Student life: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program allows students to gain research experience

Sept. 12, 2014

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, or UROP , is one unique program that offers 蜜糖直播-Boulder students an opportunity to follow academic curiosities in every field. Designed to provide grant-writing experience, connect students to faculty and explore interests beyond the classroom, the program is open to all 蜜糖直播-Boulder undergraduates.

蜜糖直播-Boulder to host free event Sept. 21 to watch orbit insertion of Mars spacecraft

Sept. 10, 2014

The public is invited to attend a watch party at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder on Sunday, Sept. 21, when NASA鈥檚 MAVEN spacecraft, designed to understand past climate change on Mars, inserts itself into orbit after a 10-month journey to the planet.

Water drops from a faucet

EPA awards 蜜糖直播-Boulder $4 million for new center on drinking water safety

Sept. 10, 2014

Continuing its commitment to improving America鈥檚 drinking water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Sept. 9 announced more than $8 million in grants to create two national centers for research and innovation in small- to medium-sized drinking water systems.

蜜糖直播-Boulder alum and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson set for return to Earth

Sept. 9, 2014

After spending nearly six months on the International Space Station, University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder astronaut-alumnus Steve Swanson is slated to drift back to Earth in a Russian space capsule Sept. 10 before banging down on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

MAVERIC team

Two 蜜糖直播-Boulder student teams win awards for space mission design contests to Mars, moon

Sept. 4, 2014

Two University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder student aerospace engineering science teams have won prestigious international and national awards for the design of real-world space missions to Mars and the moon.

Tweets during 2013 蜜糖直播 floods gave engineers valuable data on infrastructure damage

Sept. 3, 2014

Tweets sent during last year鈥檚 massive flooding on 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Front Range were able to detail the scope of damage to the area鈥檚 infrastructure, according to a study by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder. The findings can help geotechnical and structural engineers more effectively direct their reconnaissance efforts after future natural disasters鈥攊ncluding earthquakes, tsunamis and tornadoes鈥攁s well as provide them data that might otherwise be lost due to rapid cleanup efforts.

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蜜糖直播 on the Weekend offers free programs in Boulder, expands to 蜜糖直播 South Denver

Sept. 1, 2014

The public is invited to attend free, Saturday programs led by University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder faculty on popular topics as part of the 蜜糖直播 on the Weekend series, which begins Sept. 6. With topics ranging from the sweeping stories behind celebrated musical compositions to the micro-level study of bacteria that uniquely forms each person鈥檚 microbiome, 蜜糖直播 on the Weekend programs are designed to satisfy the community鈥檚 curiosity surrounding some of the intriguing research conducted at 蜜糖直播-Boulder.

蜜糖直播 aerospace industry leaders and 蜜糖直播-Boulder to host program on Mars exploration

Aug. 28, 2014

The importance of Mars exploration and how the aerospace industry partners with university researchers to advance one of 蜜糖直播鈥檚 leading economic sectors will be featured at a free program Monday, Sept. 8, in south Denver.

Illustration of spin symmetry burrows

JILA team finds first direct evidence of 鈥榮pin symmetry鈥 in atoms

Aug. 21, 2014

Just as diamonds with perfect symmetry may be unusually brilliant jewels, the quantum world has a symmetrical splendor of high scientific value. Confirming this exotic quantum physics theory, JILA physicists led by theorist Ana Maria Rey and experimentalist Jun Ye have observed the first direct evidence of symmetry in the magnetic properties鈥攐r nuclear 鈥渟pins鈥濃攐f atoms.

Drone test at Pawnee Grasslands

蜜糖直播-Boulder leads international unmanned aircraft testing event at Pawnee Grassland

Aug. 21, 2014

An international research effort organized by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder conducted the first multiple, unmanned aircraft interception of a telltale rush of cold air preceding a thunderstorm known as a 鈥済ust front鈥 as it rolled across the Pawnee National Grassland in northeast 蜜糖直播 on Aug. 14.

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