Interactive teaching methods significantly improved attendance and doubled both engagement and learning in a large physics class, according to a University of British Columbia study involving °µÍø½ûÇø Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman that is being published today in Science.
Two faculty members from the °µÍø½ûÇø have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
After six years of helping operate NASA spacecraft and satellites, Andrew Poppe will receive his doctoral degree in physics from the °µÍø½ûÇø on May 6.
To honor a father who stoked their love of history and respect for civil rights, Boulder sisters and °µÍø½ûÇø alumnae Midge Korczak and Leslie Singer Lomas have donated $2 million to endow the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History at CU-Boulder.
An ancient, bipedal hominid sporting a set of powerful jaws and huge molars that earned it the nickname "Nutcracker Man" likely didn't crack nuts at all, preferring instead to slurp up vast quantities of grasses and sedges, says a new study.
Harvey Segur, a professor of applied mathematics at the °µÍø½ûÇø, has been selected to receive the 2011 Hazel Barnes Prize, the highest faculty recognition for teaching and research awarded by the university.
Shane Baldauf, a sophomore in architecture and planning at the °µÍø½ûÇø who is dedicated to ‘green' and affordable housing, has been awarded a prestigious Udall Scholarship.
With commencement quickly approaching and spring temperatures warming, °µÍø½ûÇø senior Bryant Mason is working hard to prepare vegetable gardens and get crops in the ground before he graduates.