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NIH award funds data-coordinating center for Down syndrome research
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NIH award funds data-coordinating center for Down syndrome research

The new initiative will fuel collaboration and discovery about the biology of Down syndrome and its co-occurring medical conditions
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November 12, 2020
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Faculty, Staff
Breathing easier, Colorado? Well, get prepped for more fire days ahead
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Breathing easier, Colorado? Well, get prepped for more fire days ahead

A cold front brought a blanket of snow to Colorado in late October, a welcome gift for a state ravaged by wildfires. As the flakes fell, they helped tame...
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November 12, 2020
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Faculty, Staff
Linden
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Linden to receive prestigious 2020 Clarke Prize

The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) and the Joan Irvine Smith and Athalie R. Clarke Foundation will present the 2020 Clarke Prize to Professor Karl Linden on Nov. 10. NWRI administers the...
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November 12, 2020
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CU Boulder, Faculty, Staff
IN THE NEWS

With pandemic thwarting workshops, NASA training for tribes goes digital

"It's been taught to us through generations that we have a responsibility to take care of the land, the water, the people, and all that. Not just for tribal people — this is for humankind," James...

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Staff
Voters send Rennison, Spiegel, Chavez to Board of Regents
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Voters send Rennison, Spiegel, Chavez to Board of Regents

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Jay Dedrick
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November 5, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU System, Faculty, Staff
Pandemics on the rise: Why?
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Pandemics on the rise: Why?

Infectious diseases have been around for millennia—with the earliest known communicable diseases being measles, smallpox, and influenza.
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November 5, 2020
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CU Denver, Faculty, Staff
CU researcher tackles vaccine hesitancy in Colorado’s religious communities
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CU researcher tackles vaccine hesitancy in Colorado’s religious communities

Vaccine hesitancy is something we hear a lot about these days related to a potential coronavirus vaccine. Yet vaccine hesitancy has been a public health issue...
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Wendy Meyer
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November 5, 2020
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Faculty, Staff
CU develops first systemwide Indigenous lands acknowledgement statement
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CU develops first systemwide Lands Acknowledgement Statement

The University of Colorado has its first systemwide statement acknowledging that the lands where the four campuses are located were originally home to...
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October 29, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU System, Faculty, Staff
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November submission deadlines approaching for annual awards, grants

The CU Office of Academic Affairs invites submissions for 2020-21 awards and grants. Inquiries? AcademicAffairs@cu.edu . AWARDS Nominations for the following...
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October 1, 2020
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CU Boulder, UCCS, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU South Denver, CU System, Faculty, Staff
Tiny moon shadows may harbor hidden stores of ice
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Tiny moon shadows may harbor hidden stores of ice

Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than scientists once suspected, according to new research led by CU Boulder. In...
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October 29, 2020
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CU Boulder, Faculty, Staff
Seven questions with Paul Harvey, author of ‘Howard Thurman and the Disinherited: A Religious Biography’
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Seven questions with Paul Harvey, author of ‘Howard Thurman and the Disinherited: A Religious Biography’

Paul Harvey, distinguished professor of history and Presidential Teaching Scholar at UCCS, researches, writes and teaches in the field of American history from...
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Anna Squires
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October 29, 2020
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UCCS, Faculty
Marder
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Marder to focus on renewable energy research, education as new RASEI head

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Julie Poppen
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October 29, 2020
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CU Boulder, Faculty
Hendricks, Claw
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Hendricks, Claw earn 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards

This year, the award went to 12 researchers around the U.S., with two from the University of Colorado Denver. Audrey Hendricks, PhD, and Katrina Claw, PhD, received over $1.5 million respectively...
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October 29, 2020
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CU Denver, Faculty
IN THE NEWS

Colorado's case to house U.S. Space Command grows even stronger

The operational piece of the Space Force was established here Wednesday and it may offer the strongest argument yet for why U.S. Space Command should stay in town. … But Colorado brings even more...

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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
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
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
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

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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Staff
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
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
President Trump’s COVID-19 treatment takes the national spotlight
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President Trump’s COVID-19 treatment takes the national spotlight

Four clinical trials of a drug cocktail that President Donald Trump has proclaimed his miracle “cure” are underway on the University of Colorado Anschutz...
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Debra Melani
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October 15, 2020
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Faculty, Staff
Potter
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Potter on promising Alzheimer’s trials, treatments in process

As World Alzheimer’s Month 2020 comes to a close, we followed up with Dr. Potter to learn about the progress made over the last year toward better understanding and combating a disease that currently...
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October 15, 2020
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Faculty, Staff

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