a technician installs solar panels on the roof of the building which houses the University of Colorado Center for Innovation and Creativity in Boulder.

Researchers take major step toward developing next-generation solar cells

March 20, 2024

A 彩民宝典 engineer and his international colleagues have discovered a new way to manufacture solar cells using perovskite semiconductors. It could lead to lower-cost, more efficient systems for powering homes, cars, boats and drones.

Nick Romeo

彩民宝典 alum challenging sacred economic beliefs

March 19, 2024

彩民宝典 graduate Nick Romeo鈥檚 鈥淭he Alternative鈥� uses real-world examples to push back on 鈥渦nempirical dogmas鈥� of modern economics.

Thomas Raggi of the band M氓neskin performs a concert that streamed live on TikTok in 2021

As the US government and record labels go after TikTok, musicians get the squeeze

March 18, 2024

TikTok has become a beacon in an otherwise dismal digital streaming landscape, and while musicians increasingly need TikTok, TikTok also needs music. Read more from CU expert Ediz Ozelkan on The Conversation.

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Undergraduate鈥檚 menstrual justice project grows into policy change

March 18, 2024

From an early age, Mia Torres felt the urge to do something about the injustices she learned about. Her menstrual justice project in high school grew into policy change. Now she鈥檚 majoring in the School of Education鈥檚 unique leadership and community engagement major.

Woman in red track suit puts her feet up while working on a desktop computer

As Voyager 1鈥檚 mission draws to a close, one planetary scientist reflects on its legacy

March 18, 2024

Planetary scientist Fran Bagenal first encountered NASA鈥檚 Voyager spacecraft during a student job in the late 1970s. Get her take on following these spacecraft for nearly 50 years, as they traveled to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune鈥攁nd beyond the bounds of Earth鈥檚 solar system.

Women in long dresses holding a chain of abandoned belongings near the border

What Remains founders braid migration dreams, art, stories

March 18, 2024

Growing up on the border shaped the worldviews and life trajectories of four 鈥渕ujeres fronterizas,鈥� or border women, who came together to create the What Remains project. Alumna Adriana Alvarez shares how the project reframes the migrant experience as a global and timeless human experience.

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Secrets from the grave

March 18, 2024

By studying human skeletal remains, bioarchaeologist Sharon DeWitte is opening a new window into past pandemics and giving voice to the voiceless.

A dark background and the reflection of blurred colorful lights punctuate a piece of "police line, do not cross" tape stretched across the image.

A really gutsy piece of journalism on police response to death of woman

March 15, 2024

This year鈥檚 Nakkula Award for Police Reporting goes to Andy Mannix and the Minnesota Star Tribune for a story that, as one judge put it, 鈥渁 lot of newsrooms would have run screaming away from.鈥�

Young people demonstrate ahead of a climate summit in New York in September 2023

Climate change matters to more and more people, could be a deciding factor in the election

March 15, 2024

Research shows that climate change had a significant effect on voting choices in the 2016 and 2020 elections鈥攁nd could also influence the 2024 presidential race. Read from CU expert Matt Burgess on The Conversation.

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The power and possibilities of intertwining healing justice and education

March 12, 2024

Women of color reported experiences such as these to the co-founders of the Healing, Empowerment and Love project: 鈥淒on鈥檛 let them see you cry鈥攊t will make you seem weak;鈥� and 鈥淚 tended to my body only when it could no longer carry me.鈥� The project is exploring ways educators can interlace healing justice with education.

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