Dimitri Nakassis and the pylos tablet

Beyond ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ: Bronze Age bookkeeping tablets reveal complex society

Oct. 17, 2018

Using advanced digital imaging technology, professor and archaeologist Dimitri Nakassis is pioneering new techniques to study ancient Greece.

Behruzkhon Rashidov, President and founder of the CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Racing Team, works in the Idea Forge Machine shop.

Students in Focus: From rendering to race track

Oct. 10, 2018

The CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Racing Team has spent the past year conceptualizing and designing a race car to compete in the largest engineering competition in the U.S. Now they just have to build it.

Lior Gross

Pushing Boundaries: Student works to restore fragile veneer of biocrust in the American West

Oct. 4, 2018

Student Lior Gross, who's doing a concurrent bachelor's/master's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology, studies ways to reintroduce biocrust back onto depleted land.

Technical coordinator for women’s volleyball at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Eduardo Fiallos

Students in Focus: Volleyball tech guy setting for success with master's

Oct. 1, 2018

Embarking on a master's in education, Eduardo Fiallos is developing a more formal, rigorous research and methods approach to training and competition as the technical coordinator for CU women's volleyball.

Aaron Treher and Molly McDermott speak with the Cargills at their farm.

Pushing Boundaries: Grad students think like barn swallows to craft an artistic nesting site

Sept. 5, 2018

Side by Side is a community art and science event focused on barn swallows, a declining songbird species that nests exclusively in human-made spaces.

International graduate students Sarah Fahmy and Juan Garcia Oyervides

Students in Focus: How international grad students stay on track, feel at home

Aug. 31, 2018

To help international students navigate graduate school at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and to help them feel welcome here, a range of specialized services is available to meet their particular needs.

Rachael Kaspar and friend reveal the bees

Pushing Boundaries: Honeybee hive-mates influenced to fan wings to keep hive cool

Aug. 2, 2018

Honeybees fan their wings to cool down hives when temperatures rise, but a new study suggests older honeybees influence the fanning behavior of younger bees.

Beth Osnes leans against a glass door

Pushing Boundaries: Using theater to communicate climate change, one child at a time

July 24, 2018

As a way to engage youth in the climate change conversation, Beth Osnes created "Shine," a musical performance about how energy, climate and humans are interrelated.

Lindsay Scott with a dog at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Humane Society

Pushing Boundaries: Certificate can lead to career serving animals

July 19, 2018

The new Animals and Society Certificate is for students wanting careers related to wild or domesticated animals, but who are not necessarily interested in becoming biologists, zoologists or veterinarians.

Sarah Kurnick meets with locals

Beyond ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ: CU professor and students study ancient Maya ruins

July 16, 2018

Sarah Kurnick and students are working on a community archaeology project at Punta Laguna, a site of significant cultural importance to the contemporary Maya people who live there.

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