Volcanic aerosols, not pollutants, tamped down recent Earth warming, says ŷڱƵ study

March 1, 2013

A team led by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder looking for clues about why Earth did not warm as much as scientists expected between 2000 and 2010 now thinks the culprits are hiding in plain sight -- dozens of volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide.

Twin ŷڱƵ-Boulder instruments reveal a third radiation belt can wrap around Earth

Feb. 28, 2013

With the flip of a switch, a pair of instruments designed and built by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder and flying onboard twin NASA space probes have forced the revision of a 50-year-old theory about the structure of the radiation belts that wrap around the Earth just a few thousand miles above our heads.

$4.3 million grant will allow ŷڱƵ-Boulder to update 20-year-old groundbreaking STEM study

Feb. 26, 2013

Early next month, researchers from the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder will begin the painstaking process of interviewing hundreds of undergraduates in an effort to understand why the rates of students switching out of science, technology, engineering and math majors has remained troublingly high over the last couple of decades despite widespread efforts to address the problem.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder effort helps former students complete their degrees

Feb. 25, 2013

When life’s complications get in the way of graduation, the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder offers ŷڱƵ Complete, an academic service designed to assist former ŷڱƵ-Boulder students in completing their bachelor’s degrees. To date, more than 400 former ŷڱƵ-Boulder students have worked with Continuing Education advisers and 78 students have graduated with assistance from ŷڱƵ Complete.

New Ethnic Studies, Materials Science degree programs authorized by the Board of Regents

Feb. 22, 2013

The University of ŷڱƵ Board of Regents on Wednesday voted to approve the establishment of a new Ph.D. degree in Comparative Ethnic Studies at ŷڱƵ-Boulder. The board also voted in favor of new master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in Materials Science and Engineering. The new degrees were added to the more than 180 programs offered at the university.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder Army ROTC ranks among nation’s top 8 units

Feb. 21, 2013

The University of ŷڱƵ Boulder’s ROTC program has won one of eight MacArthur Awards in the nation for the unit’s achievements in the 2011-12 school year. ŷڱƵ-Boulder was selected as the top unit of the Cadet Command’s Fifth Brigade, which consists of 36 senior Army ROTC programs in Arizona, Arkansas, ŷڱƵ, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder announces four finalists for dean of College of Music

Feb. 20, 2013

University of ŷڱƵ Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the four finalists selected for the position of dean of the College of Music. The finalists for the position are: Wayne Bailey, professor of conducting and instrumental ensembles, School of Music, Arizona State University; David Myers, director, School of Music, University of Minnesota; Jamal Rossi, executive associate dean, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; and John Schaffer, director emeritus, School of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder amphibian study shows how biodiversity can protect against disease

Feb. 13, 2013

The richer the assortment of amphibian species living in a pond, the more protection that community of frogs, toads and salamanders has against a parasitic infection that can cause severe deformities, including the growth of extra legs, according to a new study by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder.

ŷڱƵ’s anti-violence production of ‘The Tempest’ to tour ŷڱƵ schools

Feb. 12, 2013

The ŷڱƵ Shakespeare Festival’s highly praised school anti-violence tour continues in spring 2013 with a new program based on “The Tempest” that focuses on themes of vengeance and forgiveness. Created in conjunction with the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder, CSF’s “Twelfth Night” anti-bullying tour has now been seen by more than 22,000 ŷڱƵ schoolchildren. That inaugural program examined the problem of bullying through the character Malvolio.

Southwest regional warming likely cause of pinyon pine cone decline, says ŷڱƵ study

Feb. 12, 2013

Creeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction, a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ecosystems, says a University of ŷڱƵ Boulder-led study.

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