New RTD bus pass pick-up required Jan. 7-25

Jan. 2, 2013

Students planning to use RTD services are strongly advised to pick up their new RTD CollegePass cards prior to Jan. 25 to ensure there is no disruption of service or transit access.

Colorado business confidence remains positive going into first quarter, says CU Leeds School index

Jan. 2, 2013

Colorado business leaders’ optimism is modest going into the first quarter of 2013 with uncertainty surrounding the country’s political and economic environments, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the ’s Leeds School of Business.

Anna Englander

A whirlwind Italian 'Butterfly' for CU grad student

Dec. 26, 2012

Singing in your first professional opera is challenge enough. Throw in a 12-hour, trans-Atlantic flight and a mere two days of rehearsal time — with two different conductors — and you’ve got a grand task indeed. But that’s just what University of Colorado College of Music student Anna Englander will face in January when she travels to Italy to sing the key role of Suzuki for three performances of Puccini’s classic Madama Butterfly in three different cities.

Beware of holiday phishing attacks

Dec. 26, 2012

Our campus is constantly under attack by a barrage of attempts to steal personal information (aka phishing). Often these attacks come during holidays when campus IT support is unavailable. Even when you can’t contact the IT Service Center there are still clues and resources to help you figure out if the e-mail you have received is legitimate or a phishing attempt. More at www.colorado.edu/oit/news/holiday-phishing .

Research by CU-Boulder physicists creates ‘recipe book’ for building new materials

Dec. 26, 2012

By showing that tiny particles injected into a liquid crystal medium adhere to existing mathematical theorems, physicists at the have opened the door for the creation of a host of new materials with properties that do not exist in nature.

CU-Boulder student life: Criminology Buffs

Dec. 21, 2012

Criminology students at CU-Boulder had the opportunity to find out what life is like on the other side of the bars when they toured the prison complex at Cañon City, Colorado. Three tours held during the fall semester took 59 students to the Territorial Correctional Facility, Colorado State Penitentiary, and Arrowhead Correctional Center to learn about the criminal justice system, prison facilities, and inmates.

CU-Boulder student life: Senior's interest in environment becomes career path

Dec. 20, 2012

CU-Boulder senior Joel Jones says he’s been interested in the environment since he was a kid. He started getting serious about it in high school, where in one of his classes he learned about buildings that were designed with the environment in mind. That class helped propel his interest into a career path. “I didn’t know about environmental engineering until I came here to CU, and once I learned about it, I decided to make it my focus for my undergraduate career,” said Jones, who will graduate on Dec. 21 with a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental engineering.

FSAP Workshop: Talking With Our Children Violence

Dec. 19, 2012

The disturbing events of last Friday have brought up many questions regarding how to talk with our children about violence in the community. Please join the counselors of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program at the lunch hour for a conversation and information session about how to help your children understand and cope with school violence. For additional information or to RSVP, please contact our office at 303-492-3020 or email Yee.Chan@colorado.edu . Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, 12 - 1 p.m., UMC 247.

End of days: Debunking the Mayan Calendar Prophecy

Dec. 19, 2012

Tongue in cheek is the best way Payson Sheets, a CU-Boulder anthropologist, tries to explain the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy of doom and gloom or spiritual enlightenment, depending on which side of the calendar fence you sit on. A specialist in ancient societies of Mesoamerica, Sheets knows a tad bit about Mayan culture and shares his thoughts about what will happen on Dec. 21, 2012.

JILA physicists achieve elusive ‘evaporative cooling’ of molecules

Dec. 19, 2012

NIST news release Achieving a goal considered nearly impossible, JILA physicists have chilled a gas of molecules to very low temperatures by adapting the familiar process by which a hot cup of coffee cools. JILA is a joint institute of the and the National Institute of Standards and Technology located on the CU-Boulder campus.

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