Professor Jill Litt looks over an eggplant at a community garden next to Regis University in Denver

Can gardening prevent cancer? CU study seeks to find out

Sept. 19, 2017

Ask someone who gardens what they love most about it, and the answer often is: it makes them feel better. A new trial is exploring the measurable health benefits of community gardening.

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Augmented reality app animates local park sculptures

Sept. 18, 2017

A new augmented reality app designed by CU Â鶹ӰԺ scientists brings sculptures to life at Lafayette's Geometry Point and at home. Watch the video.

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Gang expert goes behind bars to study who joins, who leaves and why

Sept. 18, 2017

David Pyrooz has interviewed hundreds of gang members, searching for insight into how some manage to avoid or escape what he calls "the snare" of gang life, while others succumb to it.

St. Anthony uranium mine in New Mexico

Engineering technique could help clean up lingering radioactive waste

Sept. 14, 2017

CU Â鶹ӰԺ engineers are testing a new technique to clean up western Colorado sites contaminated by uranium mining.

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CU Â鶹ӰԺ scientists ready for Cassini mission grand finale

Sept. 13, 2017

After a highly successful mission, the Cassini spacecraft will give up Saturn's last secrets to CU Â鶹ӰԺ scientists before disintegrating in the planet's dense atmosphere Sept. 15.

Pink flowers in the Rocky Mountains

Researchers to create digital archive of Rocky Mountain plants

Sept. 13, 2017

CU Â鶹ӰԺ and collaborating partners have been awarded $2.9 million from the National Science Foundation to create a digital archive of more than 1.7 million plant specimens native to the southern Rocky Mountain region.

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Scientists are analyzing your tweets and FB posts: Is it ethical?

Sept. 11, 2017

Social computing researcher Casey Fiesler, of the College of Media, Communication and Information, has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study legal and ethical issues surrounding big data research.

Drones at Pawnee National Grassland

New swarming drone technology could help find lost hikers, study wildlife

Sept. 6, 2017

CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers have developed an advanced drone "swarming" technology that allows a single pilot to operate multiple unmanned aircraft for a variety of missions.

Michael Sachs works with CU Â鶹ӰԺ trumpet section during 2015 Cleveland Orchestra residency

Cleveland Orchestra members return for third residency

Sept. 6, 2017

Members of the Cleveland Orchestra will work side by side with CU Â鶹ӰԺ students and faculty Sept. 11-13 during what has become one of the College of Music's most anticipated biennial events.

Puzzle pieces illustrating genetic material

CU Â鶹ӰԺ lands funding for advanced study of gene-environment interactions

Sept. 1, 2017

Jason Boardman has made headlines studying the interactions between people's genes and their environment. Now he's helping launch a first-of-its-kind program to train young scholars in the cross-disciplinary field.

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