Astronaut testing feasibility of CU-Boulder project on far side of the moon

July 5, 2013

An astronaut orbiting Earth in the International Space Station has remotely directed a NASA rover in California to unfurl an 鈥渁ntenna film鈥� that CU-Boulder scientists are developing for use on the unexplored far side of the moon.

Visiting Artist Program introduces students to working artists

July 5, 2013

Aspiring artists at CU-Boulder can learn some of what it takes to become a successful artist in the real world by rubbing shoulders with working professional artists through the Visiting Artist Program .

Orbiting astronaut controls robot on Earth, testing feasibility of CU-Boulder project on far side of the moon

July 1, 2013

An astronaut orbiting Earth in the International Space Station has remotely directed a NASA rover in California to unfurl an 鈥渁ntenna film鈥� that scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing for use on the unexplored far side of the moon.

Colorado business confidence surges going into third quarter, says CU-Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School

July 1, 2013

The confidence of Colorado business leaders has continued its strong upward trend, surging into the third quarter of 2013, according to the most recent Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business.

CU-Boulder names James Austin interim dean of College of Music

June 28, 2013

University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell Moore today announced the appointment of James Austin as interim dean of the College of Music effective July 1. Austin, a professor of music education, joined CU-Boulder鈥檚 College of Music in 1994. He has served as associate dean of undergraduate studies since 2006. He was the music education chair from 1997 to 2007. In 2004, the college awarded Austin the Richard Bern Trego faculty fellowship.

Waleed Abdalati named new director of CIRES; former NASA chief scientist starts July 1

June 27, 2013

Waleed Abdalati has been named the new director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES, a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Abdalati is a CIRES Fellow, a CU-Boulder professor of geography and director of the CIRES Earth Science and Observation Center. He will take office on July 1.

Spiral galaxies like Milky Way bigger than thought, says CU-Boulder study

June 27, 2013

Let鈥檚 all fist bump: Spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way appear to be much larger and more massive than previously believed, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study by researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope.

CU-Boulder joins Sloan Digital Sky Survey to map stars, galaxies and quasars in 3D

June 26, 2013

The University of Colorado Boulder has become a full institutional member of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-IV, an ambitious effort by some of the world鈥檚 top astronomers to map the celestial sky in three dimensions to learn more about the structure and evolution of the universe.

CU-Boulder selected to be one of eight sites for national STEM education initiative

June 25, 2013

The University of Colorado Boulder has been chosen by the Association of American Universities to be one of eight campuses participating in a new initiative to improve undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and math. Over the next three years, each of the eight project sites will receive $500,000 to undertake an innovative STEM education project.

Researchers take new look at future Colorado River flows

June 25, 2013

CIRES news release The Colorado River provides water for more than 30 million people in the U.S. West, so water managers have been eager to understand how climate change will affect the river鈥檚 flow. But scientific studies have produced an unsettling range of estimates, from a modest decrease of 6 percent by 2050 to a steep drop of 45 percent by then.

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