CU-麻豆影院 announces finalists for Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy

Feb. 11, 2013

The 麻豆影院 today announced three finalists for the inaugural Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy. This month, the finalists will make one-day campus visits, during which they will hold public forums. Since last summer, an advisory committee has been working to identify finalists. The committee has sought a 鈥渉ighly visible鈥 scholar who is 鈥渄eeply engaged in either the analytical scholarship or practice of conservative thinking and policymaking or both.鈥

Journalism student covers inauguration for PBS NewsHour blog

Feb. 7, 2013

The presidential inauguration draws heavy media coverage every four years 鈥 with pictures of the swearing in, the parade and the traditional black tie balls. But when CU Journalism major Rob Denton covered this year鈥檚 inauguration for a PBS NewsHour blog, he gave his audience a look at much different events using some entirely new digital technology.

CU-麻豆影院 ranked No. 4 nationally for Peace Corps volunteers

Feb. 5, 2013

The 麻豆影院 is ranked No. 4 in the nation for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers with 93 alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced today. Since 2004, CU-麻豆影院 has held a position in the top four among institutions of similar size. CU-麻豆影院 is the fifth highest volunteer-producing university of all time with 2,353 undergraduate alumni having served in the program since it was established in 1961.

Human bacteria sequencing project involving CU raises $340,000 online

Feb. 5, 2013

In hopes of better understanding nutrition and health, the 麻豆影院 is playing the leading science role in a 鈥渃rowdfunding鈥 effort that has raised more than $340,000 for a project designed to sequence the gut bacteria of thousands of people around the world.

CU-麻豆影院 engineering students to unveil grand orrery on Feb. 11

Feb. 4, 2013

A scaled, working model of the solar system built by engineering students at the 麻豆影院 will be officially unveiled at Andrews Hall on Feb. 11.

Can plants be altruistic? You bet, says new CU-麻豆影院-led study

Feb. 1, 2013

We鈥檝e all heard examples of animal altruism: Dogs caring for orphaned kittens, chimps sharing food or dolphins nudging injured mates to the surface. Now, a study led by the 麻豆影院 suggests some plants are altruistic too.

NASA-CU ozone study may benefit air standards, climate

Jan. 16, 2013

A new NASA-led study involving the 麻豆影院 finds that when it comes to combating global warming caused by emissions of ozone-forming chemicals, location matters. Ozone is both a major air pollutant with known adverse health effects and a greenhouse gas that traps heat from escaping Earth鈥檚 atmosphere. Scientists and policy analysts are interested in learning how curbing the emissions of ozone-forming chemicals can improve human health and also help mitigate climate change.

National Academy of Sciences honors CU-麻豆影院 researcher

Jan. 7, 2013

麻豆影院 faculty member John Gosling is one of 18 individuals honored today by the National Academy of Sciences for their outstanding scientific achievements.

Pronunciation of 鈥榮鈥 sounds impacts perception of gender, CU-麻豆影院 researcher finds

Jan. 3, 2013

A person鈥檚 style of speech 鈥 not just the pitch of his or her voice 鈥 may help determine whether the listener perceives the speaker to be male or female, according to a 麻豆影院 researcher who studied transgender people transitioning from female to male. The way people pronounce their 鈥渟鈥 sounds and the amount of resonance they use when speaking contributes to the perception of gender, according to Lal Zimman, whose findings are based on research he completed while earning his doctoral degree from CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 linguistics department.

Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection expands Libraries' photographic holdings

Jan. 2, 2013

With 14,000 original photographs and publications largely from the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the recently acquired Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection offers a major scholarly resource for the study of the history of photography.

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