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End of an era: One-on-one with retiring UCCS Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak

It's the end of an era at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Doctor Pam Shockley-Zalabak is retiring as chancellor on February 15th, after more than 40 years on campus.

KOAA

UCHealth celebrates 25 years of lung transplant success

Bella Wong couldn't walk a few years ago, close to death after being bedridden for five years with an incurable lung disease.

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CU Boulder's inclusive recreation program aims to welcome all students to fitness center

As part of a new inclusive recreation initiative, the recently renovated center is offering specialized events and programming to better serve students with mobility impairments, visual...

Daily Camera

Morning Edition Talk

Sarah Fields, who studies sports injury at the University of Colorado Denver, discusses changes in youth football to prevent head injuries.
NPR Morning Edition

CU Boulder plans $22M expansion of Koelbel Building

The University of Colorado is planning a $22 million, donor-funded construction project to expand and renovate the Koelbel Building, home of the Leeds School of Business. The project, if approved...

CU Medical & Dental Students Trade Lab Coats For Aprons In Kitchen Classroom

Medical and dental students in Colorado are getting a shot at cooking in a course that gets them out of the classroom and into the kitchen. Why trade their lab coats for aprons? They’re getting a...

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CU Boulder mulls food pantry, other options to address students' food insecurity

Emilie Adamovic, a CU senior majoring in environmental studies, is researching the prevalence of food insecurity among students on the Boulder campus as part of her undergraduate honors thesis....

Daily Camera

Exhibit encourages library patrons to 'Discover Health'

Heart, food, dental health — it's all covered in a new traveling exhibit on display now at Sterling Public Library. Discover Health/Descubre la Salud, a bilingual informational education program...

Sterling Journal-Advocate

Rural Colorado's Opioid Connections Might Hold Clues To Better Treatment

Dr. Jack Westfall, a family physician and researcher at the University of Colorado and with the High Plains Research Network, works with a network of rural clinics and hospitals in the state.

National Public Radio

UCCS now a haven for vets

Troops and veterans can get personalized help and a free cup of coffee at the new McCord-Herbst Student Veterans Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The center, open since...

The Gazette

High debt can kill you, CU Denver study finds

The study, " Killer Debt: The Impact of Debt on Mortality" found that there was a negative statistical correlation between delinquent debt and health, as measured by mortality. It also found that...

Denver Business Journal

CU Boulder researchers help develop self-healing material that could lead to 'soft' robots

Today, we think of robots as rigid, clunky and metallic. But imagine a day in the future when robots are soft and human-like, with skin-like material covering muscles that move just like ours...

Daily Camera

In this age of tweets and emojis, a love of language persists

Kids just don't seem to care about the rules of writing anymore. Their schoolwork has gotten lazy, muddy and mediocre - or so lamented one Sumerian pedagogue (teacher, educator, scholar) some 4,...

The Gazette

Students study National Western Stock Show data

 It takes a tremendous amount of energy to put on the National Western Stock Show for the animals and thousands of visitors....

9News

CU locks up Coach of the Year with MacIntyre contract extension

The University of Colorado announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on a contract extension with head football coach Mike MacItyre through the 2021 season.

KUSA

‘4+1' program gives some CU Boulder students faster track to master's degree

Starting this semester, future teachers and school administrators can get a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in five years through a new program at the University of Colorado's Boulder...

Daily Camera

UCHealth opens urgent-care clinic in Thornton

UCHealth has converted a free-standing emergency room to an urgent-care clinic in Thornton at the corner of 136th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.

BizWest

Cybersecurity training program expands to Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs is home to more than 100 cybersecurity companies, nonprofit organizations, military contractors and units specializing in cybersecurity, including the National Cybersecurity...

The Gazette

From Mars to Boulder, Bobby Braun brings cachet as new dean of CU’s college of engineering

For a good portion of his career, Bobby Braun has wrestled with the technological challenges of putting spacecraft on Mars. His landing in Boulder, where he’ll take over in January as dean of the...

The Denver Post

University of Colorado Hospital to offer new balloon capsule to boost weight loss

It sounds too good to be true, but doctors at the University of Colorado Hospital will soon offer the Obalon Balloon System in January after it received FDA approval in September. "We will be one...

7 News

Study: E-Cigarette Use Before Surgery As Harmful As Tobacco

Recently, the U.S. surgeon general called the surging use of e-cigarettes “a major public health concern.” That’s no surprise to a doctor at the University of Colorado Hospital after what he found...

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Generations learn from each other in CU Boulder course

Madison Sankovitz and Susan Josephs met just a few months ago, but they quickly developed an unlikely friendship. Sankovitz is a 22-year-old senior at the University of Colorado. Josephs, 71, is a...

Daily Camera

El Paso County job growth slows slightly in second quarter

It's not quite as high as it has been, but I'm still pretty happy with it," said Tatiana Bailey, director of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Economic Forum. "All of this is...

The Gazette

CU Boulder economist: Colorado to see modest growth in 2017

Colorado's economy will continue to expand next year, with the state expected to add 63,400 new jobs, according to the annual forecast by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of...

Daily Camera

UCCS entrepreneur lab allows students to wade into shark tank

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has opened a laboratory where its student entrepreneurs can wade into the shark tank. Instead of competing for an investment, six student teams have...

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