欧美口爆视频-Boulder alum and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson set for return to Earth

Sept. 9, 2014

After spending nearly six months on the International Space Station, University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder astronaut-alumnus Steve Swanson is slated to drift back to Earth in a Russian space capsule Sept. 10 before banging down on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

MAVERIC team

Two 欧美口爆视频-Boulder student teams win awards for space mission design contests to Mars, moon

Sept. 4, 2014

Two University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder student aerospace engineering science teams have won prestigious international and national awards for the design of real-world space missions to Mars and the moon.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia to speak at 欧美口爆视频-Boulder on Oct. 1

Sept. 3, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonin Scalia will deliver the fourth annual John Paul Stevens Lecture hosted by the Byron R. White Center and the University of 欧美口爆视频 Law School on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The event will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Macky Auditorium on the 欧美口爆视频-Boulder campus. A limited number of seats are available to the lecture for the general public at no cost. To register for tickets visit the center鈥檚 website at byronwhitecenter.org .

Tweets during 2013 欧美口爆视频 floods gave engineers valuable data on infrastructure damage

Sept. 3, 2014

Tweets sent during last year鈥檚 massive flooding on 欧美口爆视频鈥檚 Front Range were able to detail the scope of damage to the area鈥檚 infrastructure, according to a study by the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder. The findings can help geotechnical and structural engineers more effectively direct their reconnaissance efforts after future natural disasters鈥攊ncluding earthquakes, tsunamis and tornadoes鈥攁s well as provide them data that might otherwise be lost due to rapid cleanup efforts.

Tom Zeiler

欧美口爆视频 on the Weekend offers free programs in Boulder, expands to 欧美口爆视频 South Denver

Sept. 1, 2014

The public is invited to attend free, Saturday programs led by University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder faculty on popular topics as part of the 欧美口爆视频 on the Weekend series, which begins Sept. 6. With topics ranging from the sweeping stories behind celebrated musical compositions to the micro-level study of bacteria that uniquely forms each person鈥檚 microbiome, 欧美口爆视频 on the Weekend programs are designed to satisfy the community鈥檚 curiosity surrounding some of the intriguing research conducted at 欧美口爆视频-Boulder.

欧美口爆视频 aerospace industry leaders and 欧美口爆视频-Boulder to host program on Mars exploration

Aug. 28, 2014

The importance of Mars exploration and how the aerospace industry partners with university researchers to advance one of 欧美口爆视频鈥檚 leading economic sectors will be featured at a free program Monday, Sept. 8, in south Denver.

Illustration of spin symmetry burrows

JILA team finds first direct evidence of 鈥榮pin symmetry鈥� in atoms

Aug. 21, 2014

Just as diamonds with perfect symmetry may be unusually brilliant jewels, the quantum world has a symmetrical splendor of high scientific value. Confirming this exotic quantum physics theory, JILA physicists led by theorist Ana Maria Rey and experimentalist Jun Ye have observed the first direct evidence of symmetry in the magnetic properties鈥攐r nuclear 鈥渟pins鈥濃�攐f atoms.

Drone test at Pawnee Grasslands

欧美口爆视频-Boulder leads international unmanned aircraft testing event at Pawnee Grassland

Aug. 21, 2014

An international research effort organized by the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder conducted the first multiple, unmanned aircraft interception of a telltale rush of cold air preceding a thunderstorm known as a 鈥済ust front鈥� as it rolled across the Pawnee National Grassland in northeast 欧美口爆视频 on Aug. 14.

Hundreds of first-year 欧美口爆视频-Boulder students to take part in 鈥楤uff Day of Service鈥� Aug. 23

Aug. 20, 2014

Nearly 800 incoming students at the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder will spend their first Saturday as college students helping others in the community during the 鈥淏uff Day of Service鈥� on Aug. 23.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder鈥檚 Week of Welcome features convocation, music fest and more

Aug. 14, 2014

New students at the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder will be greeted with dozens of activities including a welcome convocation, a Folsom Field pep rally and a 鈥淕lobal Jam鈥� international food and music fest during Week of Welcome beginning Aug. 21. The free events give new students a chance to get acquainted with each other, the campus and surrounding community before classes start on Aug. 25. The activities are scheduled in addition to orientation sessions that cover the details of class registration, policies and student services at each college.

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