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Megafire: The too-bright future of wildfire in America

Megafire: The too-bright future of wildfire in America

I didn’t intend to go to prison or to get overrun at a wildfire. I also didn’t plan to spend years of my life chasing “megafires.” I was just excited to see my...
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Online education gains steam at CU Boulder

Online education gains steam at CU Boulder

Whenever CU professor Robert Mazzeo offers “Exercise Physiology,” an upper-level undergraduate course popular with aspiring doctors, it fills quickly. So does...
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Colorado's population growth to slow in 2018, but new jobs still coming

Colorado's population growth to slow in 2018, but new jobs still coming

Colorado’s employment and population growth will slow for a third consecutive year in 2018. The state will stay competitive in recruiting, and every major...
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Global wind energy to shift southward in years to come

Global wind energy to shift southward in years to come

In the next century, wind resources may decrease in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere and could sharply increase in some hotspot regions down south,...
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CU Connections resumes weekly publication
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Publication note: No CU Connections on Thanksgiving, Dec. 21 and 28

CU Connections will not publish new issues on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 23), Dec. 21 and Dec. 28. Deadline for submissions for the Thursday, Nov. 30, issue is...
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Bruce Benson
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Benson: 10-year performance indicators show strength of CU

CU President Bruce Benson “Efficiency,” “reputation” and “culture” are common keywords that University of Colorado President Bruce Benson uses when speaking to...
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Sale of CU bonds results in gross savings of $49.2 million for university
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Sale of CU bonds results in gross savings of $49.2 million for university

With uncertainty over federal tax reform looming – and pressure increasing on rates in major tax-exempt, fixed-income markets – the University of Colorado last...
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Faculty Council Committee Corner: Women
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Faculty Council Committee Corner: Women

Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing CU Connections series in which the Faculty Council highlights each of its committees and their efforts. See past...
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CU employees, eligible dependents can save money on spring tuition
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CU employees, eligible dependents can save money on spring tuition

To provide accessible educational opportunities to faculty, staff and their families, the University of Colorado’s Tuition Waiver Benefit grants waived or...
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Five things to know about the tax reform legislation

Five things to know about the tax reform legislation

Over the weekend, the Senate approved its tax overhaul bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, on a party line vote of 51 to 49. The House of Representatives...
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Campus Q&A: What the tax reform would mean for graduate students

Campus Q&A: What the tax reform would mean for graduate students

As a proposed tax overhaul works its way through Congress, CU Boulder Today sat down with Juan García Oyervides, president of CU Boulder's United Government of...
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Meeting Coverage
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Board of Regents November meeting roundup

Game-changing online education proposal approved by CU regents The University of Colorado Board of Regents has unanimously approved an ambitious $20 million...
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•	Game-changing online education proposal approved by CU regents
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Game-changing online education proposal approved by CU regents

Cathy Beuten/University of Colorado Regent Stephen Ludwig introduces online education goals at this month's Board of Regents meeting. The University of...
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Low loan debt, high return on investment for CU students, grads
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Low loan debt, high return on investment for CU students, grads

Data on University of Colorado student loan debt and financial aid continues to indicate good news for students and graduates. Todd Saliman, vice president and...
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Regents notes: Student brain injury; new degrees
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Regents notes: Student brain injury; new degrees

Campus leaders say CU Boulder is committed to studying traumatic brain injury and preventing it among students – athletes and non-athletes alike. At the...
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Tenure list: November 2017
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Tenure list: November 2017

The CU Board of Regents on Nov. 16 approved five appointments with tenure. University of Colorado Boulder Daniel Appelo , Applied Mathematics, College of Arts...
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Close of calendar year brings to-do list for employees
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Close of calendar year brings to-do list for employees

The windup of 2017 is near, bringing with it key changes and deadlines for all University of Colorado employees. To ensure they receive important documents...
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Campus Q&A: On teaching Shakespeare to youth

Campus Q&A: On teaching Shakespeare to youth

We asked Colorado Shakespeare Festival dramaturg and teaching artist Hadley Kamminga-Peck about Original Practices, dramaturgy, teaching Shakespeare to kids...
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Communication, policy review topics of discussion for Staff Council
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Communication, policy review topics of discussion for Staff Council

Two guests spoke to University of Colorado Staff Council members about communications and policy during the group’s Nov. 9 meeting on the University of...
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CU Boulder remains a strong draw for study abroad, international students

CU Boulder remains a strong draw for study abroad, international students

CU Boulder remains in seventh place nationally among peer institutions sending students abroad for a full semester and continues to be a beacon for...
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In lead-up to fall blood drive, CU Boulder has already saved more than 105,000 lives

In lead-up to fall blood drive, CU Boulder has already saved more than 105,000 lives

The CU Boulder campus community’s participation in Staff Council blood drives has saved or enhanced 105,657 lives since 1973, when the Boulder Campus Staff...
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New ways to integrate Skillsoft into your classroom, office
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New ways to integrate Skillsoft into your classroom, office

Over the summer, Skillsoft upgraded and opened access to all CU students. Previously, this learning system’s 4,000-plus courses, instructor led-trainings, 25,...
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Kids uniquely vulnerable to sleep disruption from electronics

Kids uniquely vulnerable to sleep disruption from electronics

With their brains, sleep patterns and even eyes still developing, children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the sleep-disrupting effects of...
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CU, state higher ed could benefit from 9.7 percent funding boost
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Governor proposes 9.7 percent funding increase for higher education

The fiscal year 2018-19 state budget request that Gov. John Hickenlooper released late Wednesday calls for an $86.9 million increase for higher education, the...
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Regent Glen Gallegos, District 3
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Gallegos advocates for 3rd Congressional District, rural education

Regent Glen Gallegos, District 3 Regent Glen Gallegos may be based in Grand Junction, but he doesn’t let the distance from CU campuses and administration keep...

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