Materialistic People are Liked Less Than 'Experiential' People, Says University of Colorado Professor

April 14, 2010

People who pursue happiness through material possessions are liked less by their peers than people who pursue happiness through life experiences, according to a new study led by University of Colorado at Boulder psychology Professor Leaf Van Boven.

CU Astrophysics Professor Juri Toomre to Receive 2010 Hazel Barnes Prize

April 13, 2010

Juri Toomre, a professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences and a fellow of JILA at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been selected to receive the Hazel Barnes Prize, the highest faculty recognition for teaching and research awarded by the university.

CU-Boulder Officials Issue Meningitis Advisory To Students Who Attended April 2 Party

April 9, 2010

Officials at the Wardenburg Health Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder are encouraging students who attended a party in the 700 block of 36th Street in Boulder on the night of April 2 to contact the health center or their primary care provider

CU-Boulder to Honor 40th Anniversary of CU Environmental Center

April 9, 2010

Amid an extensive lineup of Earth Day events at the University of Colorado at Boulder April 10-25, the campus will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Environmental Center, founded by students as the "Eco-Center" on the inaugural Earth Day in 1970.

Gender Equity is Thwarted by Old Expectations, CU-Boulder Team Finds

April 9, 2010

Many studies have found that even as women have succeeded in historically male-dominated fields, they have not enjoyed a corresponding reduction in domestic work.

CU Law Professor Can Comment on Justice Stevens' Retirement

April 9, 2010

The fourth-longest-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice, John Paul Stevens, has been extraordinarily influential as the leader of the progressive wing of the court and as a canny builder of coalitions among the justices, according to Scott Moss, a law professor and expert in constitutional law at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Gov. Ritter Congratulates CU-Boulder for Receiving Recovery Act Funding to Build Smart Grid Workforce

April 8, 2010

Gov. Bill Ritter praised the University of Colorado at Boulder for being awarded $2.4 million in Recovery Act funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a smart grid workforce training program. The funds will help CU-Boulder to build an engineering graduate program focused on smart grid technologies.

Traditional Inuit Knowledge Combines With Science to Shape Arctic Weather Insights

April 7, 2010

Using skills passed down through generations, Inuit forecasters living in the Canadian Arctic look to the sky to tell by the way the wind scatters a cloud whether a storm is on the horizon or if it's safe to go on a hunt.

University of Colorado Announces Budget-Balancing Measures

April 7, 2010

The University of Colorado system today announced a proposed $22 million package of budget-balancing measures for fiscal year 2010-11 (which begins July 1), the second round of a two-year process.

Search Committee Recommends Single Candidate for CU-Boulder Provost

April 2, 2010

The search committee established by University of Colorado at Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano to consider candidates for the position of provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at CU-Boulder has recommended a single candidate to be considered for the position: Robert Sternberg. Sternberg currently serves as the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University.

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