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New faces, familiar concerns for CU as Legislature convenes

Many names and faces in leadership positions at the state Capitol have changed since the conclusion of the 2010 legislative session. Something that hasn't...
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Jay Dedrick
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January 12, 2011
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CU System
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CU considers guaranteed tuition for resident students

The University of Colorado Board of Regents asked for more information about extending to Coloradans the four-year tuition guarantee now available only to...
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Staff
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CU System
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Five questions for Graziana Lazzarino

Patrick Campbell/University of Colorado Graziana Lazzarino Patrick Campbell/University of ColoradoGraziana Lazzarino As a young girl growing up in Genoa, Italy...
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Cynthia Pasquale
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January 12, 2011
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CU Boulder
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Jewish Studies celebrates centuries of culture

The Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder presents the Third Annual Week of Jewish Culture, a series that began Tuesday and...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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CU Boulder
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Researcher: Bloggers' word choice reveals personalities

Words convey meaning, but our choice of specific words also conveys details about our personalities, new research confirms. For example, extraverts are likely...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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CU Boulder
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Campus police hosting joint crisis negotiation, tactical training exercise

Law enforcement officials from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Police Department, the Colorado Springs Police Department, and the Federal Bureau...
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Tom Hutton
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January 12, 2011
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UCCS
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Study: Nonprofit community plays critical role in disaster relief, recovery

While the Federal Emergency Management Agency performed important work in responding to flooding of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers that destroyed much of three...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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CU Denver
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Fitzsimons Early Learning Center begins pre-registration sessions

The Fitzsimons Early Learning Center has begun pre-registration for families. Operator Bright Horizons will host sessions this month and next where...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus
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Making it official

Photo: Casey A. Cass/University of Colorado CU President Bruce D. Benson greets the three members of the Board of Regents who were sworn in Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the Center for Community on the...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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CU System
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Tabrizi named sustainability director for Boulder campus

Tabrizi Moe Tabrizi has been named director of campus sustainability for the University of Colorado at Boulder in an effort to enhance the campus' greening vision. Tabrizi, who was CU-Boulder's...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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CU Boulder
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Professor explores what influences voters

Moses Advocates of any particular political bent might want to heed Michele Moses' research on the defeat of Colorado's Amendment 46 in 2008. In her just-published report , Moses exposes what led...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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CU System
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Women's science award goes to CU professor for first time

Regal Assistant Professor Cindy Regal recently was awarded the University of Colorado's first Clare Boothe Luce Professorship Award. The Clare Boothe Luce Award is designed to "encourage women to...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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CU Boulder
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Boulder professor awarded fellowship for physics work

Hermele Michael Hermele , a University of Colorado at Boulder assistant professor of physics, recently was awarded a prestigious fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucille...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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CU Boulder
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Dropping names...

Von Dassanowsky Robert von Dassanowsky , University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor of German and film studies, has been named a 2011 Taft Lecturer as part of the University of Cincinnati's...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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UCCS
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Feb. 15 is deadline for Boettcher biomedical research grant requests

University of Colorado biomedical researchers within four years of their first academic appointment can compete for their first independent grants of between $...
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Staff
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January 12, 2011
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CU Denver, CU System, CU Boulder, UCCS
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Five questions for Helen Kamens

Helen Kamens Although progress has been made toward the treatment of substance abuse, there's still plenty of work to be done. Helen Kamens, a research...
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Staff
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January 5, 2011
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CU Boulder
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First quarter begins with optimism from state business leaders

Colorado business leaders' confidence bounced back to pre-recession levels going into the first quarter of 2011, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds...
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Staff
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January 5, 2011
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CU Boulder
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Warm to online teaching with Winter Web Camp

Teaching online may not seem like a lot of fun. But the faculty support staffers at CU Online have a fun time getting instructors ready for teaching using...
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Staff
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January 5, 2011
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CU Denver, CU Boulder, UCCS
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Meeting summary: Boulder Faculty Assembly

Editor's note: In addition to news coverage of meetings of the systemwide Faculty Council and Staff Council, the Faculty and Staff Newsletter posts meeting...
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Staff
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January 5, 2011
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CU Boulder
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Researchers determine metabolic cost of sleep deprivation

Kenneth Wright In the first-ever quantification of energy expended by humans during sleep, a University of Colorado team has found that the metabolic cost of...
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Staff
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January 5, 2011
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CU Boulder
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Weekend warriors have new avenue: classes

Registration is under way for a new concept at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs: weekend-only classes. Carley Ries, director of Campus Wide...
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Tom Hutton
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January 5, 2011
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UCCS
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Giving back: Administrators encourage Weill Class to dream on

CLAS Dean Dan Howard with a student Several University of Colorado Denver administrators shared the dream with 33 youngsters in the Weill Class on Dec. 10 as...
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Staff
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January 5, 2011
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CU Denver
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New data from Cancer Center could change how drugs are evaluated

A class of drugs thought to kill cancer cells may in fact block "cross talk" between the cancer cell and normal immune cells, resulting in reduced cancer...
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Staff
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January 5, 2011
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus
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New award honors memory of research assistant

The first Steven Fadul Award recently was given to three professional research assistants at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine: Jim Dover, Andrea Lewellyn and Mary Wellish. Fadul...
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Staff
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January 5, 2011
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus
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Hospital departments rally to support families in need

Employees at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) pitched in to make the holidays a little brighter this year for people in need. Hundreds of pounds of clothing were collected by the human...
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Staff
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January 5, 2011
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus

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