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CU sets record $924 million in sponsored research funding
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CU sets record $924 million in sponsored research funding

University of Colorado faculty researchers earned $924 million in research awards for the 2015-16 fiscal year, a record year for the four-campus system. The...
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Regents study cost, value of research
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Regents study cost, value of research

The University of Colorado in 2015-16 tallied an impressive $924 million in sponsored research funding from federal, state and local entities, an increase of...
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2016 Boettcher Investigators
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CU leads 2016 class of Boettcher Investigators

Seven of this year’s 10-member class of awardees conduct research on CU campuses. Each Boettcher Investigator will receive a $235,000 grant to support up to...
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“Ghost workers” common in migrant farm work

“Ghost workers” common in migrant farm work

New research by Sarah Horton, an anthropologist at the University of Colorado Denver, reveals that employers in agricultural industries often take advantage of...
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CCTSI’s Community Engagement research improves mortality rates in five Denver neighborhoods

CCTSI’s Community Engagement research improves mortality rates in five Denver neighborhoods

It may not surprise anyone that clinical trials in patients can save lives (most people probably know someone enrolled in a cancer trial or other life-saving...
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Rocky Mountain region's first federal data research hub lands at CU-Boulder

Rocky Mountain region’s first federal data research hub lands at CU-Boulder

Social scientists and health researchers from across Colorado and neighboring states will soon have abundant U.S. Census and other federal statistical data...
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National report finds school leaders value, widely use educational research

National report finds school leaders value, widely use educational research

A new, sweeping national study of educational research use among school and district leaders finds generally positive attitudes toward the value of research...
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CU researchers take aim at PTSD, burnout in the ICU

CU researchers take aim at PTSD, burnout in the ICU

More than a decade ago, Meredith Mealer embarked on research that has only increased in relevance with the passing years.
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Mice flown in space show nascent liver damage

Mice flown in space show nascent liver damage

In a discovery with implications for long-term spaceflight and future missions to Mars, a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has...
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Sullivan studies housing equality and the devastating effects mobile home park evictions have on individuals and entire communities

Sullivan studies housing equality and the devastating effects mobile home park evictions have on individuals and entire communities

Esther Sullivan, PhD, followed her interests in housing equality and poverty housing and lived in mobile home parks in Florida and Texas. That is, until she...
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Consortium takes lead on studying climate change effects on health

Consortium takes lead on studying climate change effects on health

A group of University of Colorado scientists are taking a leadership role to investigate the effects of climate change on health, which has emerged as a...
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CU-Boulder researchers to study elevated anxiety in Colorado cancer survivors, test potential treatments

CU-Boulder researchers to study elevated anxiety in Colorado cancer survivors, test potential treatments

CU-Boulder researchers are embarking on a multi-year research project to study and address the psychological concerns of cancer survivors, including elevated...
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Health incentives

Monetary incentives for healthy behavior can pay off, says CU study

Monetary rewards for healthy behavior can pay off both in the pocketbook and in positive psychological factors like internal motivation, according to a new...
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From zero to $1 billion: A CU Denver | CU Anschutz proposal development story

The September 2014 edition of UIS, at your service… reported that the CU Denver | CU Anschutz Office of Grants and Contracts (OGC) was in the midst of rolling...
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Participant screening underway for free weight loss program
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Participant screening underway for free weight-loss program

Interested in participating in a free weight-loss program? The CU Anschutz Health and Wellness Center is seeking volunteers for a new weight-loss research...
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Giant flightless bird wandered the Arctic 50 million years ago

Giant flightless bird wandered the Arctic 50 million years ago

Strange as it may seem, a bird bigger than Big Bird once lived above the Arctic Circle. The flightless bird, known as Gastornis, roamed Ellesmere Island next...
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Putting the punch to Parkinson's

Putting the punch to Parkinson's

With a glint in her eye and clenched jaw, Tina Schoenherr rears back a gloved fist and swings at the target held up by Anthony Mora. Thuds of fists on punching...
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Skin infections rife among high school wrestlers, study says

Skin infections rife among high school wrestlers, study says

The first national survey of skin infections among high school athletes has found that wrestlers have the highest number of infections, with football players...
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Colorado citizens explore impacts of oil and gas development
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Colorado citizens explore impacts of oil and gas development

The projects range from a water festival in Trinidad to groundwater sampling in Weld County and air quality monitoring on the Western Slope.
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Discovery shows dinosaurs may have been the original lovebirds
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Discovery shows dinosaurs may have been the original lovebirds

Dinosaurs engaged in mating behavior similar to modern birds, leaving the fossil evidence behind in 100 million year old rocks, according to new research by...
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Sex differences in Type 2 diabetes affect cardiovascular risk

Women with Type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to have coronary heart disease compared to men, and may need more frequent and intense physical activity to...
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Potential CU-Boulder Retired Faculty Association gains support
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Potential CU-Boulder Retired Faculty Association gains support

Efforts to pursue the possible establishment of a CU-Boulder Retired Faculty Association are moving forward with the Boulder Faculty Assembly Executive...
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Cannabis & Cancer: Cause, Cure, Conundrum
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Cannabis and Cancer: Cause, Cure, Conundrum

Within two miles of the University of Colorado Cancer Center are at least seven recreational marijuana dispensaries with names like Pink House, Terrapin Care...
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Colorado launch firm picks CU-Boulder for first free ride to space
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Colorado launch firm picks CU-Boulder for first free ride to space

Typically weighing in at 3 pounds and no bigger than a box of facial tissue, a CubeSat is small yet more than capable of carrying scientific payloads into...
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Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards
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Faculty invited to apply for Boettcher Investigator status

The University of Colorado and the Boettcher Foundation announce the 2016 Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards program.

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