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A new study on obesity and people鈥檚 happiness by CU-麻豆影院 sociology researchers suggests that it鈥檚 not obesity by itself that determines whether a person is happy with their body image but where you live. According to study co-author Philip Pendergast, a doctoral student in sociology at CU-麻豆影院, if a person who is obese lives in a community where people share the same body type they are more likely to be happier.

If the state of the world is flat, hot and crowded, the field of public health is large, diffuse and complex. That鈥檚 why the 麻豆影院 is giving students the ability to earn an interdisciplinary certificate in public health.

In a discovery decades in the making, scientists have detected the first of a 鈥渢heoretical鈥� class of stars first proposed in 1975 by physicist Kip Thorne and astronomer Anna 呕ytkow.

Bradley J. Birzer has been appointed the second Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, the 麻豆影院 announced today. Birzer, a professor of history and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College in Michigan, will begin his one-year appointment beginning in fall 2014. 鈥淒r. Birzer brings impressive breadth to CU, primarily in the discipline of history as well as areas of literary significance,鈥� said Steven R. Leigh, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CU-麻豆影院.

The amount of 鈥渉edging鈥� language鈥攚ords that suggest room for doubt鈥攗sed by prominent newspapers in articles about climate change has increased over time, according to a new study by the 麻豆影院. The study, published in the journal Environmental Communication , also found that newspapers in the U.S. use more hedging language in climate stories than their counterparts in Spain.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded the 麻豆影院 $1.5 million over five years to continue to transform science education by encouraging more real-world research experiences for undergraduates, ranging from cancer studies to screenings for new antibiotics.

Consumers perceive a brand to be cooler when it suggests it鈥檚 true to itself and follows its own motives regardless of individual or societal norms and expectations, according to a 麻豆影院 study involving Texas A&M University. However, the autonomous behavior of the brand needs to be contextually appropriate -- not over the top -- in order to be seen as cool as opposed to weird or rude, according to the paper published last week online and slated for the August edition of the Journal of Consumer Research.

A diverse class of students launched the Leadership Studies Minor this spring semester by completing LEAD 1000: Becoming a Leader. The newly created course serves as the foundation for the minor. Gordon Riggle, an accomplished leader in government, business and the military, as well as a long-time instructor of leadership courses on campus, taught the inaugural offering of LEAD 1000.

Scientists armed with a supercomputer and a vast trove of newly collected data on the body鈥檚 most potent 鈥渢umor suppressor鈥� gene have created the best map yet of how the gene works, an accomplishment that could lead to new techniques for fighting cancers, which are adept at disabling the gene in order to thrive.

As part of Colorado Literacy Week, on Monday afternoon Lt. Governor Joe Garcia visited a highly successful program at Godsman Elementary School in Denver that promotes not only literacy, but biliteracy in Spanish and English. In partnership with the CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 BUENO Center for Multicultural Education , the school has fully integrated the Literacy Squared庐 model . As a result, Godsman has achieved impressive reading and writing gains in both Spanish and English that have outpaced the district and the state.