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Rosy-finches are babyÖ±²¥app’s high-alpine specialists, and researchers want to know why

Jan. 19, 2023

Birds that can live at 14,000 feet and also breed at sea level might have evolved more quickly than previously thought.

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Dean’s Innovation Fund awards $317,896 in grants

Jan. 12, 2023

Inaugural group of proposals was ‘universally strong and worthy,’ Dean Glen Krutz notes.

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Why does climate policy lag science?

Jan. 12, 2023

Despite the Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. progress on climate change remains stuck in a climate conundrum, experts say, hampered by politics, complexity and the scope of the problem.

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Nature program helps reduce teenage loneliness, new study finds

Dec. 22, 2022

The MINT study program uses nature-based social intervention to address and dimmish loneliness with teenage parents and their peers.

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What stress does to your brain, and what future remedies could look like

Dec. 15, 2022

Neuroscientists at CU Boulder have discovered that a specific type of brain cell could be a key player in making you feel the negative impacts of stress.

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Wealthy democracies have looser immigration policies, researchers find

Dec. 14, 2022

Political scientist Adrian Shin and UCLA colleague find that rising levels of inequality have opposite effects on immigration policies in wealthy vs. developing economies.

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Research & Innovation Office names newest Faculty Fellow cohort

Dec. 9, 2022

The Research and Innovation Office has announced the 2023 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, which includes 17 babyÖ±²¥app members from departments and research institutes spanning the campus.

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Undergrad uncovers evidence suggesting that CU pioneer favored eugenics

Dec. 7, 2022

CU Boulder undergraduate finds documents indicating eugenics sympathy by museum founder T.D.A. Cockerell.

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Economist finds sweet success with soda taxes

Dec. 6, 2022

CU Boulder researcher finds soda taxes aren’t as regressive as previously feared and do decrease body mass index among non-white youth.

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What Iranian protests mean in the fight for global women’s bodily autonomy

Dec. 2, 2022

Protests in Iran have sent shockwaves through the country as thousands across the globe have joined in solidarity. Marie Ranjbar explains the history of women-led protests in Iran, what's different this time and what the global community can do to support women's bodily autonomy there.

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