Office basketball pool picks not going so great? Here is why, says ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder math professor

March 25, 2014

It took 48 games for the first and second rounds of the 64-team NCAA men’s basketball tournament to be decided, and millions of fans are deliriously awaiting the Sweet 16 to commence later this week.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder alum and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson heading for space station

March 19, 2014

University of Colorado Boulder alumnus and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson will blast off with two Russian crewmates for the International Space Station March 25, his third mission to the orbiting facility.

Lunar crater Daedalus

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder-led study on lunar crater counting shows crowdsourcing effective, accurate tool

March 13, 2014

A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder showed that as a group, volunteer counters who examined a particular patch of lunar real estate using NASA images did just as well in identifying individual craters as professional crater counters with five to 50 years of experience.

Innovative solar-powered toilet developed by ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder ready for India unveiling

March 12, 2014

A revolutionary University of Colorado Boulder toilet fueled by the sun that is being developed to help some of the 2.5 billion people around the world lacking safe and sustainable sanitation will be unveiled in India this month.

Study involving ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ shows deadly relationship between huge O-type stars and small forming stars

March 10, 2014

The Orion Nebula is home to hundreds of young stars and even younger protostars known as proplyds. Many of these nascent systems will go on to develop planets, while others will have their planet-forming dust and gas blasted away by the fierce ultraviolet radiation emitted by massive O-type stars that lurk nearby.

Physician bias does not affect hypertension treatment for minority patients, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder study finds

March 6, 2014

Doctors’ unconscious biases favor whites but do not affect high blood pressure treatment for their minority patients, according to a University of Colorado Boulder study, even though a previous study by the same research group found that doctors’ biases are reflected in lower ratings by African-American patients. The new research, led by Irene Blair, an associate professor in ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, is published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Jefferson Awards celebrate well-rounded excellence

March 5, 2014

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ System news release DENVER – Five members of the University of Colorado community are recipients of the 2014 Thomas Jefferson Award, among the highest honors given at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, the state’s flagship university.

Bright pulses of light could make space veggies more nutritious, says ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder study

March 4, 2014

Exposing leafy vegetables grown during spaceflight to a few bright pulses of light daily could increase the amount of eye-protecting nutrients produced by the plants, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. One of the concerns for astronauts during future extended spaceflights will be the onslaught of eye-damaging radiation they’ll be exposed to. But astronauts should be able to mitigate radiation-induced harm to their eyes by eating plants that contain carotenoids, especially zeaxanthin, which is known to promote eye health.

Momentous gift of Holocaust archive to ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder will draw scholars from around world

March 4, 2014

The Mazal Holocaust Collection, considered the world’s largest privately owned Holocaust archive and the most significant U.S. collection outside of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has been donated to the University of Colorado Boulder.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder joins national pledge to double study abroad by 2020

March 3, 2014

The University of Colorado Boulder has pledged to double the number of ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder students who participate in an international educational experience by 2020. The commitment, which will be implemented by ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder’s Study Abroad Programs office, is part of the Generation Study Abroad pledge launched today by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

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