NREL's economic impact tops $872 million, says ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder study

June 4, 2015

The economic impact of the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was $872.3 million nationwide in fiscal year 2014, according to a study by ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder's Leeds School of Business.

FAA grants drone access to Texas and Oklahoma panhandles for weather research

May 27, 2015

A consortium led by the University of Colorado Boulder has received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to start flying drones over parts of Texas and Oklahoma this spring in the heart of Tornado Alley to conduct weather research.

Europa, courtesy of NASA

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder instrument selected for NASA mission to Europa

May 26, 2015

A University of Colorado Boulder instrument has been selected to fly on a NASA mission to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, which is believed to harbor a subsurface ocean that may provide conditions suitable for life.

Pulitzer Prize-winning ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ grad returns to Boulder for ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ NOW

May 26, 2015

It’s not every day you get to work with a Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist as a college student. It’s even less often that you share the same alma mater. When the sixth season of the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ New Opera Workshop, or ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ NOW, kicks off this month, one of the opera professionals mentoring composition students knows Boulder well. Mark Campbell, a 1975 graduate of the Department of Theatre and Dance, is coming back to campus for the first time in 40 years.

Debit cards in pocket

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Money Sense: 5 steps to improve your finances this summer

May 20, 2015

Summer can be a busy time for college students between working, internships, traveling or summer classes. However, now is the perfect time to give your finances a checkup. Click through for five easy steps toward improving your money situation today.

Athletic Hall Of Fame to welcome 11 Buff legends

May 14, 2015

The 11th class that will be inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame on Nov. 5 will feature a diverse group of 11 Golden Buffalo legends who all left indelible marks while attending school and many who went on to great heights once their college days came to an end.

A hopeful new strategy for treating Parkinson’s disease

May 14, 2015

A novel compound developed by a team led by the University of Colorado Boulder may be therapeutic in suppressing misguided inflammatory responses by a set of immune cells known as microglia to perceived damage to the brain and nervous system.

2015 graduates looking at best job market in years

May 8, 2015

It’s graduation time for colleges and universities around the country and for the 5,927 ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder graduates likely to hit the job market there’s good news. That’s because the job market is healthy and strong across the board, says Jon Schlesinger from ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder’s Office of Career Services.

New graduate plans to 'push the envelope of applied demography'

May 8, 2015

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ seven years ago, Rob Kemp had two encounters that changed his life. The first was when a mentor at the university where he earned his bachelor’s degree pushed him to talk with a former ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder PhD student. Until then, Kemp hadn’t really considered going on to graduate school.

Paying it Forward in the Public Achievement Program

May 7, 2015

When Balkarn Singh Shahi looks back on his high school experience, one activity stands out – the University of Colorado Boulder’s Public Achievement program. As a student at Centaurus High School participating in the program, Shahi and peers responded to national public shootings by spearheading a public campaign to prevent gun violence. Now a sophomore at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder, Shahi could not resist the opportunity to give back to the Public Achievement program , which pairs ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder students as coaches with groups of underrepresented K-12 students seeking solutions to their identified salient social issues. Shahi has been a Public Achievement coach, and this year he served as a teaching assistant for the corresponding civic engagement course and new class of coaches.

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