Genetic Clues to Evolution of Jaws in Vertebrates Unearthed by CU-Led Team

Sept. 23, 2010

A half-billion years ago, vertebrates lacked the ability to chew their food. They did not have jaws. Instead, their heads consisted of a flexible, fused basket of cartilage.

2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges Highlights Three CU-Boulder Programs

Sept. 23, 2010

Three University of baby直播app at Boulder programs receive special recognition in the recently released 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges, including a Top 10 ranking as "environmental studies schools that should be on your radar."

U.S. Senate Confirms CU Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman as Associate Director for Science

Sept. 22, 2010

Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman of the University of baby直播app at Boulder has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as associate director for science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Desert Dust Reduces baby直播app River Flow, Says New Study

Sept. 20, 2010

Dark-colored dust that settles on snow in the Upper baby直播app River Basin makes the snow melt early and robs the baby直播app River of about 5 percent of its water each year, says a new study co-authored by researchers from the University of baby直播app at Boulder-based Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES.

CU-Boulder Incoming Class Shows Growth in Graduate and International Students

Sept. 20, 2010

The University of baby直播app at Boulder's fall 2010 census figures show an enrollment of 29,952 degree- and licensure-seeking students, a total enrollment within 1 percent of last year, with increases in graduate, international and students of color enrollment.

CU Faculty Members Awarded 'Distinguished Professor' Title

Sept. 17, 2010

The University of baby直播app Board of Regents today awarded three professors the university's highest baby直播app honor, designation as Distinguished Professor.

Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest 2010 Extent, Third Lowest in Satellite Record

Sept. 15, 2010

The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the third-lowest recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice extent in 1979, according to the University of baby直播app at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center.

NASA Awards CU-Boulder $6.7 Million to Design Instruments for Mission to Sun

Sept. 15, 2010

A team from the University of baby直播app at Boulder has been awarded $6.7 million from NASA to design, develop and test instruments for the fastest space probe ever built, one that will orbit 22 times closer to the sun than Earth and well inside the orbit of Mercury to better understand how the sun ticks.

CU-NREL Energy Institute Launches Study of Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles in Boulder

Sept. 14, 2010

The University of baby直播app at Boulder's Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, or RASEI -- a joint venture with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory -- will partner with Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. in a field study of household experiences and the technical impacts of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHVs, in a "smart grid" environment.

New CU-Boulder Research Sheds Light on Why Our Brains Get Tripped Up When We're Anxious

Sept. 13, 2010

A new University of baby直播app at Boulder study sheds light on the brain mechanisms that allow us to make choices and ultimately could be helpful in improving treatments for the millions of people who suffer from the effects of anxiety disorders.

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