Students on laptops at Norlin Library

Internet access via campus network briefly unavailable Aug. 16

Aug. 10, 2017

On Wednesday, Aug. 16, all campus network traffic to and from the internet will be unavailable for approximately 20 minutes between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. due to maintenance of campus border firewalls.

Piedra del Sol petroglyph at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Top research stories of the week: Aug. 10 edition

Aug. 10, 2017

This week's top research news includes a petroglyph that may depict the A.D. 1097 total solar eclipse; ancient DNA used to track the 13th-century Mesa Verde exodus; and the lengthening of Alaska's snow-free season.

an illustration of a nucleosome

Microbe may explain evolutionary origins of DNA folding

Aug. 10, 2017

A new study uncovers surprising similarities in the ways that multicellular organisms fold their DNA.

calculator, budget sheet and pen

Ask financial experts anything during August sessions for employees

Aug. 10, 2017

Do you have questions on budgeting, debt management or retirement? Before the school year ramps up, set aside some time to meet with a financial consultant. Individual, no-cost sessions start Aug. 15.

Nuclear Physics Science Learning Center at CU Â鶹ӰԺ

National program brought 50 students, nuclear physics experts to CU Â鶹ӰԺ

Aug. 10, 2017

CU Â鶹ӰԺ was selected to host this year's National Nuclear Physics Summer School, bringing students and expert lecturers from across the nation to campus.

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings

Ancient DNA used to track abandonment of Mesa Verde in 13th century

Aug. 10, 2017

Ancient DNA used to track the exodus of Pueblo people from Colorado's Mesa Verde region in the late 13th century indicates many wound up in the northern Rio Grande area of New Mexico.

Textbooks on shelf in library

Lend your students a hand, or a book, by using course reserves this fall

Aug. 9, 2017

Course reserves allow faculty to make course materials equally available to all of their students. Reserve books, journal articles, DVDs, sheet music and more through University Libraries.

Young girls learn to code at Girls on Fire summer camp

Girls on Fire ignites a passion for coding

Aug. 9, 2017

With the help of pocket-sized microcontrollers, the Girls on Fire camp is designed to make programming fun and easy for middle school girls.

Teenage actors during curtain call at Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre

Young actors to complete Shakespeare canon with special performance

Aug. 9, 2017

As the Colorado Shakespeare Festival season wraps up, the company has sought the help of teenage actors to help complete their second canon of Shakespeare's plays with a performance of "The Two Noble Kinsmen" Aug. 11.

Aaron Johnson rides bicycle on road with motorists

Students in Focus: Biking bad

Aug. 9, 2017

CU Â鶹ӰԺ doctoral candidate Aaron Johnson says bicyclists don't break the law at greater frequency than motorists, but when they do, motorists seem to selectively notice.

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