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With Polaris Dawn’s launch, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ scientists will study vision changes in space

Sept. 10, 2024

This week, the crew of Polaris Dawn will attempt the first private spacewalk in history. Researchers from ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder and ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Anschutz will be along for the ride.

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Making sense of the strikingly different ways consumers and economists view markets

Sept. 10, 2024

People’s economic reasoning tends to be grounded in simplified assumptions, moral intuitions and firsthand marketplace experiences and diverges systematically from the assumptions and conclusions of formal economic science.

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ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Girls* on Rock program finds new footing in 2024

Sept. 10, 2024

High school students from across the country traveled in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s mountains to learn science, outdoor skills and art.

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Getting out the vote and hashing out the issues

Sept. 10, 2024

A nonpartisan, campuswide initiative aims to help students get registered and vote, as well as learn about the candidates and issues.

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OIT’s Research Computing team helps shape tomorrow’s leaders

Sept. 10, 2024

Fifteen undergraduate students got an invaluable learning opportunity to help in the capacity expansion of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder’s regional high-performance computing cluster Alpine.

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Take this year’s Constitution Day quiz

Sept. 10, 2024

How well do you know the Constitution? Test your knowledge by taking this year's Constitution Day quiz!

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Have more babies! Some say it's necessary, but this demographer isn't convinced

Sept. 9, 2024

As birth rates fall in the U.S. and beyond, a growing ‘pronatalist’ movement contends that people should be having more babies to prevent economic and cultural decline. Leslie Root, a social demographer who studies fertility trends, offers her take.

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Todd Saliman addresses faculty assembly on state funding

Sept. 9, 2024

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ President Todd Saliman discussed state funding, as well as diversity, climate change and freedom of expression in an in-person address to the Boulder Faculty Assembly.

Jessica Rush Leeker

Developing pathways for Black families to engage in engineering practices

Sept. 9, 2024

Jessica Rush Leeker has received a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to advance her research on creating learning resources that promote the participation of Black families in engineering.

Gianmarco Soresi

Gianmarco Soresi to perform Homecoming comedy show Sept. 18

Sept. 9, 2024

The New York-based stand-up comedian and actor will perform a comedy show during Homecoming in the University Memorial Center’s Glenn Miller Ballroom. Tickets are on sale now.

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