Forced exercise may still protect against anxiety and stress, says CU-Boulder study

April 25, 2013

Being forced to exercise may still help reduce anxiety and depression just as exercising voluntarily does, according to a new study by researchers at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder.

Two CU-Boulder professors named President’s Teaching Scholars

April 24, 2013

CU System news release Three University of babyÖ±²¥app professors, including two at CU-Boulder, have been chosen as 2013 President’s Teaching Scholars, educators who have skillfully integrated teaching and research at a high level throughout their careers at CU.

CU-Boulder professor works to shrink errors in U.S. census data

April 23, 2013

A person searching through the massive expanse of data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in search of details about a specific neighborhood may increasingly find statistics with colossal margins of error, such as an average income of $50,000 plus or minus $50,000. A geographer at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder, one of eight nodes of the National Science Foundation’s newly created Census Research Network, has been granted a five-year $1.4 million grant to see if he can change that.

CU-Boulder’s Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program partners with IMC to offer new Management Consulting Certificate

April 22, 2013

The Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder now offers a graduate-level Management Consulting Certificate. The university is partnering with the Institute of Management Consultants USA, the certifying body and professional association for management consultants and management consulting firms, on the new offering.

CU Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth is 2013 Hazel Barnes Prize winner

April 22, 2013

Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth of the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder’s chemical and biological engineering department has been selected to receive the 2013 Hazel Barnes Prize, the highest babyÖ±²¥app recognition for teaching and research awarded by the university.

Engineering Days, Spring Design Expo scheduled at CU-Boulder

April 18, 2013

Engineering students at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder are gearing up for several days of intensive activity next week, when they will celebrate Engineering Days and display their hands-on design projects at the annual spring Engineering Design Expo. Engineering Days, or E-Days, is an annual celebration of the engineering profession organized by the University of babyÖ±²¥app Engineering Council, or UCEC, and student honor societies. Activities include a water rocket launch, high school and college egg drops, a carnival and other fun activities for students.

CU-Boulder students continue stellar record in international math modeling competition

April 17, 2013

Two University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder undergraduate student teams have been named among the 11 top winners from a field of 5,636 teams that entered the 2013 international Mathematical Contest in Modeling this spring. Only 375 teams, or 6 percent of those entering the contest, were from the United States. The others were from Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

New CU-Boulder study looks at microbial differences between parents, kids and dogs

April 17, 2013

As much as dog owners love their children, they tend to share more of themselves, at least in terms of bacteria, with their canine cohorts rather than their kids.

Aerobic exercise may protect cognitive abilities of heavy drinkers, says CU study

April 16, 2013

Aerobic exercise may help prevent and perhaps even reverse some of the brain damage associated with heavy alcohol consumption, according to a new University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder study.

In sex, happiness hinges on keeping up with the Joneses, CU-Boulder study finds

April 15, 2013

Sex apparently is like income: People are generally happy when they keep pace with the Joneses and they’re even happier if they get a bit more. That’s one finding of Tim Wadsworth, an associate professor of sociology at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder, who recently published the results of a study of how sexual frequency corresponds with happiness. As has been well documented with income, the happiness linked with having more sex can rise or fall depending on how individuals believe they measure up to their peers, Wadsworth found.

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