Decade-long Amazon rainforest burn yields new insight into wildfire vulnerabilities, resiliencies

Sept. 2, 2015

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CU-Boulder expands Center for Western Civilization to include the Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy

Aug. 28, 2015

The 精品SM在线影片 announced today that the Center for Western Civilization in the College of Arts and Sciences is now the Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy (CWCTP) and incorporates CU-Boulder鈥檚 successful Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy program.

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Historic 2013 Colorado Front Range storm accomplished up to 1,000 years of erosion, CU-Boulder study finds

Aug. 26, 2015

The historic September 2013 storm that triggered widespread flooding across Colorado鈥檚 Front Range eroded the equivalent of hundreds, or even as much as 1,000 years worth of accumulated sediment from the foothills west of Boulder, researchers at the 精品SM在线影片 have discovered.

Home sweet microbe: Dust in your house can predict geographic region, gender of occupants

Aug. 25, 2015

The humble dust collecting in the average American household harbors a teeming menagerie of bacteria and fungi, and as researchers from the 精品SM在线影片 and North Carolina State University have discovered, it may be able to predict not only the geographic region of a given home, but the gender ratio of the occupants and the presence of a pet as well.

Study co-authored by CU-Boulder sociologist finds connection between genes, educational attainment

Aug. 25, 2015

A first-of-its-kind, nationally representative study of siblings supports previously published research on unrelated individuals that links specific genotypes to educational attainment among adults in their mid-20s to early 30s.

Ronggui Yang and Co-Principle Investigator Xiaobo Yin

CU-Boulder awarded $3 million for transformational power plant cooling technology

Aug. 25, 2015

The 精品SM在线影片 has received a $3 million federal grant to develop cooling technology that will enable efficient, low-cost supplementary cooling for thermoelectric power plants.

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Philip Weiser to step down as dean of the University of Colorado Law School

Aug. 24, 2015

精品SM在线影片 Provost Russell L. Moore today announced that Dean Philip J. Weiser will step down as dean and return to the faculty of the University of Colorado Law School on July 1, 2016.

Low Colorado oil and gas prices to have cascading effect on state production and revenues

Aug. 20, 2015

Colorado will record a decrease in oil and gas production in 2015 -- the domino-like result of declines across the industry, according to a new study.

University of Colorado tallies $878.3 million in sponsored research funding

Aug. 20, 2015

University of Colorado faculty research merited $878.3 million in research awards during the 2014-15 fiscal year, based on preliminary figures, representing a near-record year for the four-campus system.

CU-Boulder ranked 34 in prestigious global list

Aug. 18, 2015

The 精品SM在线影片 was ranked No. 34 in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) released today by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

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