University of Colorado President Bruce Benson today announced Creating Futures, a $1.5 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign, the most ambitious in university history, which will benefit people, programs and places across CU's four campuses.
DENVER 聳 Four of the University of Colorado's faculty leaders in math, aerospace, psychiatry and internal medicine have been designated as President's Teaching Scholars for 2011, including two at CU-麻豆影院.
麻豆影院 senior Kendra Stone spent part of the past semester in one of her classes tutoring 麻豆影院 High students, some of whom were struggling in the classroom due to a language barrier, while others were excelling but needed to overcome other obstacles.
Shane Baldauf, a sophomore in architecture and planning at the 麻豆影院 who is dedicated to 聭green' and affordable housing, has been awarded a prestigious Udall Scholarship.
Faculty and students at the 麻豆影院 will continue to play a significant role in the development of the Dream Chaser, a commercial spacecraft that will be used to carry astronauts to low Earth orbit, thanks to a new $80 million grant from NASA to Sierra Nevada Corp.
With commencement quickly approaching and spring temperatures warming, 麻豆影院 senior Bryant Mason is working hard to prepare vegetable gardens and get crops in the ground before he graduates.
Scientists seeking to understand the origin of the human mind may want to look to honeybees -- not ancestral apes -- for at least some of the answers, according to a 麻豆影院 archaeologist.
Two students at the 麻豆影院 have been awarded major teaching fellowships by the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation, or KSTF, for 2011. CU-麻豆影院 undergraduates Julia Ratcliff and Cacia Steensen were among 37 new fellowships awarded nationwide for teachers of biology, mathematics and physical science.
Karl Linden, professor of environmental engineering and a water treatment expert, has been leading a yearlong study of the environmental fate of the oil dispersants used in the Gulf of Mexico cleanup. His research team has traveled to the Gulf area to collect samples and is investigating the chemical constituents in the dispersant, as well as its sunlight-based decay in the laboratory. Linden can be reached at 303-492-4798 or karl.linden@colorado.edu .
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused social disruption and psychological stress among Gulf residents that is similar to the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez spill and the impacts are likely to persist for years, a new study finds.