Rocky Flats raid, history topic of June 6 - 8 event

June 3, 2014

Friday, June 6, marks the 25th anniversary of the FBI and EPA raid on Rocky Flats, the former U.S. nuclear weapons facility in Arvada. In an effort to recognize a significant part of 蜜糖直播鈥檚 history, the Arvada Center of the Arts, in partnership with 蜜糖直播-Boulder's Center of the American West , will host a weekend-long event, " Rocky Flats Then and Now: 25 Years After the Raid ," June 6 - 8. 蜜糖直播-Boulder Professor Emeritus Len Ackland will give the event鈥檚 introduction talk, 鈥淩ocky Flats Then and Now鈥 on Friday, June 6, at 7 p.m.

蜜糖直播-Boulder appoints Bradley J. Birzer as second Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy

June 3, 2014

Bradley J. Birzer has been appointed the second Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder announced today. Birzer, a professor of history and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College in Michigan, will begin his one-year appointment beginning in fall 2014. 鈥淒r. Birzer brings impressive breadth to 蜜糖直播, primarily in the discipline of history as well as areas of literary significance,鈥 said Steven R. Leigh, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at 蜜糖直播-Boulder.

Reporters using more 鈥榟edging鈥 words in climate change articles, 蜜糖直播-Boulder study finds

June 2, 2014

The amount of 鈥渉edging鈥 language鈥攚ords that suggest room for doubt鈥攗sed by prominent newspapers in articles about climate change has increased over time, according to a new study by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder. The study, published in the journal Environmental Communication , also found that newspapers in the U.S. use more hedging language in climate stories than their counterparts in Spain.

Student filmmakers hail the crowd for support

May 29, 2014

Good art springs from the 鈥渉orrible inclemency of life,鈥 Aldous Huxley said, and two young filmmakers at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder personify his point. Their work鈥攚hich tackles the human toll of depression and drug addiction鈥攊s being supported in part by a university-sponsored pilot program in crowdfunding.

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蜜糖直播-Boulder receives $1.5 million award for undergraduate science education

May 29, 2014

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder $1.5 million over five years to continue to transform science education by encouraging more real-world research experiences for undergraduates, ranging from cancer studies to screenings for new antibiotics.

Consumers infer coolness from brand autonomy, says 蜜糖直播-Boulder study

May 28, 2014

Consumers perceive a brand to be cooler when it suggests it鈥檚 true to itself and follows its own motives regardless of individual or societal norms and expectations, according to a University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder study involving Texas A&M University. However, the autonomous behavior of the brand needs to be contextually appropriate -- not over the top -- in order to be seen as cool as opposed to weird or rude, according to the paper published last week online and slated for the August edition of the Journal of Consumer Research.

New University of 蜜糖直播 study illuminates how cancer-killing gene may actually work

May 27, 2014

Scientists armed with a supercomputer and a vast trove of newly collected data on the body鈥檚 most potent 鈥渢umor suppressor鈥 gene have created the best map yet of how the gene works, an accomplishment that could lead to new techniques for fighting cancers, which are adept at disabling the gene in order to thrive.

蜜糖直播-Boulder and JPL sign memorandum of understanding

May 22, 2014

On May 22, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Director Charles Elachi and his senior management team met with University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano and several other campus administrators to sign a memorandum of understanding to continue and broaden a rich tradition of collaboration on space and Earth-science efforts going back nearly 50 years. Located in Pasadena, Calif., JPL is a federally funded research and development facility managed by the California Institute of Technology for NASA.

蜜糖直播-Boulder, Jet Propulsion Lab to sign memorandum of understanding May 22

May 22, 2014

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi and his senior management team will be on the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder campus May 22 to sign a memorandum of understanding with top university officials to continue and broaden a rich tradition of collaboration on space and Earth-science efforts going back nearly 50 years. Elachi will sign the MOU May 22 with 蜜糖直播-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. Located in Pasadena, Calif., JPL is a federally funded research and development facility managed by the California Institute of Technology for NASA.

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People more likely to choose a spouse with similar DNA, finds 蜜糖直播-Boulder study

May 19, 2014

Individuals are more genetically similar to their spouses than they are to randomly selected individuals from the same population, according to a new study from the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder.

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