In the West, the need for water – and managing that need – provides a never-ending challenge.
“Few, if any, issues will be more influential in shaping the future of the West than how the region manages its scarce water supplies,” says Douglas Kenney, director of the Western Water Policy Program (WWPP) at the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment at CU-Boulder. “As a society, we really need to get this right, or we’ll pay the price in terms of stagnant economies and unhealthy environments.”
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.
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.
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...