Modest employment growth expected in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ through second, third quarters

April 21, 2016

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ employment is projected to expand over the next two quarters of 2016, though at a more modest pace, according to a ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder report released todayn Business formation rebounded in the first quarter of the year, reversing two consecutive quarters of decline, and the state saw 29,680 businesses come online.

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Public financing of campaigns does not reduce political polarization, says ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder study

April 18, 2016

Private donations to political candidates neither alter the candidates’ voting patterns once they’re in office nor make them more ideologically intractable, found a study co-authored by a University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder political science professor. Yet that underlying belief has led to a range of political reforms including the controversial approach of using taxpayer dollars to pay for political campaigns. These were the central findings of the study, recently published in "Legislative Studies Quarterly."

Team wins Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting

April 15, 2016

Two reporters have won the 2016 Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting. Their winning piece details how dogged police work by investigators in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ captured a serial rapist and led to the exoneration of a Washington woman who was wrongfully prosecuted for false reporting of a rape that actually happened.

The Cassini spacecraft next to Saturn

Saturn spacecraft samples interstellar dust

April 15, 2016

A new study led by the European Space Agency and NASA involving the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder indicates NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from beyond our solar system.

Plowing a large amount of hail in the street after a large hailstorm

Amateur meteorologists sought for crowdsourced ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder, National Weather Service hail study

April 14, 2016

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder and the National Weather Service (NWS) want your help investigating large surface hail accumulations from thunderstorms in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ between April and September.

James (Jim) Anaya

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder names James Anaya new dean of law

April 13, 2016

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the appointment of James (Jim) Anaya, a Regents’ Professor and James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at the University of Arizona, as dean of the law school. Anaya will begin his duties on Aug. 8, 2016. Anaya’s teaching and writing focus on international human rights and issues concerning indigenous peoples.

Three-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder researchers to study elevated anxiety in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ cancer survivors, test potential treatments

April 12, 2016

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder researchers are embarking on a multi-year research project to study and address the psychological concerns of cancer survivors, including elevated anxiety.

Aerial photo of the town of Jabor on Jaluit Atoll

Islands facing a dry future

April 11, 2016

A new study has found that the number of islands that will become substantially more arid by mid century is 73 percent, up from an estimate of 50 percent.

Women, nonwhite execs promote diversity to their own detriment, says ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder study

April 11, 2016

Not only does the promotion of diversity in the workplace not help executives in their performance evaluations, but the behavior actually hurts women and nonwhite executives, found a ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder study.

SpaceX Dragon capsule

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder hardware to launch aboard SpaceX rocket April 8

April 7, 2016

High-tech hardware designed and built at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the commercial SpaceX Dragon capsule on Friday, April 8.

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