the thinker

Prof set to lead the American Philosophical Association

July 18, 2023

Bob Pasnau, CU Â鶹ӰԺ professor of philosophy, outlines some of his goals upon becoming the APA’s Central Division president while also making a case for the value of studying philosophy in college.

Stars and mountains

CU Â鶹ӰԺ, Fort Lewis College support Native American astrophysics students

July 13, 2023

Julie Comerford, associate professor of astrophysics, initiated the NSF-funded research program opening pathways to students often underrepresented in physical sciences.

sunflower

Are sunflowers Colorado’s best hedge against climate change?

July 11, 2023

In the state’s dry, nutrient-deficient soil, CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers and others aim to learn if the crop can survive and even thrive in a hotter, drier future.

blue and red light

New material shows potential for better solar cells, more effective medical imaging

July 6, 2023

CU Â鶹ӰԺ chemistry researcher Joel Eaves and his co-investigators demonstrated how designing interfaces between organic and inorganic materials can convert low-energy light to high-energy.

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The power of speaking up

July 5, 2023

CU Arts & Sciences grad Krouse wins prestigious Edgar Award for true-crime memoir about CU’s early 2000s sexual-assault scandal.

brain neurons

Chemist to study molecular inner workings of Alzheimer’s disease

July 5, 2023

Maciej Walczak, CU Â鶹ӰԺ associate professor of chemistry, won a $2 million NIH grant to investigate how certain sugars modify a brain protein associated with neurodegeneration.

Moscow

What’s next for Putin’s Russia?

June 29, 2023

An agreement between the Wagner mercenary group and the Russian government averts a civil war for now, but the future is less clear, according to CU Â鶹ӰԺ Russia expert and political science professor

DNA

CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Marvin Caruthers wins inaugural Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology for developing technology that efficiently synthesizes DNA

June 28, 2023

The $400,000 award recognizes the far-reaching medical impact of Caruthers’ development, in the early 1980s, of an efficient and fast method to synthesize nucleic acids.

grasslands

Research studying grassland resilience to climate change receives USDA grant support

June 22, 2023

CU Â鶹ӰԺ Ecology and Evolutionary Biology scientist Katharine Suding is leading ongoing research in partnership with City of Â鶹ӰԺ Open Space.

mayan artifact

Ghosts, global warming and hunter-gatherers

June 15, 2023

A recently published paper co-authored by CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Fernando Villanea offers new insights into what happened to the populations of Central Mexico a millennium ago.

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