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Herd immunity in Colorado possible by mid-August if high vaccination rates continue

Health experts with the Colorado School of Public Health wrote that in order to reach herd immunity, 80% of the state’s population 65 and under must get the vaccine. Currently, researchers project...

The Denver Gazette

GUEST COLUMN: Benson Center continues diversity of thought

The Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization at the University of Colorado Boulder quietly named next year’s visiting scholar and its first sabbatical scholar recently. The...

The Gazette

Donors endow Teri Leiker CU Boulder marching band scholarship

University of Colorado Boulder Golden Buffalo Marching Band students will benefit for years to come through an endowed scholarship created to honor Teri Leiker, an avid Buffs fan and band...

Daily Camera

University of Colorado Boulder spring enrollment spared national drop

The University of Colorado Boulder did not see an abnormal flux in enrollment between the fall and spring semesters, nor did the campus see a significant drop in enrollment compared to last spring...

Daily Camera

Mother and daughter nurses celebrate Mother’s Day and graduations

“She took some classes in health care and things like that, and just absolutely fell in love with the science aspect of it. So she decided to go into nursing,” Julia said. It’s been a long road...

KDVR

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...

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