CU-Boulder Names Candice Bowen Executive Director Of Human Resources

Feb. 17, 2008

Candice Bowen, director of the Office of Discrimination and Harassment and the Office of Labor Relations at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named executive director of human resources, replacing outgoing Director Zan Johns.

Scientists Using Laser Light To Detect Potential Diseases Via Breath, Says Study

Feb. 17, 2008

By blasting a person's breath with laser light, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado at Boulder have shown that they can detect molecules that may be markers for diseases like asthma or cancer.

CU-Boulder Observatory To Host Lunar Eclipse Viewing Feb. 20

Feb. 17, 2008

A total lunar eclipse will darken the moonlit skies over Colorado during the early evening hours of Wednesday, Feb. 20, according to University of Colorado at Boulder astronomers.

Keynote Speaker Cancels, New Speakers Announced For 13th Annual CU-Boulder Diversity Summit

Feb. 17, 2008

Holocaust survivor, educator and author Gerda Weissmann Klein, who was scheduled to give the keynote address for the University of Colorado at Boulder's 13th annual Diversity Summit on Tuesday will not speak as scheduled due to illness.

CU Professor Comments On Pakistani Elections, Military And Politics

Feb. 17, 2008

Pakistanis went to the polls today to vote for a new government in parliamentary elections, just a few months after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, leader of the main opposition group to President Pervez MusharrafÂ’s Pakistan Muslim League-Q party.

CU-Based IT Coalition Receives Grant For School Outreach From Motorola Foundation

Feb. 14, 2008

The Colorado Coalition for Gender and Information Technology based at the University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded a $20,000 Motorola Foundation Innovation Generation Grant to encourage K-12 students to study computer science.

CU-Boulder Professor Named To NASA Advisory Council

Feb. 13, 2008

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has appointed University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Jack Burns of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department to the NASA Advisory Council.

CU-Boulder Senior Honored With New CU Proud Award

Feb. 13, 2008

University of Colorado at Boulder student Steven DeGroot has excelled in the classroom, as a volunteer and as a mentor and leader in his Navy ROTC battalion, and in recognition has received the university's first CU Proud Award.

New Experimental Atomic Clock Surpasses Accuracy Of Current U.S. Standard Time Clock

Feb. 13, 2008

A next-generation atomic clock developed by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado at Boulder has been shown to be accurate to within one second over 200 million years, surpassing the accuracy of the current U.S. time standard atomic clock more than two-fold.

A Statement From CU-Boulder Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson Regarding The Shootings At Northern Illinois University

Feb. 13, 2008

Counseling Resources University of Colorado at Boulder students, faculty or staff emotionally affected by the shootings Thursday, Februrary 14 at Northern Illinois University are encouraged to contact one of several psychological services offices on campus, according to university officials.

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