CU-Boulder ranks No. 6 nationally for Peace Corps volunteers

Feb. 17, 2015

The 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 is ranked No. 6 in the nation for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers with 62 alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced today. In the annual Top Colleges list, CU-Boulder has held a position in the top eight nationally among large institutions for the past 13 years, ranking in the top three for nine of those years. CU-Boulder also has been the state leader among Colorado institutions of similar size each year since 2003.

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CU-Boulder technology for thinner electronics commercialized by Kelvin Thermal of Boulder

Feb. 17, 2015

Kelvin Thermal Technologies and the University of Colorado have executed an exclusive license agreement that will allow the company to develop and market thermal management technologies that could enable the development of ultra-thin and flexible smartphones, wearable electronics and other commercial and military systems.

Leeds School Evening MBA Program to expand to CU South Denver in May

Feb. 16, 2015

The Evening MBA Program , offered by the CU-Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business, is going south -- in a good way. Beginning in May, the program -- offered since 2000 on the CU-Boulder campus -- also will be available at the Liniger Building at CU South Denver , located at 10035 Peoria St. in Parker, Colorado.

It takes more than merit: Alma mater鈥檚 prestige highly predictive of faculty placement

Feb. 12, 2015

A new study finds that small differences in institutional prestige have an enormous impact on the likelihood that a person who graduates with a doctoral degree will land a coveted faculty job. The advantage of alma mater prestige in finding a job is so great that it cannot be explained solely by a difference in educational quality between the universities, according to the study, led by the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 and published today in the journal Science Advances.

CU Law School to host inaugural Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at Colorado Law Lecture

Feb. 9, 2015

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.

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Visiting conservative scholar finalist to speak at CU-Boulder

Feb. 4, 2015

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.

New report charts Colorado's vulnerability to climate change

Feb. 3, 2015

Sea-level rise may not be eating away at Colorado鈥檚 borders, but climate change exposes other critical vulnerabilities in the state, according to a new report. Rising temperatures likely will take a toll on cattle and crops, for example, and could more often leave junior water rights holders with little water and few options.

New study details how cocaine really works in the brain, offers possibility of drug to treat addiction

Feb. 3, 2015

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.

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Special Valentine鈥檚 Day event about Albert Einstein slated for CU-Boulder

Feb. 2, 2015

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.

CU-Boulder-created app first to use gesture for language learning

Jan. 29, 2015

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.

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