CU 麻豆影院 Police Sgt. John Zizz leads active harmer training class on campus

CUPD to host active harmer response class Oct. 3

Sept. 22, 2022

Join a free active harmer response class for faculty, staff and students. No registration is needed; simply show up ready to learn what to do in an active harmer situation using the national 鈥渞un, hide, fight鈥 protocol.

Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building at sunset

CU 麻豆影院 student advancing safety for orbiting spacecraft

Sept. 22, 2022

Sarah Luettgen is building a future as an aerospace professional, studying the space domain of satellite orbits in the extreme upper reaches of Earth鈥檚 atmosphere.

Students visit a booth at the 2022 Be Involved Fair

10 things to do this weekend: Gold Rush game, 鈥楤ros鈥 sneak preview, more

Sept. 22, 2022

This weekend brings space exploration with Fiske Planetarium's theater manager, a Leeds football pregame, a walk for diabetes research, a CU soccer game and tailgate, the Martin Acres block party, the 鈥淩adical Reimagining鈥 dance series and more.

Artist's depiction of spacecraft about to slam into an asteroid

NASA intentionally crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. This engineer watched it happen

Sept. 22, 2022

On Monday, NASA鈥檚 Double Asteroid Redirection Test slammed into an asteroid called Dimorphos at speeds of more than 14,000 miles per hour. CU 麻豆影院 aerospace engineer Jay McMahon breaks down how this test could one day help to protect life on Earth.

Engineer inspects SUDA instrument in a clean room

New Colorado space instrument part of flagship mission to Europa

Sept. 21, 2022

In two years, a dust analyzer designed and built at CU 麻豆影院 will launch aboard NASA鈥檚 Europa Clipper spacecraft, aiding in its mission to determine if Jupiter's icy moon Europa has conditions that could support life.

Students sit in a circle in the grass

A handful of universities may control flow of ideas, people in academia

Sept. 21, 2022

In the United States, 80% of university faculty were trained at just 20% of the nation鈥檚 schools, according to new research from computer scientists at CU 麻豆影院.

Members of the British royal family follow behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it is carried out of Westminster Abbey

Despite emphasis on tradition, many British royal ceremonies aren鈥檛听so old

Sept. 21, 2022

Westminster Abbey has witnessed nearly a millennium of British history鈥攂ut many rituals, like those at royal funerals, are by no means ancient. How has the ornate church and its significance to the monarchy changed over centuries? CU historian Paul Hammer shares on The Conversation.

Tia Kennedy

Why this Indigenous rights activist doesn't take clean water for granted

Sept. 21, 2022

Millions of people don鈥檛 think twice when turning on the tap, but Indigenous activist and Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit panelist Tia Kennedy never takes a glass of water for granted. As a member of both the Oneida Nation of the Thames and Walpole Island First Nation, her connection to water is ancient. Learn more about Kennedy and how to get involved in the summit.

Aerial photo of CU 麻豆影院

CU to contribute data to national map that tracks community overdoses

Sept. 20, 2022

CU鈥檚 is the first university police department in Colorado to contribute data to the ODMAP project, designed to help public safety and public health agencies detect areas of dangerous drug activity and save lives.

A sampling of birth control methods

Youth in child welfare system lack access to birth control

Sept. 19, 2022

Only about one-third of eighth and ninth graders involved with the child welfare system in Colorado have received information on birth control, and fewer than half know how to access it, according to new research.

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