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CU researchers attract $774 million in sponsored funding

That investment in CU maintains the university’s place as one of the top research institutions in the country, the total ranking as fourth-highest in CU...
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CU study relies on twins and their parents to understand height-IQ connection

The fact that taller people also tend to be slightly smarter is due in roughly equal parts to two phenomena—the same genes affect both traits and taller people...
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CU professor to use new mobile technology to test for agricultural pathogens in Africa

Photo courtesy African Renewal/United Nations A University of Colorado Boulder faculty member will travel to Africa later this month to test a mobile...
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Five questions for Tor Wager

Recent groundbreaking research by the associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at CU-Boulder provides a brain-activity measurement that predicts how...
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University looks to make most of research and discovery

CU is engaged in an effort to enhance its research operations and infrastructure, as well as to diversify the entities it partners with, all with the intent of...
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CU study shows how early Earth kept warm enough to support life

An artist’s conception of Earth during the late Archean, 2.8 billion years ago. (Image courtesy of Charlie Meeks) Solving the “faint young sun paradox” --...
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CU-Boulder organizing effort to establish unmanned aircraft test site in Colorado

From left to right, aerospace engineering sciences Associate Professor Eric Frew and doctoral students Neeti Wagle, Holly Borowski and Jack Elston work with...
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Northern hemisphere losing last dry snow region, says CU study

Last July, something unprecedented in the 34-year satellite record happened: 98 percent of the Greenland Ice Sheet’s surface melted, compared to roughly 50...
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Dual chamber defibrillators pose higher risk of complications

A device commonly used to treat dangerous heart rhythms may cause more issues for patients than a simpler version of the same device. The implantable...
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Five questions for Max Boykoff

As an assistant professor in the Center for Science and Technology Policy in CIRES, his research interests include the cultural politics of climate change and...
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Five questions for Tom Zeiler

He might be known as the “baseball history guy,” but this professor at the Department of History at the University of Colorado Boulder is well-versed in more...
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Study: Forced exercise may still protect against anxiety, stress

Forced to exercise when you don't want to? You're still benefiting. (File photo: Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado) Being forced to exercise may still help...
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Outstanding research celebrated at RaCAS event

Casey Allen, Ph.D., receives the Faculty Mentor of the Year Award at the RaCAS event. Presenting the award is Mary Coussons-Read, provost of the University of...
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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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