CU-Boulder workshop invites public to discuss oil and gas development and groundwater protection on Nov. 26

Nov. 19, 2012

Following the recent Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission hearing on creation of statewide regulations for groundwater sampling and monitoring near new oil and gas wells, the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 will host an informational workshop on Monday, Nov. 26, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Wolf Law Building.

2012 CU Diversity and Inclusion Summit invites participants to 鈥楢mp it up鈥

Nov. 5, 2012

The 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录鈥檚 annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit will feature a variety of sessions for students, faculty, staff and community members from Nov. 13-15. All events are free, open to the public and on the Boulder campus.

CU-Boulder startup company receives Gates Foundation exploration grant

Nov. 1, 2012

A new startup company that sprang from the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 this year is a Grand Challenges Exploration winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Psychology and neurosciences department Associate Professor Don Cooper, co-founder and chief science officer of Mobile Assay Inc. of Boulder who developed the technology in his laboratory at CU鈥檚 Institute for Behavioral Genetics, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project titled 鈥淎 Lab on Mobile Device Platform for Seed Testing.鈥

Three CU-Boulder faculty members to be named Distinguished Professors

Oct. 17, 2012

CU system news release DENVER 鈥 Six University of Colorado faculty members will be named Distinguished Professors, the most prestigious honor for faculty at the university. Each year, the recognition goes to faculty members who demonstrate exemplary performance in research or creative work, a record of excellence in classroom teaching and supervision of individual learning, and outstanding service to the profession, university and its affiliates.

CU Law Professors Can Comment on Supreme Court鈥檚 Affirmative Action Case

Oct. 8, 2012

On Oct. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that reconsiders affirmative action in university admissions. In Fisher v. University of Texas, the plaintiff is a white woman who says she was denied admission while less-qualified minority applicants were admitted. When the court last considered the issue in 2003, it re-affirmed that public colleges and universities could consider race as one of many factors in making admissions decisions.

CU Law School students and alumni to teach high school students statewide about the Constitution

Sept. 13, 2012

More than 75 students and dozens of alumni of the University of Colorado Law School will teach a lesson on the Fourth Amendment in more than 100 high school classrooms throughout Colorado the week of Sept. 17- 21 in recognition of Constitution Day. Constitution Day is a national event that annually commemorates the Sept. 17, 1787, signing of the United States Constitution.

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.

CU-Boulder sources on Aurora theater shooting

July 24, 2012

Michael Radelet , professor of sociology, is an expert on the use of the death penalty in Colorado and the United States. He has documented all of Colorado鈥檚 executions and notes that Colorado abolished the penalty between 1897 and 1901, came within one vote of abolishing it again in 2009 and has executed only one person since 1967. 鈥淲e've always debated the death penalty in Colorado, and the general thrust of our history is in the direction of abolition,鈥 he said.

CU-Boulder sources on Aurora theater shooting

July 23, 2012

Kenneth Foote , professor of geography, studies how events of violence and tragedy are memorialized and remembered. He has visited hundreds of sites that have been scarred by incidents of violence or tragedy in the United States and abroad, and is the author of the book 鈥淪hadowed Ground: America鈥檚 Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy.鈥 He can be reached at kfoote@colorado.edu or 303-641-3346.

CU-Boulder sources on Aurora theater shooting

July 20, 2012

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