Your student government: Republican presidential candidate debate watch party

Oct. 16, 2015

CU Student Government (CUSG) is hosting the university's official watch party for the Republican presidential candidate debate on Oct. 28, and we want you to come.

CU biotech start-up gets $1.5 million contract to develop head and neck cancer treatment

Oct. 15, 2015

SuviCa Inc. of Â鶹ӰԺ, a Â鶹ӰԺ biotech start-up company, has been awarded roughly $1.5 million in federal funding to develop novel treatments for head and neck cancer.

Presidential interpretations of the Constitution the focus of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ conference Oct. 15-16

Oct. 14, 2015

The 23rd annual Rothgerber Conference Oct. 15 and 16 will celebrate the career of Professor Hal Bruff, who served as Colorado Law’s dean from 1996 until 2003. Conversations will focus on the questions raised in Bruff’s most recent book, Untrodden Ground: How Presidents Interpret the Constitution , in which he explores how all 44 presidents have responded to pressing matters by setting new legal precedents, which often developed into standard practices.

Love of science: innovation in aerospace-enabled technology

Oct. 12, 2015

When he was in high school, Daniel Pette was fascinated by stars. When his earth science teacher told him that massive stars die out faster than smaller ones, Pette diagrammed a theory to figure out why this was. When he discovered that his findings were correct, Pette became determined to pursue a career in astrophysics.

Your student government: Get involved, run for office

Oct. 9, 2015

Want to get involved with Student Government? There are currently five positions for Representative at Large and five positions for Arts and Sciences Student Government Representative. Holding one of these positions means you can make a positive impact for students here on campus.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ key force in national campus STEM education center initiative

Oct. 8, 2015

The Â鶹ӰԺ and University of Massachusetts Amherst are lead public campuses partnering with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities to create a national network of about 200 campus STEM education centers.

NOAA funds CU-Â鶹ӰԺ-based Western Water Assessment for another five years

Oct. 8, 2015

In 2013, the torrents of water that poured out of the mountains, ripping up roads and inundating Â鶹ӰԺ, Lyons, Longmont and other Front Range communities, also resulted in a deluge of questions. Both the general public and local officials wondered just how unusual this rainfall and flooding had been. Had something like it happened before? Was anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change responsible?

Music on a mission

Oct. 6, 2015

Sometimes the big moments for a musician happen nowhere near the recital hall or the practice room. Sometimes they happen on the other side of the world, in a classroom with a young student who can’t read sheet music, and who can barely speak your language. Classical guitarist Patrick Sutton (DMA'14) splits his time between performing and teaching students in nations without access to music education. He talks about his time spent in Afghanistan, Egypt and South Africa.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ New Venture Challenge teams to make first pitches Oct. 7

Oct. 6, 2015

Thirty-eight teams have signed up to toss their ideas into the entrepreneurial ring the evening of Oct. 7, the first pitch event of the Â鶹ӰԺ’s eighth annual New Venture Challenge. Though the event has reached full registration capacity both for pitchers and audience members, it’s not too late for people to become involved in NVC events throughout the school year building up to the season finals this spring.

Former Interior Department assistant secretary joins CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Getches-Wilkinson Center

Oct. 2, 2015

Anne Castle, who served as assistant secretary for water and science in the U.S. Department of the Interior from 2009 to 2014, has joined the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment – part of the Â鶹ӰԺ law school – as a senior fellow.

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