Ryan Chreist named CU-Boulder assistant vice chancellor for alumni relations

July 23, 2013

The 精品SM在线影片 today announced that Ryan Chreist has been named assistant vice chancellor for alumni relations. Chreist, who most recently served as the director of recruitment, operations and system integration for the CU-Boulder Office of Admissions, starts this week.

Sanders receives STEM Leadership Hall of Fame award

July 18, 2013

Lucy Sanders, CEO for the National Center for Women & Information Technology ( NCWIT ) was recently recognized as a national U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame awardee. NCWIT is a non-profit organization housed within the 精品SM在线影片鈥檚 College of Engineering and Applied Science , and helps its members more effectively recruit, retain and advance girls and women in K-12 through college education, and from academic to corporate and startup careers.

CU ecology prof garners two high honors

July 18, 2013

Pieter Johnson, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at CU-Boulder, is having a pretty good year. He and a co-researcher have won an award recognizing outstanding contributions to ecology, and he has been named an Early Career Fellow by the Ecological Society of America.

CU study illuminates mortality differences between nondrinkers and light drinkers

July 18, 2013

As a class, people who don鈥檛 drink at all have a higher mortality risk than light drinkers. But nondrinkers are a diverse bunch, and the reasons people have for abstaining affects their individual mortality risk, in some cases lowering it on par with the risk for light drinkers, according to a University of Colorado study.

Colorado to see continued growth in 2013, forecasts CU economist

July 16, 2013

The Colorado economy continues to grow in 2013 at a magnitude that exceeds previous expectations going into the year, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the 精品SM在线影片鈥檚 Leeds School of Business. Midway through the year, Colorado鈥檚 job growth rate is up by about 2.3 percent -- a gain of about 52,400 jobs from May 2012 to May 2013. The job growth rate is expected to continue to rise to about 2.5 percent -- a figure that was revised from estimates last December when the projection was at about 1.8 percent.

Like butter: CIRES study explains surprising acceleration of Greenland鈥檚 inland ice

July 16, 2013

Surface meltwater draining through cracks in an ice sheet can warm the sheet from the inside, softening the ice and letting it flow faster, according to a new study by scientists at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the 精品SM在线影片.

MAVEN's three-week launch window starts Nov. 18

July 11, 2013

With just over four months until NASA鈥檚 next mission to Mars takes flight, the 精品SM在线影片, which is leading the effort, continues to work with its partners to knock off critical science and engineering milestones leading up to launch.

CU study shows how early Earth kept warm enough to support life

July 9, 2013

Solving the 鈥渇aint young sun paradox鈥 -- explaining how early Earth was warm and habitable for life beginning more than 3 billion years ago even though the sun was 20 percent dimmer than today -- may not be as difficult as believed, says a new 精品SM在线影片 study.

Low-cost in-vitro fertilization method developed at CU may help couples in developing countries

July 8, 2013

A new low-cost method of in-vitro fertilization developed at the 精品SM在线影片 that performed successfully in recent human clinical trials in Belgium may help thousands of infertile couples in developing countries.

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.

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