This week, test your vocal skills in a venue more daunting than your shower, celebrate Valentine's Day with more exciting alternatives to dinner on Pearl or support the hockey team as they face off against the CSU Rams.
John A. Ikard, president and CEO of FirstBank Holding Company, will deliver a talk titled "Leading an Ethical Organization in a Sometimes Unethical World" on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the Wittemyer Courtroom at the Wolf Law Building on the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 campus.
Literary Buffs, a new student group on campus that aims to connect undergraduates of all disciplines who share an interest in poetry, fiction, music and art, will host its first annual Literature and Arts Festival on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 3-6 p.m.
The 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 has announced Thomas Krannawitter, Ph.D., as a finalist for the position of Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy for the 2015-16 academic year. Krannawitter will visit the CU-Boulder campus and give a talk titled 鈥淭he Problem of Slavery in the American Founding.鈥� He will explore what the existence of slavery in the early days of the United States, and efforts made to end it, tell us today about the American character.
A research team led by the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 has discovered a mechanism in the brain that is key to making cocaine seem pleasurable, a finding that could lead to a drug treatment for fighting addiction. The findings build on past research also involving CU-Boulder that found the same mechanism in the brain also interacts with heroin, oxycodone, morphine and other opioid drugs to amplify their addictiveness. The latest study suggests that the mechanism plays a key role in the addictiveness of many abused drugs, possibly including methamphetamine and alcohol.
CU Engage is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals that will provide grants of up to $4,000 for Faculty Fellows. This program provides resources and support for faculty to design a new course or modify an existing course to include a community-based learning component.
Up for a romantic Valentine鈥檚 Day evening? Then head to the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录鈥檚 Fiske Planetarium to Relativity for Lovers 鈥� A Valentine鈥檚 Day Among the Stars , for music, film and a talk on the genius of Albert Einstein.
While you might think a person shaking her phone or tablet from side to side is having issues with the device, she might actually be playing a game that has her mimicking a steering wheel motion as part of a language lesson. The game Nano Nano for mobile devices, created by two 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 graduate students and released last week, is the first app to incorporate gesturing with language learning -- for good reason.
The University of Colorado Law School is now accepting applications for the newly established, one-year, 28-credit Master of Studies in Law degree. This program will enable students who hold at least an undergraduate degree to obtain legal training short of a full Juris Doctor. "There are a range of opportunities for professionals interested in legal-related fields who are not practicing lawyers," said Dean Phil Weiser. "The MSL degree is a targeted program that will prepare students to obtain and excel in such positions."
NASA鈥檚 fallen astronauts, including 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 alumni Ellison Onizuka and Kalpana Chawla, who died in space shuttle accidents 17 years apart, will be remembered both on campus and in a special NASA online tribute this week.
