'What I Saw at the Apocalypse' Presented Feb. 28 at CU's ATLAS Black Box Studio

Feb. 23, 2009

"What I Saw at the Apocalypse," an immersive performance/concert/ installation/spectacle conceived by University of Colorado music professor Michael Theodore, will be presented at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, in the Black Box Studio in the CU ATLAS building.

John Sleeman Named Managing Senior Associate University Counsel for CU-Boulder

Feb. 23, 2009

Vice President and University Counsel Dan Wilkerson of the University of Colorado system and CU-Boulder Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson today announced the appointment of John Sleeman as the managing senior associate university counsel for CU-Boulder.

CU's Fiske Planetarium Celebrates International Year of Astronomy with Feb. 27 Unveiling of NASA Images

Feb. 20, 2009

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Fiske Planetarium will celebrate the International Year of Astronomy 2009 with the unveiling of two new mural-sized images taken by NASA telescopes and observatories and a talk by astronomer Luisa Rebull on Feb. 27.

Eating Disorders are Focus of Weeklong Series at CU-Boulder

Feb. 19, 2009

The University of Colorado at Boulder is participating in a weeklong national event starting Feb. 23 designed to bring attention to the epidemic of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction issues that plague huge numbers of college-aged women and men.

CU-Boulder Students to be at Controls for NASA's March Planet-Hunting Mission

Feb. 19, 2009

University of Colorado at Boulder students will be at the controls of one of NASA's most intriguing missions in recent years following the scheduled March 6 launch of the Kepler spacecraft to hunt down Earth-like planets in other solar systems.

Gov. Ritter Honors Life-Saving Impact of CU-Boulder Inhalable Vaccine

Feb. 18, 2009

Substituting inhalable, powder vaccines for shots may sound like an ideal alternative for those with phobias of needles, but for millions of children in developing countries, it could be the difference between life and death.

New iPod Listening Study Shows Surprising Behavior of Teens

Feb. 18, 2009

A new study involving iPods and teenagers by the University of Colorado at Boulder and Children's Hospital Boston indicates teenagers who receive pressure from their peers or others to turn down the volume of their iPods instead turn them up higher.

Urban Development in an Era of Climate Change is Focus of New CU Symposium

Feb. 16, 2009

More than 30 of the nation's leading thinkers and practitioners in real estate, law, business and public policy will gather in Denver and Boulder Feb. 26-27 for a new University of Colorado at Boulder symposium about sustainable land use and real estate development.

Western Author Tom McGuane to Receive Wallace Stegner Award From CU-Boulder's Center of the American West

Feb. 16, 2009

The Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder announced today it will present its 2009 Wallace Stegner Award to author Tom McGuane, best known for his novels "The Sporting Club," "The Bushwhacked Piano" and "Ninety-Two in the Shade."

Evolution Education for K-12 Teachers Needs Beefing Up, Says CU-Boulder Prof

Feb. 15, 2009

A failure to grasp the fundamentals of biological systems may be leaving K-12 teachers and students vulnerable to claims by intelligent design creationists, new-age homeopaths and other "hucksters," according to a University of Colorado at Boulder biology professor.

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