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Earth Lab students bring data analytics to environmental challenges

June 24, 2019

Now in its second year, the Earth Lab Data Analytics Graduate Certificate gives students the tools to study environmental topics such as air pollution, glaciers and flooding.

New basketball seats in an empty arena

Faculty in Focus: Jack Zable is changing how the NBA warms up

June 21, 2019

The Milwaukee Bucks, like most NBA teams, were using standard folding chairs for bench seats. Players sat on cold surfaces with their knees crunched up, causing stiffness. Jack Zable, a professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, changed that.

Garden of the Gods

In Colorado's Garden of the Gods, John Conway is the Ant King

June 21, 2019

From 1971 to 1975, John R. Conway, a University of Scranton professor emeritus, hiked the 1,320-acre park, at the foot of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, in search of the unique, elusive and minimally studied insect called the honey ant. The project, which led to his CU doctoral thesis, inspired a lifelong scientific mission to uncover the insect’s mysterious ecology and evolution.

Jack Burns in front of the moon

Faculty in Focus: Heading back to the moon (this time, for good)

June 21, 2019

Getting humans back to the moon is one thing. Jack Burns and other CU scientists are asking, "How can we stay?" As the United States prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary, on July 20, of Neil Armstrong’s first lunar step, the nation is again getting serious about going back.

CU's hiking club jumps at the top of a hike

CU's Hiking Club celebrates its 100th birthday

June 21, 2019

When the club started in 1919, it consisted of 23 women and 12 men. One hundred years later, it has more than 700 members.

Walter Orr sits outside on campus

Archives digitizes Walter Orr Roberts Collection for NCAR's 60th

June 21, 2019

The University Libraries and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are delighted to share the newly curated Walter Orr Roberts digital collection.

Laurie Cantillo

The creator of NASA’s first podcast

June 21, 2019

Alumna Laurie Cantillo was fresh out of college when she first spotted the Milky Way during an outdoor education trip in Utah. Since then, the director of communication and education at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been on a mission to share the wonders of space with the world.

Walker Sampson and Heather Bowden hold their book on the CU Boulder campus

Bowden and Sampson receive SAA Award

June 21, 2019

Heather Bowden and Walker Sampson, professors from the University Libraries, are being honored with a Preservation Publication Award from the Society of American Archivists (SAA) for their book, “The No-Nonsense Guide to Born-Digital Content.â€

An aerial perspective of the CU Boulder campus

Apply to the 2019-20 University Perspective Program by July 15

June 21, 2019

Since 1987, the University Perspective Program has enhanced the knowledge base of the University of Colorado staff.

A student uses a laptop to study outside

Apply by July 1 to receive $1000 stipend for 2019-20 Course OER Adoption Initiative

June 21, 2019

CU Boulder educators are invited to apply to participate in a Course OER Adoption Initiative. The deadline to apply is July 1.

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