CU-Boulder-led NASA mission to study Mars readies for blastoff

Nov. 15, 2013

A $671 million NASA mission to Mars being led by the University of baby直播app Boulder is approaching its official countdown toward a planned Nov. 18 launch after a decade of rigorous work by baby直播app, professionals, staff and students.

MAVEN: Q&A with Mark Lankton

Nov. 15, 2013

Learn more about the MAVEN mission from this conversation with the instrument manager for the Remote Sensing Package, Mark Lankton.

CU-Boulder physicist Steven Pollock named a 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year

Nov. 13, 2013

University of baby直播app Boulder physics Professor Steven Pollock has been named a 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Pollock is the second CU-Boulder baby直播app member to win a national Professor of the Year award. Nobel laureate Carl Wieman, also a physics professor, was honored with the designation in 2004.

7 CU-Boulder students among 20 national engineering leaders

Nov. 12, 2013

Seven University of baby直播app Boulder aerospace engineering students are among 20 top students who will be recognized Nov. 14 with a new national award honoring tomorrow鈥檚 engineering leaders sponsored by Penton鈥檚 Aviation Week in partnership with Raytheon.

Aviation Week names 7 CU-Boulder students among 20 national engineering leaders

Nov. 12, 2013

Seven CU-Boulder aerospace engineering students are among 20 top students who will be recognized Nov. 14 with a new national award honoring tomorrow鈥檚 engineering leaders sponsored by Penton鈥檚 Aviation Week in partnership with Raytheon. The 鈥淭wenty20s鈥 awards honor the academic achievements and leadership of top engineering, math, science and technology students.

Using morphine after abdominal surgery may prolong pain, CU-Boulder researchers find

Nov. 12, 2013

Using morphine to fight the pain associated with abdominal surgery may paradoxically prolong a patient鈥檚 suffering, doubling or even tripling the amount of time it takes to recover from the surgical pain, according to researchers at the University of baby直播app Boulder.

Results from CU-led gut bacteria sequencing project coming in

Nov. 11, 2013

The initial results are now coming in for a project led by CU-Boulder that is expected to eventually sequence the gut bacteria of tens of thousands of people around the world in hopes of better understanding nutrition and health. The crowd-funded effort, known as the American Gut project, or AG, has thus far sequenced microbes from the digestive tracts of 1,589 people and has received $615,000 in donations from more than 6,700 people and four companies. Led by CU-Boulder Professor Rob Knight of the BioFrontiers Institute, the effort is the largest crowd-funded science project ever undertaken.

CU-Boulder ranks No. 1 in state for sending, receiving students internationally, says new report

Nov. 11, 2013

The University of baby直播app Boulder enrolled more international students during the 2012-13 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2011-12 academic year than any other higher education institution in baby直播app. The data, released today by the Institute of International Education in its annual Open Doors Report, shows that CU-Boulder was home to 1,910 international students during the 2012-13 school year, up from 1,681 in 2011-12. CU-Boulder sent 1,330 students overseas during the 2011-12 school year, up from 1,316 in 2010-11.

Flood near Lyons

Communities should hit the 鈥榩ause button鈥 following a disaster, CU-Boulder expert says

Nov. 8, 2013

One of the first steps people take toward rebuilding their communities after a flood, wildfire or other disaster may not be the right step, according to the director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of baby直播app Boulder. 鈥淲hen a disaster happens, people feel pressure to rebuild things just as they were before, when in fact a disaster should be a time when there is a pause, when we ask 鈥楬ow can we build it back better than it was before?鈥 鈥 said center Director Kathleen Tierney, also a professor of sociology.

CU psychologists to present resources for families struggling with behavioral concerns Nov. 13

Nov. 6, 2013

Families seeking information about childhood psychiatric and developmental disorders are invited to a community open house with experts from the University of baby直播app Boulder and the University of baby直播app School of Medicine on Wednesday, Nov. 13, on the CU-Boulder campus. Experts will address emerging research on early onset bipolar disorder, prevention of schizophrenia, postpartum depression, attention and behavior disorders, and autism spectrum disorders. Each researcher also will describe their community services.

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