CU-Boulder students become rocket scientists at NASA鈥檚 Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

June 21, 2013

A Colorado student space research consortium led by the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 teamed up with a Virginia space consortium led by the University of Virginia this week to help aspiring rocket scientists from around the country learn how to design, build and fly payloads.

Building from within: a new program to develop CU-Boulder's leaders

June 20, 2013

The Department of Human Resources and the Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program are excited to announce the launch of an exclusive Leadership and Management Graduate Certificate Program . Designed with CU-Boulder employees in mind, the program will help our current and future leaders develop and refine their leadership skills and learn new ways to measure and enhance organizational effectiveness with practical application. Course content is applicable to all professions and does not require a technical or engineering background. Our employees will be able to use the tuition reimbursement benefit to cover tuition, and employees selected to participate in this exclusive program will be allowed to attend classes during work time and the employee鈥檚 department will pay for the costs of any fees and books.

Join CU at the MAVEN launch this fall

June 13, 2013

Join us this fall for a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to be a part of CU-Boulder鈥檚 mission to Mars! The university will be hosting three fun-filled days of festivities Nov. 16-18 in Cocoa Beach, Fla., culminating in MAVEN鈥檚 launch. Space is limited for the launch viewing, and NASA requires we submit a list of tentative guests months in advance. All attendees MUST be registered with us by June 30 to be on NASA鈥檚 guest list.

Amount of dust blown across the West is increasing, says CU-Boulder study

June 10, 2013

The amount of dust being blown across the landscape has increased over the last 17 years in large swaths of the West, according to a new study led by the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录. The escalation in dust emissions 鈥 which may be due to the interplay of several factors, including increased windstorm frequency, drought cycles and changing land-use patterns 鈥 has implications both for the areas where the dust is first picked up by the winds and for the places where the dust is put back down.

Protein linked with tumor growth could be potential target for cancer-fighting drugs, according to study led by CU-Boulder

June 6, 2013

A team of researchers led by the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 has discovered a protein complex that could be targeted with drugs to stunt tumor growth. As tumors expand, their centers are deprived of oxygen, and so tumors must flip specific genetic switches to survive in these hypoxic environments.

Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago, says CU-Boulder study

June 3, 2013

A new look at the diets of ancient African hominids shows a 鈥済ame changer鈥 occurred about 3.5 million years ago when some members added grasses or sedges to their menus, according to a new study led by the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录.

Water-rock reaction may provide enough hydrogen 鈥榝ood鈥 to sustain life in cool parts of the ocean鈥檚 crust or on Mars

May 30, 2013

A chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen 鈥渇ood鈥 to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below the ocean floor and parts of the continents, according to a new study led by the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录. The findings, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, also hint at the possibility that hydrogen-dependent life could have existed where iron-rich igneous rocks on Mars were once in contact with water.

5 CU-Boulder students patent medical device through partnership with CU Cancer Center researcher

May 29, 2013

Five 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 students have partnered with a researcher at the University of Colorado Cancer Center to file a patent for a medical device that lets researchers quickly, easily and inexpensively isolate a patient鈥檚 cancer cells for genetic tests that allow doctors to target the disease.

DiStefano names Ceal Barry interim director of intercollegiate athletics at CU-Boulder

May 28, 2013

澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has named Adele Cecilia 鈥淐eal鈥 Barry interim director of intercollegiate athletics for the university, effective Monday, June 3. Barry currently serves as associate athletic director for student services and senior woman administrator (an NCAA designation) in the department.

CU-Boulder organizing effort to establish unmanned aircraft test site in Colorado

May 24, 2013

A state application organized by the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 has been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration for the development of one of six unmanned aircraft systems test sites slated to be established across the United States .

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