Twin Ƶ-Boulder instruments reveal a third radiation belt can wrap around Earth

Feb. 28, 2013

With the flip of a switch, a pair of instruments designed and built by the University of Colorado Boulder and flying onboard twin NASA space probes have forced the revision of a 50-year-old theory about the structure of the radiation belts that wrap around the Earth just a few thousand miles above our heads.

$4.3 million grant will allow Ƶ-Boulder to update 20-year-old groundbreaking STEM study

Feb. 26, 2013

Early next month, researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder will begin the painstaking process of interviewing hundreds of undergraduates in an effort to understand why the rates of students switching out of science, technology, engineering and math majors has remained troublingly high over the last couple of decades despite widespread efforts to address the problem.

Ƶ-Boulder effort helps former students complete their degrees

Feb. 25, 2013

When life’s complications get in the way of graduation, the University of Colorado Boulder offers Ƶ Complete, an academic service designed to assist former Ƶ-Boulder students in completing their bachelor’s degrees. To date, more than 400 former Ƶ-Boulder students have worked with Continuing Education advisers and 78 students have graduated with assistance from Ƶ Complete.

New Ethnic Studies, Materials Science degree programs authorized by the Board of Regents

Feb. 22, 2013

The University of Colorado Board of Regents on Wednesday voted to approve the establishment of a new Ph.D. degree in Comparative Ethnic Studies at Ƶ-Boulder. The board also voted in favor of new master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in Materials Science and Engineering. The new degrees were added to the more than 180 programs offered at the university.

Ƶ-Boulder Army ROTC ranks among nation’s top 8 units

Feb. 21, 2013

The University of Colorado Boulder’s ROTC program has won one of eight MacArthur Awards in the nation for the unit’s achievements in the 2011-12 school year. Ƶ-Boulder was selected as the top unit of the Cadet Command’s Fifth Brigade, which consists of 36 senior Army ROTC programs in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming.

Ƶ-Boulder officials unveil $170 million athletic facilities upgrade proposal for Ƶ’s Board of Regents

Feb. 20, 2013

University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano, Athletic Director Mike Bohn and new head football coach Mike MacIntyre today unveiled a $170 million, multi-year proposal to upgrade Ƶ-Boulder’s football facilities before the Intercollegiate Athletics subcommittee of the Ƶ Board of Regents at the board’s monthly meeting in Colorado Springs.

Ƶ-Boulder announces four finalists for dean of College of Music

Feb. 20, 2013

University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the four finalists selected for the position of dean of the College of Music. The finalists for the position are: Wayne Bailey, professor of conducting and instrumental ensembles, School of Music, Arizona State University; David Myers, director, School of Music, University of Minnesota; Jamal Rossi, executive associate dean, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; and John Schaffer, director emeritus, School of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Ƶ-Boulder amphibian study shows how biodiversity can protect against disease

Feb. 13, 2013

The richer the assortment of amphibian species living in a pond, the more protection that community of frogs, toads and salamanders has against a parasitic infection that can cause severe deformities, including the growth of extra legs, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Ƶ’s anti-violence production of ‘The Tempest’ to tour Colorado schools

Feb. 12, 2013

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s highly praised school anti-violence tour continues in spring 2013 with a new program based on “The Tempest” that focuses on themes of vengeance and forgiveness. Created in conjunction with the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado Boulder, CSF’s “Twelfth Night” anti-bullying tour has now been seen by more than 22,000 Colorado schoolchildren. That inaugural program examined the problem of bullying through the character Malvolio.

Southwest regional warming likely cause of pinyon pine cone decline, says Ƶ study

Feb. 12, 2013

Creeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction, a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ecosystems, says a University of Colorado Boulder-led study.

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