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Donated mountain lion sculpture at UCCS a tribute of courage

It took Nunn Construction more than two hours over spring break to gently remove the large sculpture from the entrance of the student center, hoist it onto a flatbed and truck it to the front of...

The Gazette

Peyton Manning to host “Men for the Cure” fundraiser in Aurora

Manning will deliver the speech at the University of Colorado Hospital Foundation’s 16th annual “Men for the Cure” event on Sept. 15 at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Aurora....

The Denver Post

Colorado Springs' top female leaders share insights

Five women joined The Gazette's discussion last week. Lathen and Tiefenthaler were joined by Kathy Boe, founder and chief executive officer of defense contractor Boecore; Margaret Sabin, president...

The Gazette

Aurora researchers doing their part in the fight against Zika

David Beckham, an associate professor of medicine in the school’s Division of Infectious Diseases, has been studying mosquito-borne illness, in particular the West Nile virus, for more than a...

Aurora Sentinel

CU Boulder researcher: Solar forecast averted war with Soviets in 1967

A University of Colorado space physicist reports in a new paper that the United States was possibly mere "hours" away from initiating hostilities against the Soviet Union on May 23, 1967, when...

Daily Camera

'Motley-Minded Maggot-Pie': Shakespearean Insults As First Folio Comes To Colorado

The First Folio arrives just as the Colorado Shakespeare Festival wraps its summer season. Festival director Timothy Orr says many of the actors plan to see it. "It’s simply amazing to think that...

Colorado Public Radio

CU Boulder recovery center helps students fight “screen addiction”

Jeffery, whose struggles led him to drop out of college in Canada, has found community at CU through the Collegiate Recovery Center, which supports students recovering from addiction, including...

The Colorado Independent

How an obscure statewide race could change the way Colorado’s top university system does business

The balance of power on the board of Colorado’s flagship university could tip in this year’s election and the race comes at a time when college campuses have become high-profile battlegrounds over...

The Colorado Independent

#9Neighborhoods: The transformation of “Original Aurora”

On the ground where the Fitzsimons Army Hospital stood, one of the nation’s foremost medical facilities now delivers world-class health care and innovation. The CU Anschutz Medical Campus is...

KUSA

Girls-only program launches summer camps at CU Boulder's Leeds School of Business

Boulder's Cool Girls Science and Art after school program is hosting two summer camps at the University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business in late July and early August. The camps are business...

Daily Camera

Denver’s Appeal to Millennials? Jobs, Mountains and, Yes, Weed

One new idea, of course, was Colorado’s legalization of marijuana sales in 2014. How much impact does that have on the city’s coolness factor among millennials? “Some have speculated that it...

The New York Times

Foundation's $1M donations will expand arts programs at Pikes Peak Community College, UCCS

The $1 million to the Galleries of Contemporary Art at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is the largest donation for that program since 1981, when a $400,000 gift enabled the gallery...

The Gazette

Republicans hear from CU Regent candidates

Heidi Ganahl and Sue Sharkey were guest speakers at the Logan County Lunch the Republican Way Thursday. Both Republicans, Ganahl and Sharkey are seeking election to the University of Colorado...

South Platte Sentinel

Dalai Lama regales Coloradans, urges compassion, “global sensibility”

Tibet’s Dalai Lama built his case for a happier, friendlier world in sold-out appearances Thursday at the University of Colorado, urging deeper self-study and compassion as remedies to...

The Denver Post

UCCS program to highlight need and techniques for good sleep

According to Michele Okun, health researcher at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, a single night of shortened or poor-quality slumber can compromise an individual's mood and...

The Gazette

Cost-conscious CU bucks the administrative myth

The common narrative in the national dialogue about why the cost of a college education is high often points to a single culprit: administrative bloat. The story goes that an overabundance of high...

BizWest

Arctic's melting ice creates vicious warming circle

Arctic sea ice hit a record low in May as scientists discovered the first-ever link between melting ice in Greenland and a phenomenon known to warm the area faster than the rest of the ...

USA Today

The sobering thing doctors do when they die

In "How Doctors Die," a powerful essay that went viral in 2011, a physician described how his colleagues meet the end: They go gently. At the end of life, they avoid the mistakes —...

The Washington Post

CU-Boulder natural history museum seeks new storage for mammal specimens

The University of Colorado's Natural History Museum has more than 16,000 mammal specimens, used by researchers all over the world to study climate change, disease and genetics. But storage for...

Daily Camera

State’s investment in higher education pays big dividends

Over the past couple of weeks, the University of Colorado’s four campuses have been sending our latest graduates into the world. Commencement is the best time of year at our university. I have...

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

What is altitude sickness and why is it so dangerous?

Robert Roach, director of the Altitude Research Center and associate professor of emergency medicine at the CU School of Medicine: “Twenty-five percent of people who go to summit country will get...

CBS News

Top Ten Colorado Colleges for Value

Now, SmartAsset is getting even more Colorado-centric. The site has revealed its picks for the ten best Colorado colleges for value, and while the top choice is no shock (...

Westword

University of Colorado calculating cost of Obama administration's new overtime rules

The Obama administration's new overtime rules could be costly for U.S. colleges and universities, who will now need to pay overtime to some post-doctoral researchers, athletic coaches, admissions...

Daily Camera

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