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PufferBot: Pufferfish-inspired robot could make flying drones safer

Getting inspired by pufferfish, engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has designed a robot called PufferBot, that can do the same thing. The aim was to improve drone safety. PufferBot is...

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Solidify Your Future with Retirement Savings

November 19, 2020
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Join TIAA Financial Consultant Kevin Collins for the Webinar "The Starting Line: Why and how retirement saving should begin now" from noon to 1 p.m...
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‘Biology Everywhere’ on CU on the Air sub: CU Boulder’s Peffer writes about science’s role in everyday life
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‘Biology Everywhere’ on CU on the Air

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October 22, 2020
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CU Boulder, CU System, Faculty, Staff
Explore ‘Inclusive Leadership’ with CU on Coursera
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Explore ‘Inclusive Leadership’ with CU on Coursera

“Inclusive Leadership: the Power of Workplace Diversity” is the title of a new course offering of CU on Coursera , the learning program available free to all...
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October 22, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU System, Faculty, Staff
Faculty Council Committee Corner: Communications
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Faculty Council Committee Corner: Communications

Faculty Council Communication Committee 2020-21 members: Top, from left, Ibacache, Makarewicz, Scott, Stavrositu, Bell; bottom, from left, Beuten, Dedrick,...
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October 22, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU System, Faculty, Staff
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: HIPAA and knowing your audience
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: HIPAA and knowing your audience

When sharing personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI), get in the habit of thinking about your audience twofold: who is...
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October 22, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU System, Faculty, Staff
Colorado survey shows red-blue gender divide, concerns about Election Day violence
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Colorado survey shows red-blue gender divide, concerns about Election Day violence

Heading into the first day of in-person voting, Colorado women are leaning overwhelmingly blue, tipping the state toward high single-digit leads for Democrat...
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Lisa Marshall
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October 22, 2020
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CU Boulder, Faculty, Staff
New technology diagnoses sickle cell disease in record time
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New technology diagnoses sickle cell disease in record time

Diseases of the blood, like sickle cell disease, have traditionally taken a full day, tedious lab work and expensive equipment to diagnose, but researchers at...
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Oksana Schuppan
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October 22, 2020
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CU Boulder, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU System, Faculty, Staff
Foundation provides $2 million gift for proposed Engineering Annex
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Foundation provides $2 million gift for proposed Engineering Annex

The proposed annex to the Engineering Building received a boost after CU President Mark Kennedy collaborated with the CU Foundation to make $2 million...
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October 22, 2020
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UCCS, Faculty, Staff
Photo Feature: President Kennedy visits UCCS
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Photo Feature: President Kennedy visits UCCS

CU President Mark Kennedy and First Lady Debbie Kennedy joined Chancellor Venkat Reddy for a busy campus visit Oct. 14 that included eight locations on campus...
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Jared Verner
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October 22, 2020
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UCCS, Faculty, Staff
Equity Task Force forms to address core challenges at CU Denver
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Equity Task Force forms to address core challenges at CU Denver

Q&A with Co-Chairs Antwan Jefferson, Associate Clinical Professor, School of Education and Human Development and John Ronquillo, Assistant Professor,...
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Alex DeWind
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October 22, 2020
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CU Denver, Faculty, Staff
Town Hall addresses faculty, staff concerns and plans for spring 2021
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Town Hall addresses faculty, staff concerns and plans for spring 2021

Roughly 390 faculty and staff attended an Oct. 13 virtual town hall to hear from campus leaders on pressing issues such as budget, academic and mental health...
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Alex DeWind
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October 22, 2020
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CU Denver, Faculty, Staff
In grief, family has a message: Take COVID-19 seriously
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In grief, family has a message: Take COVID-19 seriously

At the six-month anniversary of their son’s passing, CU Anschutz police officer and his wife warn: ‘Follow the precautions ... In death, Cody’s saving a lot of...
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Chris Casey
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October 22, 2020
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Faculty, Staff
Summit Biolabs, Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine to develop saliva tests for COVID, head and neck cancer
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Summit Biolabs, Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine to develop saliva tests for COVID, head and neck cancer

Summit Biolabs announces strategic collaboration with Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine to develop and commercialize saliva liquid-biopsy tests for...
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October 22, 2020
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Faculty, Staff
CU Boulder engineering dean finalists to take part in open forums
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CU Boulder engineering dean finalists to take part in open forums

Laura Schaefer, Alyssa Panitch, Samuel Mukasa, Karen Thole
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October 22, 2020
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CU Boulder, Faculty, Staff
Shapiro
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Shapiro on integrating work, life, health and safety

David Shapiro took his liberal arts education as an invitation. His early college courses had sparked an interest in African culture, which quickly inspired David to spend the first half of his...
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October 22, 2020
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Faculty, Staff
Buma
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Buma awarded grant to examine history of forest harvests, influence on climate change

With this grant, Buma will explore what limits, if any, historical management patterns of carbon place on current carbon-management actions, and what that means for carbon management in the future.
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October 22, 2020
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CU Denver, Faculty
IN THE NEWS

Guest opinion: Thomas R. Cech: A Nobel winner at the cutting edge

The first-ever award of a science Nobel Prize to two women is thrilling and encouraging for women scientists around the world and for girls who will become tomorrow’s scientists. More generally,...

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IN THE NEWS

When A Coronavirus Vaccine Is Available, Colorado Plans To Distribute In 3 Phases

“I think it has gone really well, there’s been tremendous support for this vaccine trial both by the community as well as our institutions, UCHealth and the CU Anschutz Medical Campus,” said Dr....

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IN THE NEWS

CU Boulder team researches the spread of COVID-19 through musical instruments

Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder are working to develop the future of musical performances, discovering if and how playing instruments can spread COVID-19.  … “Engineers...

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Board of Regents election preview: Candidates on why they want to serve
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Board of Regents election preview: Candidates on why they want to serve

Colorado voters next month will select the newest three members of the University of Colorado Board of Regents.

Incumbents Linda Shoemaker...

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Jay Dedrick
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October 15, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU System, Faculty, Staff
DEI Innovation Fund will augment campuses, system diversity efforts
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DEI Innovation Fund will augment campuses, system diversity efforts

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts at the university got a boost after CU President Mark Kennedy collaborated with the CU Foundation Board of...
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October 15, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU System, Faculty, Staff
Deans of CU business schools introduce CU Diverse Doctorates in Business program
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Deans of CU business schools introduce CU Diverse Doctorates in Business program

The deans of the business schools at the University of Colorado’s Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs campuses are working on an initiative to increase the...
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October 15, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, Faculty, Staff
Online Design and Development team recognized with national award
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Online Design and Development team recognized with national award

The Online Design and Development Team from CU’s Office of Digital Education was selected by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) as the recipient of its 2020...
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October 15, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU South Denver, CU System, Faculty, Staff
Faculty invited to contribute to CU Connections commentaries
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Faculty invited to contribute to CU Connections commentaries

The Faculty Council Communications Committee and CU Connections invite you to join our forum for conversation across the four CU campuses: CU Faculty Voices ...
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October 15, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU System, Faculty

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