Dozens of reporters recite the same script for Sinclair Broadcast

Media consolidation takes toll on local news but doesn’t necessarily bias coverage

Oct. 20, 2021

A new analysis of 350,000 news stories produced by conservative media giant Sinclair Broadcast Group finds when the company buys a station, local news definitely takes a hit. But it did not find any evidence, at scale, that coverage shifts toward a more conservative slant.

Researcher handles large syringe filled with oxygen microbubbles

CU Boulder spinoff company develops technology that could treat COVID-19 complications

Oct. 20, 2021

After a year when the nation experienced a shortage of mechanical ventilators to help treat patients with severe COVID-19 complications, Professor Mark Borden's company Respirogen presents another treatment option: oxygen microbubbles.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking at CU Boulder in 2016

Oct. 25 visit with Dalai Lama offers educators unique opportunity

Oct. 19, 2021

Educators and the community are invited to join a virtual conversation on cultivating compassion and dignity in schools. The Oct. 25 event offers babyֱapp educators a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help interview the Dalai Lama.

Scientists on a Greenland ice sheet (Photo by Jason Gulley, July 2020)

Got questions about the Arctic? INSTAAR’s journal has ‘Arctic answers’

Oct. 18, 2021

INSTAAR’S open access journal “Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research” now offers Arctic Answers, science briefs to help everyone understand how climate change in the Arctic affects the Earth.

An image of a U.S. 100-dollar bill and a pocket watch

For investors who miss their retirement targets, fees in target-date funds may be to blame

Oct. 15, 2021

Leeds School of Business research finds target-date fund sponsors overcharged investors by $30 billion from 2008 to 2019.

A mostly dry river bed in the Rocky Mountains

As climate resilience moves to forefront for Intermountain West, new leader takes reins

Oct. 15, 2021

Ben Livneh, CIRES fellow and assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, is adding a new title to his resume: director of Western Water Assessment.

Art easel in a classroom with young children

Kindergartners from low-income schools wait more, move less than wealthier school peers

Oct. 13, 2021

In a massive undertaking, a team of educational researchers traveled to 32 kindergarten classrooms to discover how young children spend their time during a typical day at school.

Child working on laptop computer

Kids and their computers: Several hours a day of screen time is OK, study suggests

Oct. 12, 2021

New CU Boulder data suggests lots of time on screens may even improve peer relationships, but the study comes with caveats. Doctoral student Katie Paulich shares on The Conversation.

People hold up Cuban flag in Havana 2020

The role of music in Cuban protests

Oct. 12, 2021

This summer, Cuban citizens erupted into a series of protests against their government. In this Q&A, Professor Susan Thomas speaks about the role musicians played in the recent demonstrations and in Cuban protests throughout history.

Lightning strikes during storm

Lightning strikes may trigger short-term thinning in the ozone layer

Oct. 11, 2021

New research shows how a bizarre phenomenon that stretches from Earth's surface hundreds of miles into space can alter the chemistry of the atmosphere.

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