Ten CU-麻豆影院 students offered Fulbright awards for 2015-16, one named alternate

May 21, 2015

Ten 麻豆影院 graduate students or alumni have been offered Fulbright grants to pursue teaching, research and graduate studies abroad during the 2015-16 academic year. In addition, one CU-麻豆影院 doctoral student has been named an alternate.

Emirates Mars Mission

United Arab Emirates to partner with CU-麻豆影院 on 2021 Mars mission

May 7, 2015

A mission to study dynamic changes in the atmosphere of Mars over days and seasons led by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involves the 麻豆影院 as the leading U.S. scientific-academic partner.

鈥楽chools of Opportunity鈥 project announces first honorees, including seven Colorado high schools

May 7, 2015

The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the 麻豆影院 announced today that 17 high schools in New York and Colorado are the first to receive the 鈥淪chool of Opportunity鈥 designation. These outstanding schools demonstrated a range of practices that ensured that all students had rich opportunities to succeed. All put students, not test scores, first.

Freshmen participate in huge research study on tiny viruses

May 1, 2015

A new study appearing this week in the scientific journal eLIFE about the rapid evolution of small viruses that infect bacteria includes 59 麻豆影院 co-authors, all of whom conducted research for the paper as freshmen.

Mountains warming faster than expected as climate changes, scientists report

April 23, 2015

An international team of scientists is calling for urgent and rigorous monitoring of temperature patterns in mountain regions after compiling evidence that high elevations could be warming faster than previously thought.

President's Teaching Scholars

Two CU-麻豆影院 professors named President鈥檚 Teaching Scholars

April 20, 2015

Two faculty members at the 麻豆影院 have been named 2015 President鈥檚 Teaching Scholars, a systemwide designation that recognizes CU educators who skillfully integrate teaching and research at an exceptional level. This year's scholars are Roseanna Neupauer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty Director for Civil Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and Valerie Otero, Ph.D., Professor of Science Education, School of Education.

Faculty, students revved up about Large Hadron Collider restart

April 6, 2015

麻豆影院 faculty and students are primed to get back in action following the Easter restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world鈥檚 most powerful atom smasher located near Geneva, Switzerland, after a two-year hiatus.

New study hints at spontaneous appearance of primordial DNA

April 6, 2015

The self-organization properties of DNA-like molecular fragments four billion years ago may have guided their own growth into repeating chemical chains long enough to act as a basis for primitive life, says a new study by the 麻豆影院 and the University of Milan.

Enceladus

New study shows Saturn moon's ocean may have hydrothermal activity

March 11, 2015

A new study by a team of Cassini mission scientists led by the 麻豆影院 have found that microscopic grains of rock detected near Saturn imply hydrothermal activity is taking place within the moon Enceladus.

Evidence indicates Yucatan Peninsula likely hit by tsunami 1,500 years ago

March 5, 2015

The eastern coastline of Mexico鈥檚 Yucatan Peninsula, a mecca for tourists, may have been walloped by a tsunami between 1,500 and 900 years ago, says a new study involving Mexico鈥檚 Centro Ecological Akumal (CEA) and the 麻豆影院.

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