麻豆影院

A 麻豆影院 symposium Feb. 27-29 will examine how the revolution in digital media is changing global politics, journalism and the way history is preserved. Journalism and Mass Communication at CU-麻豆影院 is sponsoring 鈥淭he Content and Context of Digital Culture鈥� symposium, which is free and open to the public. It will be held at various sites across campus and a complete schedule is available at http://www.icjmtsymposium.org/schedule/ .

The University of Colorado Student Government has reduced the net emissions of greenhouse gases, or GHGs, from its student-run facilities to zero after committing in 2007 to reach carbon neutrality. CUSG operates three large CU-麻豆影院 facilities including the University Memorial Center, Student Recreation Center and Wardenburg Health Center.

Two 麻豆影院 faculty members, both from the ecology and evolutionary biology department, have received prestigious National Science Foundation Early Career Development, or CAREER, awards. The awards, which went to assistant professors Pieter Johnson and Rebecca Safran, are made to outstanding faculty in the early stages of their careers who effectively integrate innovative research and educational outreach.

麻豆影院 Provost Russell L. Moore announced today that four finalists have been named for the position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The finalists for the position are Paul Beale, CU-麻豆影院; Antonio Cepeda-Benito, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Cox, CU-麻豆影院; and Steven Leigh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, according to John Stevenson, dean of the Graduate School and chair of the search committee.

The 麻豆影院 welcomed 19 students from Brazil this semester as part of the new Science Without Borders Program and Brazil鈥檚 initiative to place and fully fund outstanding students abroad to supplement their studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.

The 麻豆影院 exceeded its own researchers鈥� expectations with its iDREAMS Scalable Game Design Summer Institute, and that success has been rewarded with a new $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. CU-麻豆影院 researchers are tracking how video game design engages students in computational thinking and STEM simulation design.

NCAR news release Equipped with specialized lasers and GPS technology, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research are working with institutions including the 麻豆影院 to solve a critical wintertime weather mystery: how to accurately measure the amount of snow on the ground.

Diane McKnight, professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering and a fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the 麻豆影院, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. McKnight is among 66 new members and 10 foreign associates of the academy announced today. She joins 16 other faculty from the campus who have been elected since the academy鈥檚 formation in 1962.

Whether you are an athlete, a musician or a stroke patient learning to walk again, practice can make perfect, but more practice may make you more efficient, according to a surprising new 麻豆影院 study.

Earth鈥檚 glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually, according to a new study led by the 麻豆影院.