origami has inspired children and artists all over the world because of the amazing objects that can be created by folding a simple piece of paper. Now an engineering research team at the University of Colorado Boulder has won a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a light-controlled approach for 鈥渟elf-assembly鈥 mechanisms in advanced devices based on the same principles.

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