CU-Boulder plays key role in global student space experiment competition

Sept. 10, 2012

Space experiments dreamed up by three teenage winners of an international contest that will be streamed live on YouTube from the International Space Station Sept. 13 were made flight-ready by a space center.

Response on today’s ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court on the Ward Churchill case

Sept. 10, 2012

Statement from CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano Today’s decision by the Colorado Supreme Court upholds the high standards of academic integrity practiced every day by our faculty, and helps us to ensure the quality of instruction for all our students. It is vital that what is published and what is taught in the classroom be based on research and scholarship grounded in honest, accepted and time-tested methods. This was always what was at stake in this case for the university, and the winners today are our faculty and students.

Colorado Supreme Court upholds CU dismissal of Ward Churchill

Sept. 10, 2012

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday affirmed rulings by the Colorado Court of Appeals and the trial court in favor of the University of Colorado Board of Regents in connection with the dismissal of CU ethnic studies Professor Ward Churchill in 2007. The court “accepted as fact” that CU properly investigated and adjudicated acts of plagiarism, fabricating evidence and violations of the university’s academic standards by Churchill.

$2 million investment in Leeds School of Business launches two new undergraduate business programs

Sept. 10, 2012

The Anschutz Foundation has committed $2 million to launch two new initiatives designed to make the Leeds School of Business at the a more powerful economic contributor to Colorado and beyond.

Mountain forest study shows vulnerability to climate change

Sept. 10, 2012

A new -led study that ties forest “greenness” in the western United States to fluctuating year-to-year snowpack indicates mid-elevation mountain ecosystems are most sensitive to rising temperatures and changes in precipitation and snowmelt.

CU-led mountain forest study shows vulnerability to climate change

Sept. 10, 2012

A new -led study that ties forest “greenness” in the western United States to fluctuating year-to-year snowpack indicates mid-elevation mountain ecosystems are most sensitive to rising temperatures and changes in precipitation and snowmelt.

Increase in metal concentrations in Rocky Mountain watershed tied to warming temperatures

Sept. 7, 2012

Warmer air temperatures since the 1980s may explain significant increases in zinc and other metal concentrations of ecological concern in a Rocky Mountain watershed, reports a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey and the .

Students encouraged to arrive early for Saturday's Sacramento State game

Sept. 7, 2012

Students attending the first home football game Saturday against Sacramento State at 1 p.m. are encouraged to get to Folsom Field early and enjoy all the gameday festivities. A few of the pregame highlights include a visit to Ralphie’s Corral, located just south of Benson Earth Sciences, where Ralphie herself arrives at 10:15 a.m. and will be available for photo opportunities. Or stop by to grab a glance of her until about 30 minutes before kickoff.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to speak at CU-Boulder Sept. 13

Sept. 7, 2012

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will address the role of public lands in American life at the on Sept. 13 as part of a conference commemorating the 200th anniversary of the General Land Office. Salazar’s talk is part of a conference titled “The Nation Possessed:
The Conflicting Claims on America’s Public Lands” being held at CU-Boulder Sept. 11-14. The conference is sponsored by the Center of the American West and the Public Lands Foundation.

Bear visits campus, prompts reminder about bear safety

Sept. 7, 2012

An adult bear visited campus Thursday morning in the Grandview neighborhood. CU Police, Boulder Police, Boulder open space rangers and the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife responded to the scene. Luckily, the bear wandered away from campus some time Thursday night. After roaming around the area for a while, the bear settled next to a tree for approximately 30 minutes. It then scaled the tree shortly after noon and rested on a branch about 35 feet up, and remained there until some time Thursday night when it decided to come down and leave the area.

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