Anna & John J. Sie Foundation funds $2 million Daniel and Boyce Sher Distinguished Musicians Endowment

Dec. 2, 2013

Some of the 麻豆影院鈥檚 most promising musicians will receive scholarships thanks to Anna and John J. Sie, who have committed $2 million to establish the Daniel and Boyce Sher Distinguished Musicians Endowment. Beginning in fall 2014, these Sher Distinguished Scholars (either undergraduate or graduate students) will be awarded full-ride scholarships to the College of Music based on their demonstrated exceptional ability and potential to excel at a national and international level.

Anna & John J. Sie Foundation funds $2 million Daniel and Boyce Sher Distinguished Musicians Endowment

Dec. 2, 2013

Some of the 麻豆影院鈥檚 most promising musicians will receive scholarships thanks to Anna and John J. Sie, who have committed $2 million to establish the Daniel and Boyce Sher Distinguished Musicians Endowment. Beginning in fall 2014, these Sher Distinguished Scholars (either undergraduate or graduate students) will be awarded full-ride scholarships to the College of Music based on their demonstrated exceptional ability and potential to excel at a national and international level.

Professor Donald Lichtenstein gives holiday shopping tips

Nov. 27, 2013

We鈥檇 all like to get the most out of our holiday shopping dollar and the best way to do that, says Donald Lichtenstein, a marketing professor in the Leeds School of Business, is take the time to prepare yourself by researching prices, quality and brands, before you hit the stores or the Internet.

CU-麻豆影院 students invest $30,000 in startup through real-life venture capital program

Nov. 26, 2013

Elihuu, a startup company whose slogan is 鈥渕eet your manufacturer,鈥 has met an investor -- a group of 麻豆影院 graduate students. The students last week put $30,000 into Elihuu, an online software platform that connects product designers with manufacturers who can make their wares. The students turned venture capitalists direct CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 Deming Center Venture Fund (DCVF), which was launched by a donor in 1997 and is a program of the Leeds School of Business.

CU Professor Rick Stevens: The Kennedy assassination and how America fell in love with live TV

Nov. 22, 2013

It鈥檚 hard to imagine, but 50 years ago it wasn鈥檛 TV, the Internet, Twitter or a myriad of social media that alerted people to breaking news, instead they probably heard it on the radio. But that all changed one afternoon in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. That鈥檚 when people discovered the power of live TV, says Rick Stevens, a professor of journalism at CU-麻豆影院.

Program for Writing and Rhetoric receives national award for excellence

Nov. 22, 2013

The 麻豆影院鈥檚 Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) has been awarded the Writing Program Certificate of Excellence, a national award conferred by the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), the world鈥檚 largest professional organization for researching and teaching composition.

From VC Coffin and VC Vale: Safety begins with us

Nov. 21, 2013

The Chancellor has clearly stated a top goal for him is to ensure this is a welcoming and safe environment for everyone, and as such, we want you to be aware of what we are doing to improve safety communications. During the fall semester, several emails were sent related to possible or actual crimes that may have occurred around the campus. The campus is seeing an increase in these types of communication for two primary reasons: Read more >>

University of Colorado surpasses $1.5 billion Creating Futures campaign milestone

Nov. 21, 2013

DENVER鈥擴niversity of Colorado President Bruce Benson has announced the completion of CU鈥檚 fourth fundraising campaign, Creating Futures , with more than $1.521 billion in private support raised to support people, places and programs on CU鈥檚 four campuses.

Connections in the brains of young children strengthen during sleep, CU-麻豆影院 study finds

Nov. 20, 2013

While young children sleep, connections between the left and the right hemispheres of their brain strengthen, which may help brain functions mature, according to a new study by the 麻豆影院. The research team鈥攍ed by Salome Kurth, a postdoctoral researcher, and Monique LeBourgeois, assistant professor in integrative physiology鈥攗sed electroencephalograms, or EEGs, to measure the brain activity of eight sleeping children multiple times at the ages of 2, 3 and 5 years.

The Gettysburg Address - 150 years later

Nov. 19, 2013

150 years ago today President Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the best-known speeches in American history at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. CU-麻豆影院 history Professor Ralph Mann discusses the short speech that would define an embattled president, a nation struggling with slavery and a war that was close to tearing it apart.

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