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Compounds produced by the creosote bush, a desert shrub common to American Southwest, exhibit potent anti-parasitic properties against two deadly parasites...
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While in his 20s, Ben Kirshner worked as an educator with a youth organization in the Mission District in San Francisco. He felt called to be a teacher of middle- and high-school students, and enjoyed working in a setting that encouraged experiential learning and community-building. But after five years, he became interested in working with college-aged students and researching topics related to learning and youth development.
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The University of Colorado achieved a record level of research funding in the 2016-17 fiscal year, with faculty meriting $1.034 billion in federal, state and...
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The University of Colorado set a new record in fundraising this year thanks to $386.3 million in private contributions. Reflecting an increase of $1.8 million...
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The CU Board of Regents on Aug. 9 approved 13 appointments with tenure , effective Aug. 21. University of Colorado Boulder Janet Bercovitz, Leeds School of...
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For humans, our sense of touch is relayed to the brain via small electrical pulses. Now, CU Boulder scientists have found that individual bacteria, too, can...
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Organizational structures for more than 20 non-teaching departments will change under an administrative reorganization plan announced Aug. 7.
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Just before 3 p.m. on July 25, CU Denver staff, faculty and students began filing into the Lawrence Student Center Terrace Room for the fifth installment of...
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Now that we’re into the dog days of summer, it’s hard to resist the call of the Rockies.
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UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital advances on list of U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals
U.S. News & World Report has again elevated University of Colorado Hospital’s (UCH) ranking on its list of the nation’s best hospitals.
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With today’s issue, CU Connections resumes its regular weekly publication schedule for the new academic year. A new edition appears each Thursday morning...
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Strategic Relations and Communications is welcoming Candace Smith as its new assistant vice chancellor for strategic media relations. Smith will oversee efforts to advance CU Boulder’s reputation by...
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Nicky Beer, an associate professor of English at the University of Colorado Denver, has been awarded a fellowship for residency at the prestigious MacDowell Colony, one of the nation’s leading...
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus Norman Pace of CU Boulder’s Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) has been awarded the 2017 Massry Prize for his microbiome research...
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August 17, 2017
4:00pm – 7:00pm
Please join us for our annual gathering of LGBTQ+ faculty, staff and allies to kick off the new school year. Light refreshments will be served. This...
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August 12, 2017
4:30pm – 10:30pm
William Shakespeare wrote in verse, a particularly musical use of the English language Learn the building blocks of Shakespeare’s verse from Tom...
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You can’t be who you can’t see. That’s the motto Pathways2Teaching founder Margarita Bianco instills in marginalized youth who take part in the college prep program. Started in 2010, the program enables high school juniors and seniors to explore teaching as career choice, examine critical issues related to educational justice, and earn college credit.
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With the fall semester right around the corner, now is the time to take advantage of the Tuition Waiver Benefit as a CU employee or qualified dependent...
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Doug Duncan UPDATED AUG. 8: CU On the Air offers a podcast featuring Doug Duncan. Click here to listen and for information on subscribing to CU On the Air...
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The Office of Policy and Efficiency (OPE) this week announced proposed changes to five administrative policy statements (one rescission and four revisions)...
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The Boulder campus has a new online map, and it goes way beyond what you might expect. It’s not just about building locations anymore. The new CU Boulder...
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With collaborative gift, they establish a legacy of support for students of Italian and women and gender studies
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The UCCS Ent Center for the Arts is six months from opening and is no longer the big blue building on the western edge of campus. The building’s exterior now...
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It’s fitting that the CU Denver Student Wellness Center brims with opportunities to speed your pulse because, as student Alex Pong observed at the topping-off...
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When Katy Rady lost her brother, Paul R. O’Hara II to cancer, she turned her despair into an enduring tribute funding research at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.