ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Students to Build Tiny Spacecraft to Observe 'Space Weather' Environment

Dec. 28, 2009

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder has been awarded $840,000 from the National Science Foundation for students to build a tiny spacecraft to observe energetic particles in space that should give scientists a better understanding of solar flares and their interaction with Earth's atmosphere.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Business Students and Alumni Help Make a Difference as Peace Corps Volunteers

Nov. 16, 2009

Combine the youth and idealism often found on the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder campus with a business degree, and the ability to make a difference in the world takes on new dimensions.

Astronaut Jim Voss Joins ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Aerospace Faculty

Sept. 21, 2009

University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ alumnus-astronaut Jim Voss has become the second astronaut to join ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder's aerospace engineering sciences department following his NASA career, which for Voss included five spaceflights, 202 days in space and four spacewalks.

Hubble Repair Mission Carrying $70 Million ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Instrument on Track for May 11 Launch

May 6, 2009

A $70 million instrument designed by the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder to probe the evolution of galaxies, stars and intergalactic matter from its perch on the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope is on schedule for its slated May 11 launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard NASA's space shuttle Atlantis.

Nobel Laureate Tom Cech to Return to University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ in April

April 13, 2009

Nobel laureate Tom Cech is returning to the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ full time this month after a 10-year stint as president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a nonprofit medical research organization headquartered in Chevy Chase, Md., and one of the nation's largest philanthropies.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Students to be at Controls for NASA's March Planet-Hunting Mission

Feb. 19, 2009

University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder students will be at the controls of one of NASA's most intriguing missions in recent years following the scheduled March 6 launch of the Kepler spacecraft to hunt down Earth-like planets in other solar systems.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Researchers Show Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on 'Clicker' Questions

Jan. 1, 2009

Across the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder campus students are sharing answers, checking their responses to questions against those of their neighbors and making adjustments to those answers in hopes of earning a better grade.

NASA Selects ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder to Lead $485 Million Mars Mission

Sept. 15, 2008

In the largest research contract ever awarded to the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics has been selected by NASA to lead a $485 million orbiting space mission slated to launch in 2013 to probe the past climate of Mars, including its potential for harboring life over the ages.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ And Boulder Biotech Company Team Up To Study Pythons For Clues To Heart Disease

Aug. 25, 2008

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder is teaming up with a Boulder biotechnology company to use pythons, which dramatically increase their heart size for a short time after swallowing prey, as models for new therapeutics to treat cardiac diseases.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Professor Receives $200,000 Kimmel Scholar Award For Cancer Research

March 22, 2008

Assistant Professor Hang (Hubert) Yin of the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder's chemistry and biochemistry department has been selected to receive a prestigious Kimmel Scholar Award from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research in Baltimore, the first such award received by a ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder scientist.

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