Microgravity experiments

CU-Boulder student-built satellite slated for launch by NASA Sept. 15

Sept. 11, 2013

A small beach ball-sized satellite designed and built by a team of University of Colorado Boulder students to better understand how atmospheric drag can affect satellite orbits is now slated for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 15.

CU 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 Colorado Boulder Law School will teach a lesson on the First Amendment in more than 50 high school classrooms throughout Colorado 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.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O鈥機onnor to speak at CU-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 Colorado 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 CU-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 .

Caroline Himes

CU-Boulder announces new Office of Industry Collaboration

Sept. 5, 2013

The University of Colorado Boulder today announced the opening of an Office of Industry Collaboration and the naming of Caroline Himes as director.

Ability to delay gratification may be linked to social trust, new CU-Boulder study finds

Sept. 4, 2013

A person鈥檚 ability to delay gratification鈥攆orgoing a smaller reward now for a larger reward in the future鈥攎ay depend on how trustworthy the person perceives the reward-giver to be, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Rare western bumblebees netted on Colorado鈥檚 Front Range during CU-Boulder survey

Sept. 3, 2013

A white-rumped bumblebee that has been in steep decline across its native range in the western United States and Canada appears to be making a comeback on the Colorado Front Range. A survey of bumblebee populations carried out largely by University of Colorado Boulder undergraduates in undisturbed patches of prairieland and in mountain meadows above campus has turned up more than 20 rare western bumblebees, known scientifically as Bombus occidentalis.

Soot suspect in mid-1800s Alps glacier retreat

Sept. 3, 2013

Scientists have uncovered strong evidence that soot, or black carbon, sent into the air by a rapidly industrializing Europe, likely caused the abrupt retreat of mountain glaciers in the European Alps.

$6 million CU-Boulder instrument to fly on Sept. 6 NASA mission to moon

Aug. 29, 2013

A $6 million University of Colorado Boulder instrument designed to study the behavior of lunar dust will be riding on a NASA mission to the moon now slated for launch on Friday, Sept. 6, from the agency鈥檚 Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Search committee for CU-Boulder College of Music dean announced

Aug. 28, 2013

University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the formation of a search committee to lead a national search for a new dean of the College of Music. John Stevenson, dean of the Graduate School, will chair the committee.

Hundreds of benefactors to bicycle farther, higher for CU-Boulder scholarships Sept. 8

Aug. 27, 2013

If the distance and difficulty of Colorado鈥檚 many organized bicycling events is any indication, a flat, 100-mile bicycle ride is not, for many riders, quite tough enough. That鈥檚 one reason the 11th annual Buffalo Bicycle Classic鈥檚 longest route will go farther and climb higher than any of the event鈥檚 courses so far. The 鈥淏uff Epic鈥 will span 110 miles and ascend a total of 6,250 feet. It retraces much of the most mountainous section of Stage 6 of the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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