CU-Boulder launches new degree to create STEM teachers through engineering

Aug. 22, 2013

The 精品SM在线影片 is launching a new General Engineering Plus undergraduate degree with the CU Teach Engineering concentration this fall for current first-year and sophomore students interested in earning secondary school (grades 7-12) science or math teaching licensure. The GE+ degree program offers an interdisciplinary, hands-on, design-based engineering core curriculum, coupled with an engineering disciplinary emphasis (aerospace, mechanical, environmental, architectural, or civil) and a 鈥淒esign Your Own鈥 concentration in an area within or external to engineering.

Hue of barn swallow breast feathers can influence their health, says study by CU-Boulder, Cornell

Aug. 21, 2013

For female North American barn swallows, looking good pays healthy dividends. A new study conducted at the 精品SM在线影片 and involving Cornell University shows the outward appearance of female barn swallows, specifically the hue of their chestnut-colored breast feathers, has an influence on their physiological health.

CU professor to use new mobile technology to test for agricultural pathogens in Africa

Aug. 20, 2013

A 精品SM在线影片 faculty member will travel to Africa later this month to test a mobile smartphone technology developed by his team to rapidly detect and track natural carcinogens, including aflatoxin, which is estimated to contaminate up to 25 percent of the global food supply and cause severe illnesses in humans and animals.

CU-Boulder鈥檚 new and renovated residence halls showcase new academic program, sustainability

Aug. 19, 2013

The 精品SM在线影片鈥檚 newest residence hall, Kittredge Central, is welcoming students this week for the first time, 53 of whom are engineering students and will be immersed in Spanish through the building鈥檚 new Residential Academic Program, or RAP. Also, the nearby Kittredge West residence hall is reopening this week after being unoccupied last school year while renovations were underway. Both buildings comprise a number of 鈥済reen鈥 features to improve water and energy efficiency and to reduce the campus鈥檚 carbon footprint.

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks at CU Law School

Aug. 15, 2013

A standing-room-only crowd in the Wolf Law Building鈥檚 Wittemyer Courtroom and nearly 100 others in an overflow room gathered yesterday as EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Colorado Sen. Mark Udall discussed President Obama鈥檚 Climate Action Plan at the CU Law School.

Colorado Mesa University-CU-Boulder partnership program receives accreditation

Aug. 14, 2013

The 精品SM在线影片 and Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction today announced the successful accreditation of their partnership program by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. The partnership program allows students to earn a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from CU-Boulder by taking classes delivered at CMU. The program offers the first-ever baccalaureate engineering degree on Colorado鈥檚 Western Slope.

CU-Boulder music graduates bring music education to the heart of Afghanistan

Aug. 13, 2013

CU-Boulder music graduates Joel Schut and Allegra Boggess are helping bring music back to the war-torn central Asian nation.

New CU-Boulder led research effort dates oldest petroglyphs known in North America

Aug. 13, 2013

A new high-tech analysis led by a 精品SM在线影片 researcher shows the oldest known petroglyphs in North America, which are cut into several boulders in western Nevada, date to at least 10,500 years ago and perhaps even as far back as 14,800 years ago.

MAVEN Mars mission haiku selected

Aug. 8, 2013

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission to Mars will carry just over 1,100 haiku, along with thousands of names, on its journey to the red planet. The haiku were part of a contest, sponsored by the 精品SM在线影片, asking the public to submit haiku poetry relating to NASA鈥檚 upcoming MAVEN mission to Mars.

MAVEN Mars mission haiku selected

Aug. 8, 2013

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission to Mars will carry just over 1,100 haiku, along with thousands of names, on its journey to the red planet. The haiku were part of a contest, sponsored by the 精品SM在线影片, asking the public to submit haiku poetry relating to NASA鈥檚 upcoming MAVEN mission to Mars.

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