Jaylon McGhee

Grad student advancing the aerodynamics of wind turbines

Aug. 18, 2020

Jaylon McGhee is researching next-generation wind turbine designs through a prestigious National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship.

Margot Gage Witvliet in hospital

I’m aÌıCOVID-19Ìılong-haulerÌıand an epidemiologist—here’s how it feels when symptoms last forÌımonths

Aug. 17, 2020

Imagine going from healthy and active to fearing you are dying almost overnight. CU alumna and epidemiologist Margot Gage Witvliet shares her story on The Conversation.

Norlin Library

Researching communication and social justice with the University Libraries

Aug. 17, 2020

In a recent CU Boulder Where You Are discussion, Lawrence Frey addressed how scholars can strive to make a difference—not just hope others will use their research to make a difference—in how we talk about social justice initiatives.

John Crimaldi

Only the nose knows: New international network explores how odors lead to actions

Aug. 17, 2020

A groundbreaking new international research network led by CU Boulder is aimed at understanding how animals use information from odors in their environment to guide behavior, with far-ranging implications for our understanding of the human brain.

CU Boulder athlete holds up a vial for testing his saliva for the coronavirus.

How an ultra-fast screening test and a team of contact tracers aim to keep campus safe

Aug. 14, 2020

Before ever entering a residence hall, students moving to campus will spit in a tube, hand it over and wait just 45 minutes for their COVID-19 test results.

A business closed during the COVID lockdown.

babyÖ±²¥app to lose 128,500 jobs in 2020, report forecasts

Aug. 13, 2020

The babyÖ±²¥app economy will lose thousands of jobs in 2020, according to a new report from the Business Research Division at CU Boulder's Leeds School of Business.

Stock image of a person wearing a face mask in a supermarket

How to use ventilation and air filtration to prevent the spread of coronavirus indoors

Aug. 12, 2020

The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. Ventilation and filtration techniques hold the key to slowing the spread indoors. Mechanical engineering professor Shelly Miller shares on The Conversation.

A banner collage of Fort Lewis College and CU Boulder's campuses

CU Boulder, Fort Lewis College announce new postdoctoral teaching fellowship

Aug. 10, 2020

This new collaborative program between the two institutions looks to ultimately improve teaching across the state.

A group of COSI scholarship recipients

CU Boulder, Jeffco Schools Foundation announce scholarships

Aug. 10, 2020

A new partnership among CU Boulder, the Jeffco Schools Foundation, The Ball Foundation and other industry and individual donors will leverage babyÖ±²¥app Opportunity Scholarship Initiative funding to provide more than $860,000 in scholarships.

Tractor in field

Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulfur in the environment

Aug. 10, 2020

New research identifies fertilizer and pesticide applications to croplands as the largest source of sulfur in the environment—up to 10 times higher than the peak sulfur load seen in the second half of the 20th century, during the days of acid rain.

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