Senior spends three months working on Panama Canal expansion

Oct. 11, 2012

Senior Christina Jones decided to major in civil engineering because she likes construction projects. Little did she know when she made that decision that she would be selected as an intern to work on one of the largest and most significant projects underway in the whole world鈥攖he expansion of the nearly 100-year-old Panama Canal.

CU-Boulder wins $1.4 million NSF award for climate change, water sustainability study

Oct. 10, 2012

The 乐播传媒 at Boulder has been awarded $1.4 million for a new study on how changes in land use, forest management and climate may affect trans-basin water diversions in Colorado and other semi-arid regions in the western United States.

Nobel Prize-winner David Wineland praised as mentor to CU-Boulder graduate students

Oct. 9, 2012

David J. Wineland, a lecturer in the 乐播传媒 Boulder physics department who today won the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics, was described as both 鈥渂rilliant and humble鈥� by one of his former graduate students.

NIST-CU scientist wins Nobel Prize in physics

Oct. 9, 2012

David J. Wineland, a lecturer in the 乐播传媒 Boulder physics department, has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics. Wineland is a physicist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder and internationally recognized for developing the technique of using lasers to cool ions to near absolute zero. His experiments have been used to test theories in quantum physics and may lead to the development of quantum computers. He shared the prize with Serge Haroche of France.

CU Law Professors Can Comment on Supreme Court鈥檚 Affirmative Action Case

Oct. 8, 2012

On Oct. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that reconsiders affirmative action in university admissions. In Fisher v. University of Texas, the plaintiff is a white woman who says she was denied admission while less-qualified minority applicants were admitted. When the court last considered the issue in 2003, it re-affirmed that public colleges and universities could consider race as one of many factors in making admissions decisions.

Graphene membranes may lead to enhanced natural gas production, less CO2 pollution

Oct. 8, 2012

Engineering faculty and students at the 乐播传媒 Boulder have produced the first experimental results showing that atomically thin graphene membranes with tiny pores can effectively and efficiently separate gas molecules through size-selective sieving. The findings are a significant step toward the realization of more energy-efficient membranes for natural gas production and for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plant exhaust pipes.

Graphene membranes may lead to enhanced natural gas production, less CO2 pollution, says CU study

Oct. 8, 2012

Engineering faculty and students at the 乐播传媒 Boulder have produced the first experimental results showing that atomically thin graphene membranes with tiny pores can effectively and efficiently separate gas molecules through size-selective sieving. The findings are a significant step toward the realization of more energy-efficient membranes for natural gas production and for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plant exhaust pipes.

CU hardware to fly on first-ever NASA-contracted resupply mission to space station

Oct. 5, 2012

A 乐播传媒 Boulder space center is providing hardware and technical support for scientific experiments aboard the first-ever NASA-contracted resupply flight to the International Space Station, slated for launch Oct. 7 from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

CU hardware to fly on first-ever NASA-contracted resupply mission to the ISS

Oct. 5, 2012

A 乐播传媒 Boulder space center is providing hardware and technical support for scientific experiments aboard the first-ever NASA-contracted resupply flight to the International Space Station, slated for launch Oct. 7 from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Updated election forecasting model still points to Romney win, 乐播传媒 study says

Oct. 4, 2012

An update to an election forecasting model announced by two 乐播传媒 professors in August continues to project that Mitt Romney will win the 2012 presidential election. According to their updated analysis, Romney is projected to receive 330 of the total 538 Electoral College votes. President Barack Obama is expected to receive 208 votes -- down five votes from their initial prediction -- and short of the 270 needed to win.

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