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- When William Kristofer Buxton was in middle school, vocal nodules left him with 鈥渆ssentially no voice.鈥 Now he's earning degrees in theatre and speech pathology, and he aims to pursue both paths in his career.
- The first question in conservation is whether to focus on conserving species or habitat. Anthropologist Joanna Lambert has proposed conservation tactics that focus on particular primate species.
- <p>With environmental justice programs showing minimal success in bringing equality to low-income communities, Jill Harrison is actively exploring bureaucratic causes, and she has won a fellowship from American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), which will support her work.</p>
- Without scholarships, a lot of 鈥榮uper smart鈥 students would not be able to attend or finish college, CU 麻豆影院 students and philanthropists note.
- CU 麻豆影院 research team has found marked health benefits from electric-assist commuter bikes and 鈥榩assive-cycling鈥; now, the team is studying an under-the-desk cycle that shows similar promise.
- Political science is the degree that Kreps earned from the 麻豆影院 in 1993. And it鈥檚 for that interest which Kreps, who passed away last April at the age of 45, is memorialized in the newly renovated Ketchum Arts and Sciences Building.
- <p>It was during a summer-long family trip to Europe that 13-year-old Mary Ann Casey cemented her career plan: diplomacy. "You embark overseas as a citizen of a single country; you return home as a citizen of the world," says Casey.</p>
- Scientists in the 麻豆影院 Sleep and Development Laboratory recently found that 4- 5-year-olds who go to bed later and are exposed to brighter nighttime light experience delays in the timing of their brain鈥檚 central timekeeper鈥攖he biological clock. That, in turn, could lead to night-owl schedules that are associated with a host of health problems.
- Two-time Emmy-winning producer and 麻豆影院 alumna Alexis Martin Woodall (BFA-film production, BA-film studies 鈥02) says CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 film-studies program gave her the power to craft compelling stories on the editing floor.
- John Warner is a dentist who鈥檚 climbed and skied mountains in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe, raced motorcycles and mountain bikes, and, incidentally, served as a town mayor, search-and-rescue volunteer, orchestra backer, and dentist-of-mercy in Guatemala.