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CU-Boulder physicist Steven Pollock named a 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year

He is being honored in the category of doctoral and research universities, and was chosen from a field of more than 350 distinguished nominees from across the...
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Colorado Diet Program offers support to slim down

After a year of effort and hard work, Karen Jackson had lost 47 pounds. Then her weight loss efforts stalled. So when she saw the recent offer to participate...
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CU receives Colorado BioScience Association Founders Award

Tech Transfer’s Kate Tallman, center, and Rick Silva receive the Colorado BioScience Association Founders Award from April Giles, the association’s president...
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Using morphine after abdominal surgery may prolong pain, researchers find

Using morphine to fight the pain associated with abdominal surgery may paradoxically prolong a patient’s suffering, doubling or even tripling the amount of...
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Free pizza at ATLAS open house

The ATLAS Master’s Program at CU-Boulder is hosting an open house for faculty, staff, students and anyone interested in opportunities in international...
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Weight Watchers at work launches Friday

Starting Friday, Be Colorado and Weight Watchers are teaming up to help CU Health Plan participants achieve their weight-loss goals and improve their overall...
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Call for proposals: 2014-15 President's Teaching and Learning Collaborative

Faculty from all disciplines are invited to become investigators in the President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative (PTLC), CU’s Scholarship of Teaching...
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CU Foundation converting to new accounting system

The CU Foundation will be converting to a new accounting system (Blackbaud’s Financial Edge “FE”) with a planned go-live date of Monday, Nov. 18. This may...
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CU Connections holiday publication schedule: No new issues Nov. 28, Dec. 26, Jan. 2

CU Connections will not publish new issues on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 28), Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. Next week’s issue is the last one before the Thanksgiving break;...
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University Benefits Advisory Board discontinued

Direct feedback and suggestions from employees regarding health and benefits plans will continue to be solicited.
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Q&A: Hugo Rosen

"It’s nearly impossible to do translational research in any other setting than academic medicine," says the head of the Division of Gastroenterology and...
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U.S. policy should encourage highly skilled, foreign Ph.D. students to stay, CU-led study finds

Encouraging more talented foreign students to study at U.S. universities and encouraging them to launch entrepreneurial ventures here could help “revitalize...
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Galaxy Ophthalmics to develop improved glaucoma therapy

Galaxy Ophthalmics and the University of Colorado have completed an exclusive option agreement to allow the company to commercialize an implantable medical...
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Be Colorado offers employees a healthier lifestyle with Weight Watchers

Be Colorado has joined forces with Weight Watchers to bring CU Health Plan participants special savings on valuable and convenient weight-loss solutions...
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Call for nominations: Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award

Nominations are requested for the Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award, which recognizes and honors an outstanding faculty member of the University of...
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A letter from the Board of Regents to the CU community

We write today to convey recent actions by the Board of Regents and hope to dispel some misconceptions that have recently come to our attention.
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Dyet named President’s Employee of the Year

System Staff Council announced the award last week and hosted a reception Oct. 24 for Dyet, fellow nominees for the award, and employees recognized for...
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Diversity and Inclusion Summit aims to convert talk into action

The CU-Boulder Summit Planning Committee invites all CU faculty, staff and students to attend the morning of Nov. 13 to hear from Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia, CU...
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National science report highlights CU-Boulder spinoff companies

CU-Boulder physics professor and JILA Fellow Dana Anderson, center, in his JILA laboratory with research assistants Kai Hudek, left, and Seth Caliga. (Photo by...
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Call for proposals: 12th Annual CU Women Succeeding

The Faculty Council Women’s Committee announces a call for proposals for the CU Women Succeeding 12th Annual Professional Development Symposium. The one-day...
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Discount offered for Accessing Higher Ground conference

Members of the University of Colorado community can receive a 30 percent discount on the registration fees for next week’s Accessing Higher Ground - the 16th...
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New CU Denver academic building rises on Auraria Campus

Driving along Speer Boulevard or the Auraria Parkway near downtown, it’s hard to miss the new building rising on the Auraria Campus. Structural elements of CU...
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Poorly camouflaged insects can kick off a cascade of ecological impacts, new study finds

A walking stick insect camouflages with a chamise shrub in southern California. The ability of the the insect, Timema cristinae, to be well camouflaged affects...
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CU Health Plan members eligible for free checkup, flu shot

Health screening results will be mailed to your home two to four weeks after your appointment Walk-ins are accepted from 7 a.m.-11 a.m.; just make sure you...
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Scott Carpenter, CU-Boulder alum and NASA Mercury astronaut, dies at 88

Carpenter was the first of 18 CU-Boulder astronaut affiliates to fly in space.

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