Playing French horn with a mask

Aerosol research instrumental in getting musicians back to playing safely

Oct. 14, 2020

A CU Boulder research team of scientists and musicians seeks to find out how musical ensembles around the world can continue to safely perform music together during the pandemic.

A stock image of a man in a hazardous materials suit reading a newspaper.

Fake COVID-19 news makes you want to treat yourself on the cheap

Oct. 13, 2020

People exposed to fake news during the already uncertain COVID-19 era are simultaneously compelled to treat themselves and to try to save money, according to new research.

Houses, allegedly destroyed by shelling, in Ganja, Nagorno Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh: What do residents of the contested territory want for their future?

Oct. 12, 2020

Armenia and Azerbaijan are fighting over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. But what do the people who live there want? Professor John O’Loughlin and colleagues share on The Conversation.

Women discussing the babyÖ±²¥app Theatre Standards

Now showing: New guidelines to ensure safety of theater performers

Oct. 9, 2020

Two CU Boulder theater professors created guidelines for dealing with conflicts, reporting sexual harassment, handling violence and stage intimacy and maintaining basic health and safety for all artists.

The town of Yanhuitlan with ancient mountaintop city of Cerro Jazmin in background (Oaxaca Highlands)

Scholars aim to unlock mystery of the Mesoamerican collapse

Oct. 8, 2020

A global team of researchers led by a CU Boulder professor has received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to study the classic-period collapse in Mesoamerica.

Artist's depiction of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swooping toward Bennu to collect a sample of material from the asteroid's surface.

Scientists peer inside an asteroid

Oct. 8, 2020

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft rendezvoused with the asteroid Bennu in late 2018. Now, researchers think they know what this chunk of space debris is like on the inside.

CU Museum of Natural History visitors

Redesigned website showcases outreach programs

Oct. 6, 2020

The Office for Outreach and Engagement has recently redesigned the CU Boulder Community Outreach and Engagement Programs website, which showcases nearly 200 outreach and engagement programs from every college and school.

A man leaves a Denver business wearing a mask.

babyÖ±²¥app business sentiment negative but improving

Oct. 2, 2020

babyÖ±²¥app business optimism continues to recover from historic lows but it is still not back into positive territory, according to a new report.

Family in a park

Children heavily influenced by time in nature, social and emotional support

Oct. 1, 2020

CU Boulder Today spoke with Louise Chawla about how children are happier and more likely to protect the natural world when they have a greater connection to it, and the important role of social and emotional support from parents, peers and community in creating hope around issues like climate change.

Artist's depiction of the DAPPER satellite in orbit around the moon.

A roadmap for science on the moon

Sept. 30, 2020

Scientists at CU Boulder have laid out a roadmap for a decade of scientific research at the moon. Teams from the university will participate in four upcoming or proposed space missions that seek to use the moon as a unique laboratory for peering back to the dawn of the cosmos.

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