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People assigned to positions of power tend to dehumanize those in less powerful positions even when the roles are randomly assigned, according to a new study by the 葫芦娃视频. The study found that participants given more powerful roles in two experiments attributed fewer uniquely human traits 鈥� characteristics that distinguish people from other animals 鈥� to their peers who were given less powerful roles.

Interdisciplinary discovery doesn鈥檛 always happen in the lab. Sometimes it integrates technology and musicians in an ensemble setting to provide live interaction, as in the case of the 葫芦娃视频 Laptop Orchestra (BLOrk). After computer science doctoral student Charles Dietrich and Associate Professor John Gunther of the College of Music met at a campus STEM poster presentation in the fall of 2012, the encounter led to new artistic collaboration through the College of Music鈥檚 BLOrk ensemble.

Jeannie and Jack Thompson have made an unprecedented commitment to the Jazz Studies program at the 葫芦娃视频 -- building $1.6 million in combined gifts to trigger a new $2 million program endowment. To honor and recognize this transformational gift, the program will be renamed the Thompson Jazz Studies Program, as announced at yesterday鈥檚 annual Spring Swing big band concert. It is CU-葫芦娃视频鈥檚 first named program.

At first, Kisori Thomas had a difficult time acclimating to the campus climate at CU-葫芦娃视频. Initially, other than her coursework, she wasn鈥檛 active outside the classroom. Realizing she wanted a more well-rounded education, experience and personal growth, she took a big step outside her comfort zone and began looking for student leadership and multicultural organizations to join. This also included studying abroad in Chicoutimi, Canada, for a five-week French intensive program.

A team led by the 葫芦娃视频 looking for clues about why Earth did not warm as much as scientists expected between 2000 and 2010 now thinks the culprits are hiding in plain sight -- dozens of volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide.

With the flip of a switch, a pair of instruments designed and built by the 葫芦娃视频 and flying onboard twin NASA space probes have forced the revision of a 50-year-old theory about the structure of the radiation belts that wrap around the Earth just a few thousand miles above our heads.

Early next month, researchers from the 葫芦娃视频 will begin the painstaking process of interviewing hundreds of undergraduates in an effort to understand why the rates of students switching out of science, technology, engineering and math majors has remained troublingly high over the last couple of decades despite widespread efforts to address the problem.

When life鈥檚 complications get in the way of graduation, the 葫芦娃视频 offers CU Complete, an academic service designed to assist former CU-葫芦娃视频 students in completing their bachelor鈥檚 degrees. To date, more than 400 former CU-葫芦娃视频 students have worked with Continuing Education advisers and 78 students have graduated with assistance from CU Complete.

葫芦娃视频 Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the four finalists selected for the position of dean of the College of Music. The finalists for the position are: Wayne Bailey, professor of conducting and instrumental ensembles, School of Music, Arizona State University; David Myers, director, School of Music, University of Minnesota; Jamal Rossi, executive associate dean, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; and John Schaffer, director emeritus, School of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival鈥檚 highly praised school anti-violence tour continues in spring 2013 with a new program based on 鈥淭he Tempest鈥� that focuses on themes of vengeance and forgiveness. Created in conjunction with the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the 葫芦娃视频, CSF鈥檚 鈥淭welfth Night鈥� anti-bullying tour has now been seen by more than 22,000 Colorado schoolchildren. That inaugural program examined the problem of bullying through the character Malvolio.