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CU system reaping the benefits of massive open online courses

The University of Colorado is starting to see some revenue from the free, massive open online courses it offers to the world through the website Coursera.

Daily Camera

A look at art projects greeting passengers at DIA train station and hotel

While travelers may indeed notice the "smooth" ride on RTD's new A Line train that speeds from Denver Union Station to Denver International Airport, there's something else that will...

Denver Business Journal

CU-Boulder wraps up work on $112M sustainability, environment complex

Faculty and graduate students are nearly all moved in to the new $112 million Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex, also known as SEEC, on the University of Colorado's Boulder campus.

Daily Camera

Colorado Music Hall of Fame inducts Glenn Miller, 5 others at CU event

Six artists were inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame on Saturday during a ceremony and concert on the campus of the University of Colorado....

Daily Camera

With dandelions out in force, CU-Boulder gets hands-on with weed removal

Visit the University of Colorado's Boulder campus this month and you'll likely notice a group of people sitting on the ground or on buckets, intensely focused on the grass beneath them. These...

Daily Camera

Catalyst signs three big-name tenants for RiNo health-tech campus

A health-tech innovation campus planned for Denver's River North neighborhood has snagged three big names in health care as tenants — University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Terumo BCT and...

The Denver Post

CU study: Women who look feminine don't look like scientists

Women with more feminine features are considered less likely to be scientists, according to a University of Colorado Boulder study.

The Denver Post

CU-Boulder spaceware headed for International Space Station

High-tech hardware designed and built at the University of Colorado is to be launched to the International Space Station on Friday aboard the commercial SpaceX Dragon capsule.

Daily Camera

Does Climate Change Put Mountain Climbers At More Risk?

The guidebook Arnaud Temme and his friends used on a 2011 climb in the Swiss Alps didn’t mention any dangers on the route. But the group struggled through loose and falling rock, including one...

Colorado Public Radio

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak kicks off Conference on World Affairs at CU-Boulder

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak had a bit of advice for students at the University of Colorado: don't quit your day job, but make time for yourself to tinker. "Once you get out of college, the...

Daily Camera

Springs cyber center takes shape

With a new website, promised funding, a new nonprofit with a new chairman of the board of directors, the state’s National Cyber Intelligence Center is taking shape. And it’s coming together...

Colorado Springs Business Journal

Faculty diversity in focus as CU-Boulder works to improve social climate

When black students and their allies demonstrated against racism on campuses around the country last fall, one common demand emerged: that colleges and universities must diversify their faculty...

Daily Camera

Anschutz: City of Health — The DBJ special report

Today, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora stands as one of the nation’s foremost medical complexes, delivering world-class health care and innovation. The Denver Business...

Denver Business Journal

Rick George leads CU's fundraising explosion

Several years ago, Colorado's athletic department was curious how much it could raise in funds, and associate athletic director Kurt Gulbrand hired a firm to conduct a feasibility study and find...

Daily Camera

Take3: How CU Denver's turning STEMs into STEAM (Video)

The DBJ's digital producer, Caitlin Hendee, visits the digital animation studio at the University of Colorado Denver to see how the students are combining the art of animation with the...

Denver Business Journal

Half of Suicidal ER Patients Aren't Asked About Access to Guns

Only about half of suicidal patients that wind up in American emergency rooms are asked about their access to firearms, despite national guidelines urging them to do so, and, well, the general...

Motherboard

CU considers buying Uni Hill Elementary as part of BVSD partnership

The Boulder Valley School District and the University of Colorado at Boulder are considering a partnership that would involve CU buying University Hill Elementary School.

Daily Camera

Hot Stuff At Auraria's Iron Art Festival Vi Iron Pour (Slideshow)

The magical alchemy of fire and molten metal put viewers and participants in touch with their primal cores over the weekend, when the CU Denver’s College of Arts and Media Sculpture Program hosted...

Westword

CU star misses practice to save a life

Junior defensive end Derek McCartney missed three days of practice for a very good cause. After adding his name to the Be The Match bone marrow registry three years ago, McCartney found out he...

9 News

Colorado university at top of the class for dining facilities

During the past half century, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has grown from a small school serving commuters to a medium-size university with residential accommodations. To feed...

Colorado Springs Gazette

CU-Boulder students combat Wikipedia sexism with edit-a-thon

A group of University of Colorado students met to help correct the gender disparity in the Wikipedia community at Norlin Library on Saturday. Art + Feminism's Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon was sponsored...

Daily Camera

CU Denver's Pro Bono Bona Fides

Michelle Carpenter, the CU Denver assistant professor who teaches Digital design, is working with nonprofits and inspiring students to seek out opportunities to give back once they graduate into...

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In The 'Moonshot' Against Cancer, Where Does Colorado Stand?

CPR News invited some top researchers to gauge the search for a cure in Colorado: Dr. Dan Theodorescu directs the University of Colorado Cancer Center; Marty Jacobson directs research at St. Mary'...

Colorado Public Radio

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