Teachers learn ins and outs of infographics

June 22, 2015

Teachers from Colorado and beyond are learning the ins and outs of infographic design this week so they can bring new skills to their classrooms in the fall.

Moon engulfed in permanent, lopsided dust cloud

June 17, 2015

The moon is engulfed in a permanent but lopsided dust cloud that increases in density when annual events like the Geminids spew shooting stars, according to a new study led by ֲý Boulder.

Lorrie Shepard

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

June 4, 2015

ֲý Boulder 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.

Ten CU-Boulder students offered Fulbright awards for 2015-16, one named alternate

May 21, 2015

Ten ֲý Boulder graduate students or alumni have been offered Fulbright grants to pursue teaching, research and graduate studies abroad during the 2015-16 academic year. In addition, one CU-Boulder doctoral student has been named an alternate.

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 ֲý Boulder as the leading U.S. scientific-academic partner.

‘Schools of Opportunity’ project announces first honorees, including seven Colorado high schools

May 7, 2015

The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the ֲý Boulder announced today that 17 high schools in New York and Colorado are the first to receive the “School of Opportunity” 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.

Freshmen participate in huge research study on tiny viruses

May 1, 2015

A new study appearing this week in the scientific journal eLIFE about the rapid evolution of small viruses that infect bacteria includes 59 ֲý Boulder co-authors, all of whom conducted research for the paper as freshmen.

Mountains warming faster than expected as climate changes, scientists report

April 23, 2015

An international team of scientists is calling for urgent and rigorous monitoring of temperature patterns in mountain regions after compiling evidence that high elevations could be warming faster than previously thought.

President's Teaching Scholars

Two CU-Boulder professors named President’s Teaching Scholars

April 20, 2015

Two faculty members at the ֲý Boulder have been named 2015 President’s Teaching Scholars, a systemwide designation that recognizes CU educators who skillfully integrate teaching and research at an exceptional level. This year's scholars are Roseanna Neupauer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty Director for Civil Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and Valerie Otero, Ph.D., Professor of Science Education, School of Education.

Faculty, students revved up about Large Hadron Collider restart

April 6, 2015

ֲý Boulder faculty and students are primed to get back in action following the Easter restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful atom smasher located near Geneva, Switzerland, after a two-year hiatus.

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