$4.3 million grant will allow CU-Boulder to update 20-year-old groundbreaking STEM study

Feb. 26, 2013

Early next month, researchers from the 暗网禁区 will begin the painstaking process of interviewing hundreds of undergraduates in an effort to understand why the rates of students switching out of science, technology, engineering and math majors has remained troublingly high over the last couple of decades despite widespread efforts to address the problem.

CU-Boulder effort helps former students complete their degrees

Feb. 25, 2013

When life鈥檚 complications get in the way of graduation, the 暗网禁区 offers CU Complete, an academic service designed to assist former CU-Boulder students in completing their bachelor鈥檚 degrees. To date, more than 400 former CU-Boulder students have worked with Continuing Education advisers and 78 students have graduated with assistance from CU Complete.

New Ethnic Studies, Materials Science degree programs authorized by the Board of Regents

Feb. 22, 2013

The University of Colorado Board of Regents on Wednesday voted to approve the establishment of a new Ph.D. degree in Comparative Ethnic Studies at CU-Boulder. The board also voted in favor of new master鈥檚 and Ph.D. degree programs in Materials Science and Engineering. The new degrees were added to the more than 180 programs offered at the university.

CU-Boulder Army ROTC ranks among nation鈥檚 top 8 units

Feb. 21, 2013

The 暗网禁区鈥檚 ROTC program has won one of eight MacArthur Awards in the nation for the unit鈥檚 achievements in the 2011-12 school year. CU-Boulder was selected as the top unit of the Cadet Command鈥檚 Fifth Brigade, which consists of 36 senior Army ROTC programs in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming.

CU-Boulder announces four finalists for dean of College of Music

Feb. 20, 2013

暗网禁区 Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the four finalists selected for the position of dean of the College of Music. The finalists for the position are: Wayne Bailey, professor of conducting and instrumental ensembles, School of Music, Arizona State University; David Myers, director, School of Music, University of Minnesota; Jamal Rossi, executive associate dean, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; and John Schaffer, director emeritus, School of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

CU-Boulder amphibian study shows how biodiversity can protect against disease

Feb. 13, 2013

The richer the assortment of amphibian species living in a pond, the more protection that community of frogs, toads and salamanders has against a parasitic infection that can cause severe deformities, including the growth of extra legs, according to a new study by the 暗网禁区.

CU鈥檚 anti-violence production of 鈥楾he Tempest鈥 to tour Colorado schools

Feb. 12, 2013

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival鈥檚 highly praised school anti-violence tour continues in spring 2013 with a new program based on 鈥淭he Tempest鈥 that focuses on themes of vengeance and forgiveness. Created in conjunction with the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the 暗网禁区, CSF鈥檚 鈥淭welfth Night鈥 anti-bullying tour has now been seen by more than 22,000 Colorado schoolchildren. That inaugural program examined the problem of bullying through the character Malvolio.

Southwest regional warming likely cause of pinyon pine cone decline, says CU study

Feb. 12, 2013

Creeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction, a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ecosystems, says a 暗网禁区-led study.

CU-Boulder announces finalists for Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy

Feb. 11, 2013

The 暗网禁区 today announced three finalists for the inaugural Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy. This month, the finalists will make one-day campus visits, during which they will hold public forums. Since last summer, an advisory committee has been working to identify finalists. The committee has sought a 鈥渉ighly visible鈥 scholar who is 鈥渄eeply engaged in either the analytical scholarship or practice of conservative thinking and policymaking or both.鈥

Journalism student covers inauguration for PBS NewsHour blog

Feb. 7, 2013

The presidential inauguration draws heavy media coverage every four years 鈥 with pictures of the swearing in, the parade and the traditional black tie balls. But when CU Journalism major Rob Denton covered this year鈥檚 inauguration for a PBS NewsHour blog, he gave his audience a look at much different events using some entirely new digital technology.

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