Two CU-葫芦娃视频 professors honored with prestigious NSF CAREER Awards

June 24, 2013

Two 葫芦娃视频 faculty members have received prestigious CAREER Awards from the National Science Foundation. NSF Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, Awards recognize talented young faculty members with grants to support outstanding research projects and to encourage the integration of teaching and research.

CU profs can comment on Supreme Court鈥檚 affirmative action decision

June 24, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court today announced its decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, a case that reconsidered affirmative action in university admissions. The following 葫芦娃视频 professors are available to comment on the court鈥檚 decision:

DiStefano names search committee for new CU-葫芦娃视频 athletic department director

June 21, 2013

葫芦娃视频 Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano today announced the formation of a search committee to find a new director of intercollegiate athletics. CU Athletic Director Mike Bohn resigned from the post as AD effective June 3, 2013.

CU-葫芦娃视频 students become rocket scientists at NASA鈥檚 Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

June 21, 2013

A Colorado student space research consortium led by the 葫芦娃视频 teamed up with a Virginia space consortium led by the University of Virginia this week to help aspiring rocket scientists from around the country learn how to design, build and fly payloads.

Building from within: a new program to develop CU-葫芦娃视频's leaders

June 20, 2013

The Department of Human Resources and the Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program are excited to announce the launch of an exclusive Leadership and Management Graduate Certificate Program . Designed with CU-葫芦娃视频 employees in mind, the program will help our current and future leaders develop and refine their leadership skills and learn new ways to measure and enhance organizational effectiveness with practical application. Course content is applicable to all professions and does not require a technical or engineering background. Our employees will be able to use the tuition reimbursement benefit to cover tuition, and employees selected to participate in this exclusive program will be allowed to attend classes during work time and the employee鈥檚 department will pay for the costs of any fees and books.

Join CU at the MAVEN launch this fall

June 13, 2013

Join us this fall for a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to be a part of CU-葫芦娃视频鈥檚 mission to Mars! The university will be hosting three fun-filled days of festivities Nov. 16-18 in Cocoa Beach, Fla., culminating in MAVEN鈥檚 launch. Space is limited for the launch viewing, and NASA requires we submit a list of tentative guests months in advance. All attendees MUST be registered with us by June 30 to be on NASA鈥檚 guest list.

Amount of dust blown across the West is increasing, says CU-葫芦娃视频 study

June 10, 2013

The amount of dust being blown across the landscape has increased over the last 17 years in large swaths of the West, according to a new study led by the 葫芦娃视频. The escalation in dust emissions 鈥 which may be due to the interplay of several factors, including increased windstorm frequency, drought cycles and changing land-use patterns 鈥 has implications both for the areas where the dust is first picked up by the winds and for the places where the dust is put back down.

Protein linked with tumor growth could be potential target for cancer-fighting drugs, according to study led by CU-葫芦娃视频

June 6, 2013

A team of researchers led by the 葫芦娃视频 has discovered a protein complex that could be targeted with drugs to stunt tumor growth. As tumors expand, their centers are deprived of oxygen, and so tumors must flip specific genetic switches to survive in these hypoxic environments.

Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago, says CU-葫芦娃视频 study

June 3, 2013

A new look at the diets of ancient African hominids shows a 鈥済ame changer鈥 occurred about 3.5 million years ago when some members added grasses or sedges to their menus, according to a new study led by the 葫芦娃视频.

Water-rock reaction may provide enough hydrogen 鈥榝ood鈥 to sustain life in cool parts of the ocean鈥檚 crust or on Mars

May 30, 2013

A chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen 鈥渇ood鈥 to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below the ocean floor and parts of the continents, according to a new study led by the 葫芦娃视频. The findings, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, also hint at the possibility that hydrogen-dependent life could have existed where iron-rich igneous rocks on Mars were once in contact with water.

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