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Five questions for James Hill

The executive director of the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center talks about the facility's first year -- and his 'eureka' moment in the obesity battle.
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In sex, happiness hinges on keeping up with the Joneses, study finds

Sex apparently is like income: People are generally happy when they keep pace with the Joneses and they’re even happier if they get a bit more. That’s one...
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Five questions for Ron Rorrer

In 1993, he taught courses at the University of Colorado Denver, and in 1997 became full-time faculty. His research work has evolved to focus on polymers and...
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Colorado business confidence surges going into second quarter, says Leeds School

The confidence of Colorado business leaders has surged going into the second quarter of 2013, according to the most recent Leeds Business Confidence Index, or...
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Annual awards honor groundbreaking research at CU-Boulder

The University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office (TTO) on Monday presented awards to university researchers and companies who represent best practices in...
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Study: Camping ban proves counterproductive, cruel

A homeless man sits on a bench on the 16th Street Mall in Denver (Photo by Chris Palmer). Denver's controversial "camping ban" has left the homeless no place...
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Many emergency room providers don’t ask suicidal patients about gun access

Although guns are used in over half of all American suicides, a new study shows that many emergency room doctors and nurses do not routinely ask suicidal...
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Five questions for John Black

A love of mathematics and the knowledge that there aren’t many jobs that allow someone “to just do math” propelled John Black toward a career in cryptography...
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Study: Less sleep leads to more eating, more weight

Sleeping just five hours a night over a workweek and having unlimited access to food caused participants in a new study led by the University of Colorado...
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New 3-D printer could revolutionize biomedical research

From left, Jacob Segil, doctoral student in mechanical engineering at CU-Boulder; Richard Weir, Ph.D., associate research professor in the Department of...
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Study: Early human burial practices varied widely

Man in an Upper Paleolithic burial in Sunghir, Russia. The site is approximately 28,000 to 30,000 years old. A new study from the University of Colorado Denver...
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Five questions for Deborah Kenny

The reitred Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army has returned home and is continuing her research, including studies that examine the effects of war.
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Amphibian study shows how biodiversity can protect against disease

Pieter Johnson from the University of Colorado Boulder and Laura Guderyahn from the city of Gresham's Natural Resource Program observe malformed red-legged...
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Southwest regional warming likely cause of pinyon pine cone decline, says CU study

A decline in the reproduction of pinyon pine trees in the Southwest in recent decades could affect a number of different bird and mammal species, including the...
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Call for research proposals: President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative

Faculty from all disciplines are invited to become investigators in the CU President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative (PTLC), now beginning its eighth...
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Five questions for Richard Johnson

“The Fat Switch,” a book by Richard Johnson, M.D., reveals what he and his research team suggest could be the mechanism behind a worldwide obesity and diabetes...
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New study reveals possible ‘road map’ for continued warming of planet

Lasers are used to measure water stable isotopes and atmospheric gas bubbles in the ice cores from Greenland, shown here, to better understand past variations...
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Benefits, challenges of making health care safer and better

Safety and quality seem like obvious goals for health care education. But improving the way budding doctors and nurses are taught, bringing those professions...
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Five questions for Mary Guy

What makes a fireman or policeman rush to help others each and every day? How do they – and others in high-stress jobs – continue to enjoy their work?
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Cancer Center study: High-fiber diet prevents prostate cancer progression

Research by Komal Raina, Ph.D., shows that prostate cancers in mice fed a high-fiber diet fail to progress. A high-fiber diet may have the clinical potential...
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CU-led study: Pine beetle outbreaks don’t harm water quality

New study shows that smaller trees and other vegetation that survive pine beetle invasions along waterways increase their uptake of nitrate, a common...
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Five questions for Jessica Metcalf

Years of detective work by the postdoctoral researcher, colleagues at CU-Boulder and others have pointed the way toward a brighter future for Colorado's state...
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Researchers work to halt Hepatitis C’s molecular hijacking

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have figured out intimate details of how the hepatitis C virus takes over an invaded cell, a...
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Researchers discover a chemical that fends off harm to organs

Anesthesia is quite safe these days. But sometimes putting a patient under to fix one problem, such as heart damage, can harm a different organ, such as a...
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Physics magazine: CU involved in two of year’s top 10 breakthroughs

University of Colorado Boulder faculty and students are part of international science teams that made two of the top 10 breakthroughs in physics in 2012 as...

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