Catalyze CU teams work at white boards

Catalyze CU to culminate with celebratory pitch event July 27

July 19, 2017

CU Â鶹ӰԺ's summer startup accelerator Catalyze CU welcomed its fourth round of participants in May. Now the teams are set to give five-minute pitches at Demo Day.

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Opioids, obesity—not 'despair deaths'—raising mortality rates for whites

July 19, 2017

Mortality researchers are challenging the idea that economically influenced "despair deaths" are killing middle-aged white men, pointing to prescription painkillers and obesity instead.

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Discovery could lead to fewer side effects, better results for cancer patients

July 19, 2017

A revelation involving the damage radiation-exposed cells from cancer treatments can do to healthy cells, causing side effects, could be good news for patients.

Graduate students gather at David Ciplet's home to share podcasts

Student podcast series tells stories of inequality, struggle, transformation

July 19, 2017

CU Engage's Just Transition Collaborative is partnering with a local public radio station to offer a new radio/podcast series called "The Brink: stories of inequality, struggle and transformation."

Lynn R Wolfe

Faculty in Focus: Work still beckons soon-to-be centenarian artist

July 18, 2017

The Art and Art History Department is celebrating the life, work and hundredth birthday of one of its formative faculty members, Lynn R. Wolfe. An exhibition of Wolfe's work runs through Aug. 31.

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CUPD to practice drills at Folsom Field

July 18, 2017

Scheduled preparedness exercises at Folsom Field in the afternoons of July 19 and 24 will mean limited access to the stadium and a visible increase in emergency response personnel.

sabrina spencer

Faculty in Focus: Cracking the cellular code

July 18, 2017

A leading researcher in quantitative biology, Assistant Professor Sabrina Spencer has made a name for herself in her field through hard work and a dynamic view on cellular research.

Aerial image of the Jennie Caruthers Biotechnology Building on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus.

State accelerator program fosters CU Â鶹ӰԺ spin-off companies

July 18, 2017

Colorado's Advanced Industry Accelerator continues to foster CU Â鶹ӰԺ spin-off companies, awarding the campus $2.5 million in awards over the past three years.

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Researchers to study environmental, human impacts of nuclear war

July 18, 2017

Scientists and students from CU Â鶹ӰԺ and Rutgers are calculating the environmental and human impacts of a potential nuclear war using the most sophisticated scientific tools available.

Chemistry equipment

Research could zap heavy metals out of drug production

July 18, 2017

Oana Luca has won a green chemistry "ignition" grant for her innovative chemistry approach. Her research involves a more sustainable way of creating pharmaceuticals.

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