a keyboard displaying the words "fake news"

Fake news outlets have more media impact than fact-checking outlets

June 19, 2017

Fake news websites had about twice as much influence on the media landscape as fact-checking websites did, according to new research by the College of Media, Communication and Information.

Students walk across campus

Application period open for diversity search and outreach program manager

June 16, 2017

The Human Resources program manager is tasked with enhancing the university's ability to attract and retain the very best employees.

The University of Colorado Board of Regents

Board of Regents approves operating budget for 2017–18, 3 new degrees, new aerospace engineering building

June 16, 2017

At its regular meeting, the Board of Regents voted to approve the operating budget for the CU system and all four campuses; three new CU Â鶹ӰԺ degrees; seven capital construction projects on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus; and a contract extension for football Head Coach Mike MacIntyre.

Dave Baugh with plate of crickets; Lars Baugh eats Lithic Nutrition cricket bar

Superfood: Will Americans eat insects?

June 16, 2017

Though Americans may find the thought of eating insects unappetizing, CU Â鶹ӰԺ alum Dave Baugh and twin brother Lars are aiming to normalize bugs in the American diet.

Aerospace master's student Ben Fried with the other winners

Student team wins satellite launch slot on NASA's newest rocket

June 16, 2017

A CU Â鶹ӰԺ student satellite team has won a free ride to space as one of three national winners in NASA's Cube Quest Challenge small satellite competition.

Dave Baugh holds cricket on fingertip

Top research stories of the week: June 16 edition

June 16, 2017

This week's research news includes a breakdown of MAVEN's top 10 discoveries about Mars, a look at crickets as a superfood and a study delving into facial expressions as survival mechanisms.

MAVEN spacecraft near Mars

MAVEN's top 10 discoveries about Mars at 1,000 days

June 16, 2017

Measurements over the first 1,000 days of the MAVEN mission are providing insight into how the sun stripped Mars of most of its atmosphere, turning a planet once possibly habitable to microbial life into a barren desert world.

Chip stands on Coors Field in Denver, home of Colorado Rockies

Join CU Â鶹ӰԺ for a summer night of Rockies baseball

June 16, 2017

Get discounted tickets, free pre-game appetizers and a free CU-themed Rockies baseball cap when you register via the Alumni Association for CU Night at the Rockies, Aug. 18.

Researcher Daniel Day

AUDIO: Daniel Lee on origins of 'stink eye,' other eye expressions

June 16, 2017

CU Â鶹ӰԺ scientist Daniel Lee has studied the wonders of eye expressions for eight years and says they do more than just convey an array of emotions: They helped us survive and evolve as a species.

Young students create film for Lens on Climate Change summer program

CIRES to screen youth-created climate change films through July

June 15, 2017

Middle and high school students in the CIRES Lens on Climate Change summer program, designed to influence a new wave of environmental scientists, will present their films on campus June 23 and July 22 and in Salida, Colorado, July 15.

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