University of Colorado tallies $878.3 million in sponsored research funding

Aug. 20, 2015

University of Colorado faculty research merited $878.3 million in research awards during the 2014-15 fiscal year, based on preliminary figures, representing a near-record year for the four-campus system.

CU-Boulder ranked 34 in prestigious global list

Aug. 18, 2015

The University of Colorado Boulder was ranked No. 34 in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) released today by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Acclaimed 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' author Azar Nafisi gives free lecture Aug. 20 at CU-Boulder

Aug. 12, 2015

Award-winning Iranian writer Azar Nafisi will speak on 鈥� The Republic of Imagination: Humanities and the Future of Democracies 鈥� at the Best Should Teach Lecture from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at Macky Auditorium.

Eight questions about atmospheric science in Alaska with Gijs de Boer

Aug. 11, 2015

Stuck oil rigs, grizzly bears and changing weather patterns are just a few of the obstacles Gijs de Boer and his team of researchers encountered on the ground in Oliktok Point, Alaska. De Boer, a scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), who works in NOAA鈥檚 Earth System Research Laboratory, spent the last two weeks deploying the DataHawk 2, a small, lightweight, unmanned aircraft, designed by CU-Boulder鈥檚 Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences.

Impressive Perseid meteor shower to peak next week, says CU-Boulder expert

Aug. 7, 2015

It鈥檚 August and that means the hottest show in the night sky -- the Perseid meteor shower -- will make its annual appearance, peaking in the pre-dawn hours of Aug. 11 to 14.

Salt flat indicates some of the last vestiges of surface water on Mars, CU-Boulder study finds

Aug. 7, 2015

Mars turned cold and dry long ago, but researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered evidence of an ancient lake that likely represents some of the last potentially habitable surface water ever to exist on the Red Planet.

CU-Boulder鈥檚 Mini Law School open for registration

Aug. 6, 2015

For the fourth year, the CU-Boulder's Mini Law School, which is open to the campus community and the public, will be offered from 6 to 7:30 p.m. over eight Tuesdays Sept. 8 to Nov. 3. Designed for non-lawyers wanting to grasp and navigate the basics of the legal system, the course will cover everything from constitutional law to intellectual property, environmental, estate planning, family, criminal and business law, as well as litigation.

Natural selection can impede formation of new species

Aug. 5, 2015

An intriguing study involving walking stick insects led by the University of Sheffield in England and the University of Colorado Boulder shows how natural selection, the engine of evolution, can also impede the formation of new species.

gaugewear Inc. to commercialize wearable technology prototype

July 27, 2015

As the business of wearable technology continues to boom, a new University of Colorado technology that allows for the control of electronic devices with one-handed taps, swipes and touches has been optioned to the Boulder company gaugewear Inc.

Residents in wildfire-prone areas underestimate their risk

July 27, 2015

The vast majority of people living in areas prone to wildfires know they face risk, but they tend to underestimate that risk compared with wildfire professionals, according to a CU-Boulder study.

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