CU-Boulder student investigates biochar for water treatment in developing countries

July 17, 2012

A variety of public health issues plague the refugees from Burma living on the Thai border, not the least of which is drinking water contaminated by bacteria and pesticides. Yet few low-cost, sustainable and appropriate treatment technologies are available to people in rural and developing communities to ensure water safety.

Steve Thweatt returns to CU-Boulder as executive director of Facilities Management

July 12, 2012

Steve Thweatt, associate vice president of planning, design and construction at Emory University, has been named executive director of Facilities Management at the . Thweatt, the CU-Boulder campus architect and director of planning, design and construction from 1994 to 2007, will provide strategic leadership and administrative oversight for capital planning, design and construction, sustainability, engineering, physical plant operations, campus utilities and campus logistics. His appointment is effective as of Aug. 1.

Steve Thweatt returns to CU-Boulder as executive director of Facilities Management

July 12, 2012

Steve Thweatt, associate vice president of planning, design and construction at Emory University, has been named executive director of Facilities Management effective as of August 1.

CU-Boulder alumna gives $2 million to launch endowed chair in theater

July 12, 2012

When a young caller for the ’s annual giving program asked Roe Green a decade ago if she would consider increasing her $100 annual gift to $150, he was the first to get the hint that Green might become a key part of the theater program from which she’d graduated in 1970. “I told the caller, ‘Oh, I think I’d like to give more,’ ” recalled Green.

CU-Boulder alumna gives $2 million to launch an endowed chair in theater

July 11, 2012

In a day and age when the arts are often overlooked by those seeking more “career-oriented” pursuits, Green—who is on numerous boards including the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council and the honorary board of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival—stands up for the importance of theater. “Theater helps in all walks of life,” Green says. “It gives you an opportunity to speak in front of people. What makes us human are the arts.”

CU research helped propel amputee-sprinter Oscar Pistorius to Olympics

July 10, 2012

researchers will be watching closely when South African bilateral leg amputee and sprinter Oscar Pistorius, dubbed “The Blade Runner,” makes his way to the starting block for the 400-meter sprint in the 2012 London Olympics.

CU-Boulder Facilities Operations receives nation’s highest award for excellence

July 10, 2012

The ’s Facilities Operations, a division of the Department of Facilities Management, has earned the highest institutional honor bestowed by APPA, the association serving educational facilities professionals. APPA’s Award for Excellence in Facilities Management will be formally presented on July 18 during the organization’s annual conference, to be held in Denver this year.

CU-Boulder physicists help discover evidence of the elusive Higgs boson particle

July 5, 2012

An international team including researchers has found the first direct evidence for a new particle that likely is the long sought-after Higgs boson, believed to endow the universe with mass.

Nitrogen pollution changing Rocky Mountain National Park vegetation, says CU-Boulder study

July 5, 2012

A new study led by the indicates air pollution in the form of nitrogen compounds emanating from power plants, automobiles and agriculture is changing the alpine vegetation in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Colorado to see continued moderate growth in 2012, forecasts CU economist

July 5, 2012

The Colorado economy continues to grow at a modest pace in 2012, positioning the state among the healthier in growth nationally, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the ’s Leeds School of Business. Midway through the year, Colorado’s job growth rate is up to about 1.6 percent -- a gain of about 35,000 jobs in 2012 if the pace holds steady.

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