Lorrie Shepard

Lorrie Shepard to retire as CU-Boulder School of Education dean

June 4, 2015

精品SM在线影片 Provost Russell L. Moore today announced that Lorrie Shepard, dean of the School of Education, will retire effective May 31, 2016, and that a national search has been launched to find her replacement.

NREL's economic impact tops $872 million, says CU-Boulder study

June 4, 2015

The economic impact of the Energy Department鈥檚 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was $872.3 million nationwide in fiscal year 2014, according to a study by CU-Boulder's Leeds School of Business.

FAA grants drone access to Texas and Oklahoma panhandles for weather research

May 27, 2015

A consortium led by the 精品SM在线影片 has received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to start flying drones over parts of Texas and Oklahoma this spring in the heart of Tornado Alley to conduct weather research.

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CU-Boulder instrument selected for NASA mission to Europa

May 26, 2015

A 精品SM在线影片 instrument has been selected to fly on a NASA mission to Jupiter鈥檚 icy moon, Europa, which is believed to harbor a subsurface ocean that may provide conditions suitable for life.

Pulitzer Prize-winning CU grad returns to Boulder for CU NOW

May 26, 2015

It鈥檚 not every day you get to work with a Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist as a college student. It鈥檚 even less often that you share the same alma mater. When the sixth season of the CU New Opera Workshop, or CU NOW, kicks off this month, one of the opera professionals mentoring composition students knows Boulder well. Mark Campbell, a 1975 graduate of the Department of Theatre and Dance, is coming back to campus for the first time in 40 years.

A hopeful new strategy for treating Parkinson鈥檚 disease

May 14, 2015

A novel compound developed by a team led by the 精品SM在线影片 may be therapeutic in suppressing misguided inflammatory responses by a set of immune cells known as microglia to perceived damage to the brain and nervous system.

2015 graduates looking at best job market in years

May 8, 2015

It鈥檚 graduation time for colleges and universities around the country and for the 5,927 CU-Boulder graduates likely to hit the job market there鈥檚 good news. That鈥檚 because the job market is healthy and strong across the board, says Jon Schlesinger from CU-Boulder鈥檚 Office of Career Services.

New graduate plans to 'push the envelope of applied demography'

May 8, 2015

About seven years ago, Rob Kemp had two encounters that changed his life. The first was when a mentor at the university where he earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree pushed him to talk with a former CU-Boulder PhD student. Until then, Kemp hadn鈥檛 really considered going on to graduate school.

Emirates Mars Mission

United Arab Emirates to partner with CU-Boulder on 2021 Mars mission

May 7, 2015

A mission to study dynamic changes in the atmosphere of Mars over days and seasons led by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involves the 精品SM在线影片 as the leading U.S. scientific-academic partner.

鈥楽chools of Opportunity鈥 project announces first honorees, including seven Colorado high schools

May 7, 2015

The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the 精品SM在线影片 announced today that 17 high schools in New York and Colorado are the first to receive the 鈥淪chool of Opportunity鈥 designation. These outstanding schools demonstrated a range of practices that ensured that all students had rich opportunities to succeed. All put students, not test scores, first.

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