CU cross country and track and field athlete Kaitlyn Benner was selected Pac-12 Woman of the Year for the 2018-19 academic year

Kaitlyn Benner named Pac-12 Woman of the Year

July 11, 2019

CU's Kaitlyn Benner was selected Pac-12 Woman of the Year for the 2018-19 academic year, the conference office announced on Thursday.

The Hungo Pavi great house in Chaco Canyon

Food may have been scarce in Chaco Canyon

July 10, 2019

Chaco Canyon, a site that was once central to the lives of precolonial peoples called Anasazi, may not have been able to produce enough food to sustain its estimated population numbers.

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Expert available to discuss presidential campaign fundraising, Hickenlooper campaign

July 10, 2019

Political Science Professor Ken Bickers is available to discuss why fundraising during the 鈥渋nvisible primary鈥 is so vital to candidates and the challenges facing John Hickenlooper.

Geologist Carolyn Crow investigating moon rocks at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

A once-in-a-lifetime look at Apollo moon rocks

July 10, 2019

More than 50 years after humans first set foot on the moon, one CU 麻豆影院 researcher will gain access to a cache of never-before-studied lunar rocks.

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New drug therapy for cancer treatment based on CU 麻豆影院 research

July 9, 2019

A new drug therapy for cancer treatment, spun out of research performed in a CU 麻豆影院 biochemistry lab, may provide better results for patients with solid cancers and hematologic cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma.

Expert available to discuss uses, flaws of facial recognition software

July 9, 2019

Facial recognition technology is in the spotlight, after numerous media outlets reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using it to mine state driver鈥檚 license databases without motorists鈥 knowledge.

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After Trump Twitter decision, free speech, social media expert available for media interviews

July 9, 2019

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump is violating the First Amendment by blocking certain Twitter users from the account that he uses to speak as president.

Amie Stepanovich, incoming executive director of University of Colorado Law School's Silicon Flatirons Center

Silicon Flatirons Center names new director

July 9, 2019

Amie Stepanovich, incoming executive director for University of Colorado Law School's Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, is a nationally recognized expert in domestic surveillance, cybersecurity, and privacy law.

Multimedia artist Pamela Z

Alumna Pamela Z wins Rome Prize

July 9, 2019

Multimedia artist Pamela Z (Mus 鈥78) was one of just two composers awarded with the coveted fellowship at the American Academy in Rome this April.

A garden shovel with dirt on it.

Gardening: How getting dirty planting things has surprising health benefits

July 9, 2019

This week on the Brainwaves podcast: Gardening. It鈥檚 good for your physical health and your food budget. We have an interview with Chris Lowry, an associate professor of integrative physiology at CU 麻豆影院, who wants to make a stress vaccine out of an unseen ingredient hidden deep in the soil.

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