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‘Stand Up for Climate Change’ event on March 17 to fuse the sober topic of climate change with the unifying power of humor.

There probably is not a more suitable location for one of the world’s first interdisciplinary certificates in Arctic studies than the University of ŷ���ڱ���Ƶ Boulder.

For decades in the post-World War II era, it’s fair to say that the diet of most Americans became less and less local. With innovations ranging from the interstate highway system to affordable home refrigeration and freezing systems, it simply became easier to eat food that came from a state — or even a country — far, far away.

When politicians actively seek to gum up or slow down the legislative works in an effort to throw up obstacles to governors or presidents, they often increase the power of executive-branch bureaucracies or courts to make the rules. The result can be a less-informed citizenry, researchers find.

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<p>Boulder’s public open-space system was launched 50 years ago, and an event at ŷ���ڱ���Ƶ-Boulder will bring together experts who will discuss the lay of the land in the next half-century.</p>

Researchers at the University of ŷ���ڱ���Ƶ Boulder recently examined the aftermath of two catastrophic conflagrations and found an unexpected ally in wildfire-education efforts, the “citizen entrepreneur.”