Cech named to first-ever National Commission on Forensic Science

Jan. 15, 2014

On Jan. 10, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced appointments to a newly created National Commission on Forensic Science. University of ŷڱƵ Boulder Distinguished Professor and Nobel laureate Tom Cech is one of 32 commissioners chosen from a pool of more than 300 candidates.

Nagpal and Vernerey

Two ŷڱƵ-Boulder engineers win NSF’s prestigious CAREER award

Jan. 13, 2014

Two faculty members in the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science have been honored with the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER award. The NSF Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, award supports junior faculty members who demonstrate excellence in research and who effectively integrate their research with education. ŷڱƵ-Boulder’s recent recipients are Prashant Nagpal, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, and Franck Vernerey, an assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder’s recreation center expansion opens Jan. 10

Jan. 9, 2014

The University of ŷڱƵ Boulder’s expansion of the Student Recreation Center, a project initiated by students, opens on Friday, Jan. 10, at 9 a.m. The southwest addition, the second and largest phase of the project, is located just north of the Ramaley Biology Building and east of Sewall Hall and will provide an additional 83,000 square feet of indoor recreational space.

Aurora borealis may dip into state tonight, say ŷڱƵ-Boulder experts

Jan. 9, 2014

University of ŷڱƵ Boulder space weather experts say a powerful solar storm may cause the aurora borealis to light up as far south as ŷڱƵ and New Mexico in the coming nights.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder/NIST physicist honored with 2013 Presidential Early Career Award

Jan. 7, 2014

Ana Maria Rey, a theoretical physicist at JILA, a joint institute of the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been honored by the White House with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder to fly antibiotic experiment,
 education project on ants to space station

Jan. 3, 2014

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch of Orbital Sciences Corp.’s commercial Cygnus spacecraft on Tuesday, Jan. 7 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, which will be carrying two University of ŷڱƵ Boulder payloads to the International Space Station.

Jane Little

Religion in global media contexts to be explored at ŷڱƵ-Boulder conference Jan. 9-12

Jan. 2, 2014

More than 80 speakers and presenters from 23 countries will be part of the Media and Religion: the Global View conference at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder Jan. 9-12. ŷڱƵ-Boulder’s Center for Media, Religion and Culture (CMRC) will host the conference. All plenary sessions at the event are free and open to the public and will be held at the University Memorial Center, Eaton Humanities and Old Main Chapel on campus.

ŷڱƵ business confidence remains positive going into 2014, says ŷڱƵ-Boulder Leeds School

Jan. 1, 2014

The confidence of ŷڱƵ business leaders has increased slightly going into the first quarter of 2014 as economic conditions improve and some political issues have subsided, according to the most recent Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder’s Leeds School of Business.

Slippery bark protects trees from pine beetle attack, according to ŷڱƵ-Boulder study

Dec. 23, 2013

Trees with smoother bark are better at repelling attacks by mountain pine beetles, which have difficulty gripping the slippery surface, according to a new study by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder. The findings, published online in the journal Functional Ecology , may help land managers make decisions about which trees to cull and which to keep in order to best protect forested properties against pine beetle infestation.

Research linking autism symptoms to gut microbes called ‘groundbreaking’ in ŷڱƵ-Boulder-authored journal article

Dec. 19, 2013

A new study showing that feeding mice a beneficial type of bacteria can ameliorate autism-like symptoms is “groundbreaking,” according to University of ŷڱƵ Boulder Professor Rob Knight, who co-authored a commentary piece about the research appearing in the current issue of the journal Cell.

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