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As economy bounces back, Colorado Springs employers struggle to hire

Tatiana Bailey, director of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Economic Forum, said a big part of the shortage is due to women who left the labor pool during the pandemic and...

The Gazette

Frank and Kennedy: Why we are requiring COVID vaccines at CU and CSU

Both our universities recognize that an online learning experience is the right choice for many people, and there are many college students who prefer an online option. But an on-campus experience...

The Denver Post

German Gymnasts Cover Their Legs In Stand Against Sexualization

But at the European Gymnastics Championships held in Switzerland last week, three female German gymnasts wore unitards. That's like a leotard but with legs. And it wasn't just a fashion statement...

NPR

CU Boulder researchers create custom antibiotic platform

A new platform designed by University of Colorado Boulder researchers can create bacteria-specific antibiotics in five days, offering a solution to the growing problem of drug-resistant bacteria...

Daily Camera

Vaccinated? Great. You should still wear a mask when gathering in public, experts say.

“Certainly, I’m going to wear masks on long-distance flights,” said Jose-Luis Jimenez, an aerosol chemist at the University of Colorado at Boulder who studies how the virus spreads in the air. “...

The Washington Post

With vaccines open to 16- to 17-year-olds, high schools set up shop to give the shots

"Childhood cases really reflect what's going on in the surrounding community," said Dr. Sean O'Leary, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's...

NBC News

Safe Summer Activities for Kids During the Pandemic

“My best guess is that it’ll be better than last summer in terms of what we’re doing, but it won’t be back to what it was like in summer 2019,” says Sean O’Leary, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics...

Consumer Reports

CU Boulder students win solar build challenge

A team of current and former University of Colorado Boulder students won first place in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon Build Challenge for designing and building an energy-...

Daily Camera

Attracting Doctors To Rural Colorado Is A Big Problem. This CU Anschutz Researcher Has A Few Ideas To Fix That

(Mark) Deutchman is a physician at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He regularly visits small town clinics to train doctors in the use of emerging technologies. He also directs...

CPR

Neguse, Moms Demand founder discuss gun violence at CWA keynote

University of Colorado Boulder’s Conference on World Affairs keynote address, a conversation between U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse and Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts about ending gun violence,...

Daily Camera

GUEST COLUMN: The University of Colorado Foundation – advancing CU’s mission

University of Colorado Boulder’s Conference on World Affairs keynote address, a conversation between U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse and Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts about ending gun violence,...

The Gazette

Musicians Tip Jar Podcast Digs Into the Music Business

(Chris) Webb, who teaches in the music department at the University of Colorado Denver, says that while many career paths offer a financial component as part of the educational process, musicians...

Westword

Colorado Researcher Offers Answers For Those With Vaccine Hesitancies

“It in no way cut corners, it in no way decreased our ability to evaluate safety,” said Dr. Thomas Campbell, the chief clinical research officer at UCHealth and the associate dean for clinical...

CBS 4

COVID-19 patient receives first COVID-related lung transplant in Colorado

When the ventilator was no longer working, Dr. Mark Steele and his team placed Bryan on an ECMO machine. "What happens is as the lungs become so bad, the ventilator can’t oxygenate them, so it’s...

7 News

Scientists Get Closer To Redefining The Length Of A Second

That means having a clock that if set back billions of years to the beginning of the universe would only be off by a second, adds physicist Jun Ye, who was also involved in the collaboration. As...

NPR

Drug Used in Cancer Patients Might Help Treat Alzheimer's

"This discovery of the safety and [effectiveness] of GM-CSF in Alzheimer's disease has the potential to be a breakthrough, which will be proved when a larger, longer trial is done to show that the...

U.S. News & World Report

GUEST COLUMN: Expanding the Springs' aerospace and defense impact

From CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics to the selection of Colorado Springs as the site of the North American Aerospace Defense Command in the 1960s, the Centennial State...

The Gazette

Philip DiStefano: What higher education has learned from the COVID-19 pandemic

Last March, as the pandemic spread and confusion gripped our nation’s college campuses, University of Colorado Boulder took immediate, decisive action and moved to a remote learning environment...

The Colorado Sun

Diversity at the top: How CU Denver's new top diversity exec is taking on racial disparities

Antonio Farias, vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion at CU Denver discusses disparity in higher education and how to address them.

Denver Business Journal

‘People Want To Be Done With The Pandemic’: Colorado COVID Restriction Fatigue Is Setting In

“There’s a tricky point of balance,” said Dr. Jon Samet, an epidemiologist and the dean at Colorado’s School of Public Health, who directs COVID-19 modeling for the state. ”I'd feel more...

CPR

Worn out, isolated and sad — grief of all kinds mounts for Coloradans a year into pandemic

“As new grief comes, they’re often feeling overwhelmed, unable to fully respond emotionally because they’re so exhausted,” said Amy Wachholtz, director of clinical health psychology at University...

The Denver Post

CU Boulder scientists find Antarctica’s George VI ice shelf experienced record melting in recent summer

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have found that a northern Antarctic ice shelf, George VI, melted at a record rate during the 2019-2020 summer season. Lead author and research...

Daily Camera

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