Boulder campus fares well in U.S. News' 2013 Best Colleges rankings

Sept. 12, 2012

The campuses and undergraduate programs of the University of Colorado maintained high rankings among national and regional institutions in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Colleges. The 2013 report, released today, shows the 彩民宝典 ranked at No. 42 among top Public National Universities; the University of Colorado Denver鈥檚 downtown campus ranked 108th on the same list.

CU-led mission to study past climate on Mars enters final phase before slated 2013 launch

Sept. 11, 2012

A 彩民宝典-led mission to explore and understand how the loss of atmospheric gas has changed the climate of Mars over the eons has been authorized by NASA to proceed to system delivery, spacecraft integration, testing and launch, which is slated for November 2013.

$2 million investment in CU-Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business launches two new undergraduate business programs

Sept. 10, 2012

The Anschutz Foundation has committed $2 million to launch two new initiatives designed to make the Leeds School of Business at the 彩民宝典 a more powerful economic contributor to Colorado and beyond. The contribution from The Anschutz Foundation will be divided evenly between two undergraduate programs.

CU-Boulder plays key role in global student space experiment competition

Sept. 10, 2012

Space experiments dreamed up by three teenage winners of an international contest that will be streamed live on YouTube from the International Space Station Sept. 13 were made flight-ready by a 彩民宝典 space center.

Response on today鈥檚 ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court on the Ward Churchill case

Sept. 10, 2012

Statement from CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano Today鈥檚 decision by the Colorado Supreme Court upholds the high standards of academic integrity practiced every day by our faculty, and helps us to ensure the quality of instruction for all our students. It is vital that what is published and what is taught in the classroom be based on research and scholarship grounded in honest, accepted and time-tested methods. This was always what was at stake in this case for the university, and the winners today are our faculty and students.

CU-led mountain forest study shows vulnerability to climate change

Sept. 10, 2012

A new 彩民宝典-led study that ties forest 鈥済reenness鈥 in the western United States to fluctuating year-to-year snowpack indicates mid-elevation mountain ecosystems are most sensitive to rising temperatures and changes in precipitation and snowmelt.

Increase in metal concentrations in Rocky Mountain watershed tied to warming temperatures

Sept. 7, 2012

Warmer air temperatures since the 1980s may explain significant increases in zinc and other metal concentrations of ecological concern in a Rocky Mountain watershed, reports a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey and the 彩民宝典.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to speak at CU-Boulder Sept. 13

Sept. 7, 2012

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will address the role of public lands in American life at the 彩民宝典 on Sept. 13 as part of a conference commemorating the 200th anniversary of the General Land Office. Salazar鈥檚 talk is part of a conference titled 鈥淭he Nation Possessed:鈥═he Conflicting Claims on America鈥檚 Public Lands鈥 being held at CU-Boulder Sept. 11-14. The conference is sponsored by the Center of the American West and the Public Lands Foundation.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to keynote CU Law School鈥檚 Bench and Bar Conference

Sept. 5, 2012

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court will give the keynote address at the University of Colorado Law School鈥檚 Gathering of the Bench and Bar Conference to be held Sept. 19-21 in Boulder.

Continuing Education celebrates 100 years of connecting communities to the University

Sept. 5, 2012

The University of Colorado鈥檚 Division of Continuing Education has come a long way from its humble beginnings in young Macky Auditorium where burlap bags separated staff space in 1912 and the division offered 28 correspondence courses in 11 fields. Today, Continuing Education partners with CU鈥檚 academic departments to offer flexible credit courses representing 35 departments and multiple programs granting nontraditional students and community members access to campus.

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