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Video: Professor discusses right-wing misappropriation of Viking culture amid ‘The Northman’ release

April 29, 2022

White supremacists are touting the new blockbuster “The Northman” for its all-white cast and “macho barbarian stereotypes.” In this video, Mathias Nordvig, head of the Nordic Studies Program, explains how these groups are misappropriating Viking culture and how it impacts Nordic communities in the U.S. and abroad.

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Engineering study finds at least 9 pesticide chemicals near Boulder County homes

April 29, 2022

The air quality study, led by CU Boulder mechanical engineering doctoral candidate Aniya Khalili, aims to inspire the community to lead cleaner lifestyles and promote further research on pesticide exposure.

Grace Vaughn walks a panel of judges, including two CU alumni from Optera, through her team's recommendations

‘The future is bright’: Case competition gives Boulder tech company valuable insights on diversity, equity, inclusion

April 29, 2022

Optera tapped a group of Leeds School of Business undergraduates to help develop strategies that would help the company attract and retain diverse talent as it grows.

Matt Burgess, Renae Marshall, and Joe Neguse

US Reps. Neguse and Curtis discuss bipartisan ways to address climate change

April 22, 2022

The two lawmakers discussed shared motivations, opportunities for consensus-building and how to reduce political polarization around climate change to an audience of more than 150 people.

Rows of storage in a room holding computing technology.

CU Boulder to play leading role in $10 million cyberinfrastructure initiative

April 22, 2022

CU Boulder will lead a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation-funded initiative to reimagine cyberinfrastructure user support services and delivery to keep pace with the evolving needs of academic scientific researchers.

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LASP’s Hybrid Solar Reference Spectrum named new international standard for climate research

April 22, 2022

The new standard, endorsed by the international Committee on Earth Observation Satellites, will reduce uncertainty in global climate models and many more Earth Science applications.

ESA astronaut Alex Gerst working on the International Space Station

Developing cancer treatments in space

April 22, 2022

CU Boulder is leading a $3.3 million project with the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and Mayo Clinic to advance stem cell research in low Earth orbit.

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10 ways LASP is a leader in Earth and climate science

April 22, 2022

In celebration of our amazing planet, for Earth Week we’re featuring 10 ways LASP contributes to crucial Earth and climate science research.

silicon wafer center-finding improvement device

Mechanical engineering students aim to make silicon wafer inspections more efficient

April 21, 2022

The global shortage of semiconductors—the computer chips that products such as smartphones, laptops, cars and even washing machines rely on—are motivating engineers to improve the inspection of the silicon wafers from which semiconductors are fabricated. To help, students have built a silicon wafer center-finding improvement device.

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CU Boulder’s beloved Triceratops returning home to Smithsonian

April 20, 2022

The fossil skull of a Triceratops has sat on display on campus since 1981. Now, the specimen is heading back to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, where paleontologists will continue to study it to answer new questions about this fan-favorite dinosaur species.

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