University Women’s Club: connecting Colorado women for nearly 100 years

Sept. 6, 2013

The University Women’s Club at CU-Boulder is not your grandma’s afternoon tea. With 350 current members, these Boulder community women meet for lectures, hiking, French conversation, book groups among other interest group activities. The Club’s community and education mission is to promote friendship among women and raise scholarship funds for nontraditional students.

'50 Reasons to Stay' video created to raise suicide prevention awareness

Sept. 6, 2013

September is Suicide Prevention Month and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) would like to invite the CU Community to learn and spread the word about how everyone can make a difference when it comes to suicide prevention.

Caroline Himes

CU-Boulder announces new Office of Industry Collaboration

Sept. 5, 2013

The °µÍř˝űÇř today announced the opening of an Office of Industry Collaboration and the naming of Caroline Himes as director.

Student health tip: Your brain on breakfast

Sept. 5, 2013

There’s a reason you often hear that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. According to Jane Reagan, a Registered Dietitian at Wardenburg Health Center, “Having a breakfast that includes ample protein, whole grains, and fruits or vegetables is a healthy way to increase your brain power and all-day energy.” Find out more benefits of eating breakfast in September’s issue of Student Health 101 e-magazine .

Students encouraged to arrive early for Saturday's Central Arkansas game

Sept. 5, 2013

Students attending the first home football game Saturday against Central Arkansas at 6 p.m. are encouraged to arrive at Folsom Field early to enjoy all the gameday festivities. Stadium gates open at 4:30 p.m., and student seating is first-come, first-served, so fans who want to be in the first few rows should arrive early.

Bears visit University Hill neighborhood: Reminder about bear safety

Sept. 5, 2013

A female bear and two cubs visited the University Hill neighborhood on Tuesday and spent the day in a tree, before leaving some time Tuesday night.

Startup Phenomenon Women sparks attendee’s entrepreneurial interests

Sept. 4, 2013

Startup Phenomenon Women 2013 drew a crowd of students, faculty, staff and community members to Macky Auditorium on Sept. 3. The university-supported event, with a theme encouraging women to empower themselves and featuring leaders from a variety of industries, resembled the popular “TED Talks” format. Speakers had the chance to share who they are, what their stories are and the variety of ways they’ve been successful.

Ability to delay gratification may be linked to social trust, new CU-Boulder study finds

Sept. 4, 2013

A person’s ability to delay gratification—forgoing a smaller reward now for a larger reward in the future—may depend on how trustworthy the person perceives the reward-giver to be, according to a new study by researchers at the °µÍř˝űÇř.

CU-Boulder researchers attract $351 million in sponsored funding

Sept. 3, 2013

Faculty at the University of Colorado attracted research awards totaling $774,079,158 during the 2012-13 fiscal year, based on preliminary figures. 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 history. The amount slipped 5.6 percent from the previous year, reflecting an increasingly competitive arena shaped in part by tightening federal budgets.

Rare western bumblebees netted on Colorado’s Front Range during CU-Boulder survey

Sept. 3, 2013

A white-rumped bumblebee that has been in steep decline across its native range in the western United States and Canada appears to be making a comeback on the Colorado Front Range. A survey of bumblebee populations carried out largely by °µÍř˝űÇř undergraduates in undisturbed patches of prairieland and in mountain meadows above campus has turned up more than 20 rare western bumblebees, known scientifically as Bombus occidentalis.

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