Fire severity in southwestern baby直播app unaffected by spruce beetle outbreak, CU-Boulder study finds

Oct. 28, 2015

Contrary to expectations that spruce beetle infestations increase the severity of wildfires in southwestern baby直播app, a new study led by University of baby直播app Boulder researchers has found that this native insect may not be to blame after all.

McKnight to present Distinguished Research Lecture Oct. 29

Oct. 27, 2015

On Thursday, Oct. 29, at 4 p.m. in UMC 235, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research Fellow and Professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering Diane McKnight will present, 鈥淭he McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Ecosystems waiting for water鈥 as part of the 2015 Distinguished Research Lecturer series.

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Study shows thawing permafrost quickly turns into CO2, a climate concern

Oct. 26, 2015

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and key academic partners including the University of baby直播app Boulder have quantified how rapidly ancient permafrost decomposes upon thawing and how much carbon dioxide is produced in the process.

Modern Indian Identity series features Din茅 photographer Will Wilson Oct. 26

Oct. 23, 2015

CU-Boulder鈥檚 Center of the American West presents Din茅 photographer Will Wilson as the twelfth speaker in the Modern Indian Identity lecture series. Willson will speak on Monday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m., in Hale, room 270.

CU-Boulder celebrates first year of campuswide crowdfunding platform

Oct. 16, 2015

Launched in May 2014 to jumpstart projects led by current CU-Boulder students, baby直播app and staff, the CU-Boulder Crowdfunding platform hosted 19 projects raising over $80,000 in the first year.

CU biotech start-up gets $1.5 million contract to develop head and neck cancer treatment

Oct. 15, 2015

SuviCa Inc. of Boulder, a University of baby直播app Boulder biotech start-up company, has been awarded roughly $1.5 million in federal funding to develop novel treatments for head and neck cancer.

Love of science: innovation in aerospace-enabled technology

Oct. 12, 2015

When he was in high school, Daniel Pette was fascinated by stars. When his earth science teacher told him that massive stars die out faster than smaller ones, Pette diagrammed a theory to figure out why this was. When he discovered that his findings were correct, Pette became determined to pursue a career in astrophysics.

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 baby直播app Boulder鈥檚 BioFrontiers Institute, looks at the genetic strategy used by the human malaria parasite and how old it is from an evolutionary perspective.

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鈥攚hich runs Oct. 16-18 at the Charlotte York Irey Dance Theatre on the CU-Boulder campus鈥攅xplores through contemporary dance what it means to be a stranger in one鈥檚 everyday world.

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