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When unstable technology is a good thing

March 13, 2017

Life is messy, and mostly we use technology to keep it tidy. But is there a place for technology that embraces messiness and unpredictability? Yes, and it's in the ATLAS Institute.

Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano

Spring Town Hall set for March 13

March 12, 2017

Join members of the campus community for the Chancellor's Spring Town Hall, 鈥淎dvancing Strategic Imperatives on Campus." Introduced by Chancellor DiStefano, followed by a panel with members of campus leadership. Monday, March 13 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the UMC. Light refreshments will be provided.

Boston Marathon runners

Top three research stories of the week: March 10 edition

March 10, 2017

This week's top research stories include a study on how marathoners could break the world record among males, new research suggesting that lactate plays a role in cancer formation and a look at a professor's research preserving Cherokee traditions.

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The odds of picking a perfect NCAA bracket, explained by a mathematician

March 10, 2017

The odds of filling out a perfect NCAA men鈥檚 basketball tournament are beyond impossible, according to applied mathematics professor Mark Ablowitz.

Presentation in Glenn Miller Ballroom

Call for nominations: Distinguished Research Lectureship

March 10, 2017

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Distinguished Research Lectureship, which honors a tenured faculty member recognized for a distinguished body of achievement and prominence.

Student biking on campus

CU 麻豆影院 takes the gold among bicycle-friendly universities

March 10, 2017

The League of American Bicyclists has recognized CU 麻豆影院 with the Gold Bicycle Friendly University award, placing CU in a cutting-edge group of colleges and universities across the U.S. transforming their campuses and the communities around them.

Aerospace summit

Groundbreaking space missions, student success focus of Aerospace Summit

March 10, 2017

Alumni, industry execs and other space buffs celebrated the state鈥檚 growing prominence in aerospace鈥攆rom probing the Bennu asteroid to an array of industry partnerships鈥攁t the second annual CU 麻豆影院 Aerospace Summit earlier this week.

Ken Wright

CU 麻豆影院 source available to discuss impact of daylight saving time on sleep

March 10, 2017

Kenneth Wright. With daylight saving time just around the corner鈥攊t officially kicks in at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 12鈥攊t's time to be careful out there. Kenneth Wright says there鈥檚 an increased risk of fatal car crashes, heart attacks and strokes following the 鈥渟pring ahead鈥 daylight saving time shift. The University...

Students having discussion

Fernbach receives grant to study cognitive basis of extremism

March 10, 2017

What makes us argue so heatedly over things we know so little about? Philip Fernbach, assistant professor of marketing at Leeds School of Business, has received a grant to conduct research exploring how to improve public discourse.

Professor Valerie Otero teaches physics class

CU 麻豆影院 honored for graduating six physics teachers in 2015鈥16

March 10, 2017

The Physics Teacher Education Coalition recently announced CU 麻豆影院's induction into The 5+ Club, a group of institutions recognized for graduating five or more physics teachers in a given year.

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