a photo of Deborah Jin

In Memoriam: Deborah Jin

Sept. 19, 2016

Deborah Jin passed away Sept. 15, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 47. Jin was an internationally renowned physicist and Fellow with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an Adjoint Professor in the Department of Physics at 抖阴短视频 Boulder, and a Fellow of JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado.

a student testing an aerial drone in Boulder, Colorado

抖阴短视频 Boulder awarded $437 million in research funding for FY15-16

Sept. 16, 2016

University of Colorado Boulder researchers were awarded nearly $437 million in research grants in the 2015-16 fiscal year, continuing a decade鈥檚 worth of robust growth in sponsored research funding for the campus.

Colorado Law students Adria Robinson and Dave Digiacomo in 2011 talk with a group of South High School students in Denver as part of the Constitution Day Program.听(Photo by Patrick Campbell/University of Colorado)

Promoting constitutional literacy in high schools across the state

Sept. 16, 2016

Colorado Law students and alumni, as well as local attorneys, are visiting schools everywhere in Colorado from Glenwood Springs to Wray, Parker, Longmont, Fort Collins, Denver and beyond to guide discussions as part of the annual Constitution Day Program offered by the Byron R. White Center.

Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril addresses a room full of students

Ex-Libyan prime minister says technology won鈥檛 save the world

Sept. 15, 2016

Five years after the Arab Spring uprisings rocked the Middle East, former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril offered University of Colorado Boulder students a front-row perspective on the protests鈥 genesis, their shortcomings and the lessons the world should absorb in the coming decades.

a satellite image showing Arctic sea ice cover

2016 Ties 2007 for Second Lowest Arctic Sea Ice Minimum

Sept. 15, 2016

The Arctic鈥檚 ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent on September 10, 2016, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), part of CIRES and the University of Colorado Boulder.

researchers working on a glacier surface in the High Arctic

'False' biosignatures may complicate search for ancient life on Earth, other planets

Sept. 15, 2016

Self-assembling carbon microstructures created in a lab by University of Colorado Boulder researchers could provide new clues 鈥 and new cautions 鈥 in efforts to identify microbial life preserved in the fossil record, both on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.

Arctic sea ice with snow cover

The difficulty of predicting an ice-free Arctic

Sept. 14, 2016

The Arctic is nearing its seasonal sea ice minimum this month, but predicting exactly when the region will see its first ice-free summer may be more difficult than previously believed.

抖阴短视频 Boulder psychology student works with families at the Children's Museum in Denver last spring thanks to Outreach Award.

Bumper crop of outreach projects announced

Sept. 12, 2016

With $560,000, faculty are crisscrossing the state educating people about every academic topic imaginable. And they're doing it with $200,000 more than last year, thanks to increased funding from the Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Provost and the Division of Continuing Education.

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Landmark study on adolescent brain development begins

Sept. 12, 2016

抖阴短视频 Boulder researchers will play a key role in a landmark national study of brain development and child health in the United States.

Students at Rainier Beach HS holding a recognition banner

Education center recognizes 20 schools, including Boulder's New Vista H.S.

Sept. 12, 2016

抖阴短视频 Boulder's National Education Policy Center recognized 20 inspiring high schools nationwide - including Boulder's own New Vista High School - as 2016 鈥淪chools of Opportunity,鈥 schools striving to close opportunity gaps by improving learning outcomes for all students.

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