Rainy College Friday doesn’t dampen higher ed interest

April 17, 2015

Celebrating 'College Friday,' 23 students from Denver and Aurora High schools visited CU-Â鶹ӰԺ for a campus tour and to learn about leadership. The event, sponsored by the Crowle y Foundation and hosted by ODECE , served to expose youth interested in higher education to campus opportunities.

Be Â鶹ӰԺ. Week April 20-24

April 17, 2015

By the CUSG Freshman Council The time has come to redefine CU-Â鶹ӰԺ. Beginning with Be Â鶹ӰԺ. Week, we would like to reintroduce you to The Â鶹ӰԺ, a university of excellence.

Liquid crystal bubbles experiment arrives at International Space Station

April 17, 2015

An experiment led by the Â鶹ӰԺ arrived at the International Space Station today and will look into the fluid dynamics of liquid crystals that may lead to benefits both on Earth and in space.

Test better: How to remember that stuff you forgot

April 16, 2015

Finals are on the horizon—how are you preparing? Get the most from your studying techniques and test-taking strategies with this month’s issue of Student Health 101 . Check out the short-term fixes and long-term solutions in our guide to managing your time and maximizing results.

Student life: A passion for aerospace engineering

April 16, 2015

When he was a child, Siddhesh Naik’s mother colored his imagination with ancient myths about Roman eponyms of the sky. Those fascinations remained with him through childhood and ultimately led him to CU-Â鶹ӰԺ to study aerospace engineering as a graduate student.

After successful mission to Mercury, spacecraft on a crash course with history

April 16, 2015

NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury carrying an $8.7 million Â鶹ӰԺ instrument is slated to run out of fuel and crash into the planet in the coming days after a wildly successful, four-year orbiting mission chock full of discoveries.

Astronomy Day celebrates the wonder of the universe

April 15, 2015

If you’ve ever gazed into the night sky and wondered at the magnitude of the universe, you have an opportunity for a closer look of the cosmos during Astronomy Day being held this Saturday at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ. Since 2002, Fiske Planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory, located on the campus, have opened their doors to the public for a free Astronomy Day celebration.

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CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Fred Anderson named 2015 Hazel Barnes Prize winner

April 15, 2015

Professor Fred Anderson of the Â鶹ӰԺ history department has been awarded the 2015 Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the university. Since 1992, the Hazel Barnes Prize has been awarded each year to a CU-Â鶹ӰԺ faculty member who best exemplifies the enriching interrelationship between teaching and research, and whose work has had a significant impact on students, faculty, colleagues and the university.

Renowned behavioral scientist to discuss impact of nurturing environments on April 27 in Â鶹ӰԺ

April 15, 2015

Pioneering behavioral scientist Anthony Biglan will discuss how creating nurturing environments is key to raising better young citizens and building a healthier, happier and more prosperous Colorado and society as a whole on Monday, April 27.

What if President Abraham Lincoln had lived?

April 14, 2015

April 15, 2015 Peter Wood 150 years ago today President Abraham Lincoln died from an assassin’s bullet and the question remains. If Lincoln had not been assassinated would he have been able to successfully reconstruct the South, reunite the country and prevent the Jim Crow laws that essentially replaced slavery in the South for another 100 years?

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