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AB Nexus announces new grant awards with focus on AI, climate change

July 25, 2024

The AB Nexus program announced its 2024 seed grant awards to interdisciplinary research teams from the Boulder and Anschutz campuses. Collectively, the winning teams will receive $713,000 in funding to advance cutting-edge research that improves human health and well-being.

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10 with CU ties headed to 2024 Olympics in Paris

July 25, 2024

Ten athletes with ties to the University of babyÖ±²¥app are set to compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, including six former student athletes, three former students and one current student. Read about these incredible Buffs and check out the viewing guide.

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Unequal access to quantum education may limit progress in this emerging field

July 24, 2024

Universities are beginning to investigate quantum information science education to develop a workforce ready for the technology, and now is the time to improve access. Read from CU experts Bethany Wilcox and Josephine Meyer on The Conversation.

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Australia’s largest iron ore deposits 1 billion years younger than previously thought

July 24, 2024

How did Australia end up with so much iron ore? What researchers discovered in Western Australia redefines how we think about iron deposits—and provides clues on how we might find more. Read from CU expert Liam Courtney-Davies on The Conversation.

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Student curiosity drives new open-source science curricula

July 24, 2024

A coalition of educators from 10 states and led by CU Boulder has released a new series of free science curricula for high school students—touching on issues critical to the lives of young people, from wildfires to rising sea levels and cancer biology.

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Register for Mental Health First Aid for Higher Ed on Aug. 7

July 24, 2024

Mental Health First Aid training is designed to help individuals assist someone experiencing mental health or substance use concerns or crises. This workshop is tailored to university communities.

Eurogang Program of Research team outside the the Institute of Behavioral Science

Institute of Behavioral Science hosts workshop on gang research

July 24, 2024

Last month, the Eurogang Program of Research held their 22nd annual workshop at the Institute of Behavioral Science in Boulder for the first time. Nearly 50 researchers from 11 countries attended.

Former Chancellor Phil DiStefano

Phil DiStefano: A look at the past 50 years on campus

July 24, 2024

Chancellor Philip DiStefano has seen CU Boulder go through plenty of ups and downs over the past 50 years. Now, as he takes on a new chapter, he reflects on his time as a Buff.

Power lines against the sky

Weather-related power outages are on the rise. Here’s why, what to expect in the future

July 23, 2024

Extreme weather is straining the country’s aging power grid from Texas to babyÖ±²¥app and California. Kyri Baker, who studies infrastructure, offers her perspective on what the grid of the future could look like.

Pont Neuf bridge and Cite island over Seine river at night in Paris

As it has for centuries, Paris beguiles and beckons

July 23, 2024

With the 2024 Olympics set to open, a CU Boulder professor ponders Americans’ long love affair with the City of Light.

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