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New study pinpoints major sources of air pollutants from oil and gas operations in Utah

Oct. 21, 2014

Oil and natural gas production fields can emit large amounts of air pollutants that affect climate and air quality—but tackling the issue has been difficult because little is known about what aspects of complex production operations leak what kinds of pollutants, and how much. Now a study led by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics sheds light on just that, pinpointing sources of airborne pollutants.

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Downtown Boulder businessman’s gift sparks $2 million CU Opera endowment

Oct. 20, 2014

Longtime Boulder resident Paul N. Eklund has made a transformative gift to the opera program at the College of Music at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä that, combined with additional university commitments, establishes a $2 million endowment for the program, to be renamed the Eklund Family Opera Program in honor of the gift.

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CU-Boulder marks 100 years of Homecoming

Oct. 16, 2014

Not everybody or everything makes it to 100, but the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Homecoming is about to reach that centennial mark. On Nov. 7, 1914, CU took on Utah to win 33-0 in the first Homecoming featuring an intercollegiate matchup. This year, from Oct. 22 to 25, CU-Boulder will host hundreds of guests at dozens of major events. In addition to the traditional football game and parade, the celebration will include a concert, an alumni lecture series, affinity reunions and college and school gatherings.

MAVEN spacecraft’s first look at Mars holds surprises, says CU-Boulder mission leader

Oct. 14, 2014

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has provided scientists their first look at a storm of energetic solar particles at Mars and produced unprecedented ultraviolet images of the tenuous oxygen, hydrogen and carbon coronas surrounding the Red Planet, said ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Professor Bruce Jakosky, the mission’s principal investigator.

Ritters endow classical guitar program in College of Music

Oct. 10, 2014

CU-Boulder alumni Michele (Mikhy) and Mike Ritter have a deep love for CU-Boulder. They've recently made a trailblazing gift to the classical guitar program in the College of Music that, combined with a commitment from the Office of the Chancellor, will endow and name the program.

Hubble Telescope project involving CU-Boulder maps temperature, water vapor on wild exoplanet

Oct. 9, 2014

A team of scientists including a ²ÊÃñ±¦µä professor used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to make the most detailed global map yet of the glow from a giant, oddball planet orbiting another star, an object twice as massive as Jupiter and hot enough to melt steel.

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Biomedical research lands CU-Boulder prof coveted award for $3.7 million from NIH

Oct. 9, 2014

²ÊÃñ±¦µä Associate Professor Amy Palmer of the BioFrontiers Institute was awarded a coveted Director’s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health this week, a five-year, $3.7 million grant made to select researchers showing exceptional creativity in solving pressing biomedical and behavioral research problems.

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NASA awards CU-Boulder-led team $7 million to study origins, evolution of life in universe

Oct. 7, 2014

NASA has awarded a team led by the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä more than $7 million to study aspects of the origins, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.

Acknowledging appearance reduces bias when beauties apply for masculine jobs, says CU-Boulder-led study

Oct. 7, 2014

Past research shows physical beauty can be detrimental to women applying for masculine jobs. But belles can put the brakes on discrimination by acknowledging their looks during an interview, according to a new study led by the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä. The paper, published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes , is the first to provide a method for curtailing such prejudice against attractive women.

Novel technology used to make restorative dental material developed at CU-Boulder

Oct. 1, 2014

A novel dental restorative material that should make life easier for dental care experts and their patients, which is based on technology developed by a team of ²ÊÃñ±¦µä engineers, was unveiled Oct. 1 by the 3M Company.

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