NASA awards CU-Boulder $1 million to make short science films for planetariums

Oct. 12, 2015

NASA has awarded the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium $1 million for the development of short, full-dome videos about space science-related discoveries that will be distributed to hundreds of planetariums nationwide.

Malaria parasites use same genetic strategy for apes, humans

Oct. 12, 2015

A new paper published today in the journal Nature Communications and co-authored by a researcher at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder’s BioFrontiers Institute, looks at the genetic strategy used by the human malaria parasite and how old it is from an evolutionary perspective.

NOAA funds CU-Boulder-based Western Water Assessment for another five years

Oct. 8, 2015

In 2013, the torrents of water that poured out of the mountains, ripping up roads and inundating Boulder, Lyons, Longmont and other Front Range communities, also resulted in a deluge of questions. Both the general public and local officials wondered just how unusual this rainfall and flooding had been. Had something like it happened before? Was anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change responsible?

Music on a mission

Oct. 6, 2015

Sometimes the big moments for a musician happen nowhere near the recital hall or the practice room. Sometimes they happen on the other side of the world, in a classroom with a young student who can’t read sheet music, and who can barely speak your language. Classical guitarist Patrick Sutton (DMA'14) splits his time between performing and teaching students in nations without access to music education. He talks about his time spent in Afghanistan, Egypt and South Africa.

Former Interior Department assistant secretary joins CU-Boulder’s Getches-Wilkinson Center

Oct. 2, 2015

Anne Castle, who served as assistant secretary for water and science in the U.S. Department of the Interior from 2009 to 2014, has joined the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment – part of the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder law school – as a senior fellow.

babyÖ±²¥app business confidence notches downward ahead of fourth quarter, says CU-Boulder index

Oct. 1, 2015

The confidence of babyÖ±²¥app business leaders again dipped slightly going into the fourth quarter of 2015, but remains in positive territory, according to the Leeds Business Confidence Index released today by the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder’s Leeds School of Business.

CU-Boulder leading new drone project to study severe storms

Sept. 30, 2015

The University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder is the lead institution on a $1.9 million federal grant to develop autonomous aerial robotic systems that will enable new atmospheric science applications, including observing and better understanding the behavior of severe storms.

Offering entrepreneurship seed funding, CU-Boulder puts out call for babyÖ±²¥app, staff

Sept. 29, 2015

Faculty and staff members at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder seeking funding for projects involving entrepreneurship or a problem-solving mindset are invited to submit proposals for the new CU-Boulder Campus Entrepreneurship Seed Awards .

CU-Boulder collaboration presents 'Round and Round Up and Down' Oct. 10-11

Sept. 28, 2015

"Round and Round Up and Down: A 31st Century Child's Guide to Spirals or The Time Traveler's Bathroom Reader" is a kid-friendly and adult-friendlier performance that winds through the imagination by way of science, mathematics, storytelling and dance. The show runs Saturday Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11, at Fiske Planetarium. Both performances start at 7 p.m.

CU Theatre & Dance presents 'The Otherland'

Sept. 28, 2015

CU Theatre & Dance continues its 2015-16 season with "The Otherland," an MFA dance concert created by Bailey Anderson and Rosely Conz. Their show—which runs Oct. 16-18 at the Charlotte York Irey Dance Theatre on the CU-Boulder campus—explores through contemporary dance what it means to be a stranger in one’s everyday world.

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