CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Selected for Two Lunar Research Grants Totaling $11 Million

Jan. 9, 2009

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ was awarded two grants totaling $11 million today from NASA's Lunar Science Institute to probe the cosmos from observatories on the moon and to conduct science and safety investigations on the dusty lunar surface and its atmosphere.

Author Art Spiegelman to Speak at CU Jan. 25 as Part of Comic Exhibit at UMC

Jan. 8, 2009

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and illustrator Art Spiegelman will give a free public lecture on the history and importance of comics on Sunday, Jan. 25, at 4:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium highlighting a month-long exhibit titled "Graphia: Comics, Graphic Novels and the Humanities on the Front Range."

Hank Brown's CU Political Science Class to Focus on Health Care Reform; Invited Lecturers Include Gov. Bill Ritter and Former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm

Jan. 8, 2009

With a new president and a new Congress taking up the nation's business in less than two weeks, health care reform will loom large on the national agenda. That makes it a timely and relevant subject for University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ political science professor and CU President Emeritus Hank Brown to tackle this semester, which he and a CU-Â鶹ӰԺ undergraduate political science class will do in a special course titled "The Politics of Health Care Reform."

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Freshmen to Participate in HHMI Program to Research Genomes of Viruses

Jan. 8, 2009

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is one of 12 colleges selected today by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to participate in the Science Education Alliance, an ambitious higher education program designed to involve freshmen in scientific discovery on a national scale.

Wildfire Burning in Â鶹ӰԺ County

Jan. 7, 2009

The Â鶹ӰԺ County Sheriff's Office and local fire departments are combating a large wildfire in Â鶹ӰԺ County northwest of the City of Â鶹ӰԺ. The fire is not threatening the University of Colorado campus or the immediate campus environs or central City of Â鶹ӰԺ.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Students Approach Final Countdown in National Nanosatellite Competition

Jan. 7, 2009

With thousands of hours logged on the project over nearly two years, University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ students are approaching the finals in what has been referred to as the national championship series for satellite design, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant to Antiviral Drugs, Says CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Study

Jan. 7, 2009

A new University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ study shows the resistance of the avian flu virus to a major class of antiviral drugs is increasing through positive evolutionary selection, with researchers documenting the trend in more than 30 percent of the samples tested.

Colorado Trade with Europe is Subject of CU Conference

Jan. 6, 2009

Colorado's trade with the European Union, which brings billions to the state and has been growing, is the subject of a conference in Denver this month.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Researchers Show Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on 'Clicker' Questions

Jan. 1, 2009

Across the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ campus students are sharing answers, checking their responses to questions against those of their neighbors and making adjustments to those answers in hopes of earning a better grade.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Strength and Conditioning Coach Offers Tips to Get into Shape for Winter Sports

Dec. 31, 2008

It's not too late to get into shape for your favorite winter sports activity with the snow piling up in the Colorado high country.

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