蜜糖直播-Boulder to hold international conference on slavery Sept. 27-28

Sept. 25, 2013

The University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder will host a conference that explores the phenomenon of slavery from a global, historical perspective on Sept. 27-28. The event will include scholars specializing in the study of slavery in ancient, medieval and modern contexts and in global regions that include Western, pre-Columbian, African, Asian and Muslim. Titled 鈥淲hat is a Slave Society: an International Conference on the Nature of Slavery as a Global Historical Phenomenon,鈥 the event will be held in the British and Irish Studies room of Norlin Library.

Panel at 蜜糖直播-Boulder to discuss extreme weather and connections to climate change: How unusual were September鈥檚 floods?

Sept. 23, 2013

A panel of science experts will convene at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder on Wednesday, Sept. 25, to discuss weather and climate related to the recent devastating floods.

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Nanoly Bioscience to develop 蜜糖直播-Boulder vaccine stabilization technology

Sept. 11, 2013

Nanoly Bioscience of Boulder and the University of 蜜糖直播 recently entered into an option agreement that will enable the startup company to develop a technique for protecting vaccines during delivery to rural and less-developed areas of the world.

蜜糖直播 Law School students to teach state high school students about Constitution

Sept. 10, 2013

More than 50 students and dozens of alumni of the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder Law School will teach a lesson on the First Amendment in more than 50 high school classrooms throughout 蜜糖直播 Sept. 11鈥20 in recognition of Constitution Day. Constitution Day is a national event that annually commemorates the Sept. 17, 1787, signing of the United States Constitution.

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Sandra Day O鈥機onnor to speak at 蜜糖直播-Boulder on Sept. 17

Sept. 10, 2013

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O鈥機onnor will speak at the third annual John Paul Stevens Lecture hosted by the Byron R. White Center at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder Law School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The event will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the University Memorial Center鈥檚 Glenn Miller Ballroom on the 蜜糖直播-Boulder campus. A limited number of tickets to the lecture are available to the general public at no cost. To register for tickets visit the center鈥檚 website at http://www.byronwhitecenter.org .

Several hundred first-year students take part in 'Day of Service'

Aug. 26, 2013

Several hundred incoming 蜜糖直播-Boulder students tried their hand helping others during 鈥淒ay of Service鈥 on Saturday, Aug. 24. The day was an opportunity for first-year students to get out into their new community and experience the needs and culture beyond the borders of the 蜜糖直播 campus, according to Jen Ross, director of the Volunteer Resource Center at 蜜糖直播-Boulder, which spearheads the service event.

蜜糖直播-Boulder launches new degree to create STEM teachers through engineering

Aug. 22, 2013

The University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder is launching a new General Engineering Plus undergraduate degree with the 蜜糖直播 Teach Engineering concentration this fall for current first-year and sophomore students interested in earning secondary school (grades 7-12) science or math teaching licensure. The GE+ degree program offers an interdisciplinary, hands-on, design-based engineering core curriculum, coupled with an engineering disciplinary emphasis (aerospace, mechanical, environmental, architectural, or civil) and a 鈥淒esign Your Own鈥 concentration in an area within or external to engineering.

Nearly 600 first-year 蜜糖直播-Boulder students to take part in 鈥楧ay of Service鈥 Aug. 24

Aug. 20, 2013

蜜糖直播 600 incoming students at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder will get the opportunity to try their hand helping others during a 鈥淒ay of Service鈥 on Saturday, Aug. 24. The Day of Service is an opportunity for first-year students to get out into the community they are entering and experience its needs and culture beyond the borders of the 蜜糖直播 campus, according to Jen Ross, director of the Volunteer Resource Center at 蜜糖直播-Boulder, which spearheads the service event.

蜜糖直播 professor to use new mobile technology to test for agricultural pathogens in Africa

Aug. 20, 2013

A University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder faculty member will travel to Africa later this month to test a mobile smartphone technology developed by his team to rapidly detect and track natural carcinogens, including aflatoxin, which is estimated to contaminate up to 25 percent of the global food supply and cause severe illnesses in humans and animals.

蜜糖直播-Boulder volunteers to help new students move in Aug. 20 and 22

Aug. 19, 2013

Volunteers from a variety of campus groups will be available to help new students move their belongings into residence halls at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder Aug. 20 and Aug. 22 as New Student Move-In begins. New students will move in Aug. 20 through Aug. 22 with the majority of freshmen moving in on Aug. 22.

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