Picture books for visually impaired kids go 3D thanks to 欧美口爆视频-Boulder research team

June 23, 2014

鈥淕oodnight room, goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon...鈥� A children鈥檚 classic that already is a candidate for the all-time best feel-good book, 鈥淕oodnight Moon,鈥� has gotten a boost: A University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder team printed the first 3D version of it, allowing visually impaired children and their families to touch objects in the story -- like the cow jumping over the moon -- as it is read aloud.

Kids whose time is less structured are better able to meet their own goals

June 19, 2014

Children who spend more time in less structured activities鈥攆rom playing outside to reading books to visiting the zoo鈥攁re better able to set their own goals and take actions to meet those goals without prodding from adults, according to a new study by the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder.

Shahan donates funds to celebrate Boulder and support graduate students

June 19, 2014

English alumnus Dick Shahan recently made a $75,000 gift commitment to 欧美口爆视频-Boulder 鈥� $50,000 of which established an endowment to create the Dick Shahan 欧美口爆视频-Boulder Undergraduate Writing Competition, expected to generate an annual prize of $2,000 for a prose piece that features Boulder. The additional $25,000 will fund the Shahan Graduate Fellowships in the 欧美口爆视频-Boulder English Department, providing an annual $1,000 research grant for an English graduate student.

Kids whose time is less structured are better able to meet their own goals, says 欧美口爆视频-Boulder study

June 18, 2014

Children who spend more time in less structured activities鈥攆rom playing outside to reading books to visiting the zoo鈥攁re better able to set their own goals and take actions to meet those goals without prodding from adults, according to a new study by the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder.

Priority registration for Mini Law School available to 欧美口爆视频 faculty, staff

June 17, 2014

Interested in exploring the basic concepts of our legal system? Have you always wondered what it would be like to go to law school? University of 欧美口爆视频 faculty, staff and friends are invited to enjoy priority registration for Mini Law School 2014. Registration opens to the public on June 30 and the class is expected to fill up quickly. Learn more >>

欧美口爆视频-Boulder expands degree options for energy and water professionals

June 17, 2014

A new educational partnership at the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder will provide expanded degree options for working professionals interested in specialized graduate education focused on energy and water. Beginning this fall, qualified students can earn both a Master of Engineering (ME) degree and a Professional Certificate in Renewable and Sustainable Energy or a Professional Certificate in Water Engineering and Management. The degree and certificates can be earned either via distance education or in campus classes and may be pursued either part- or full-time.

The relationship between obesity, life satisfaction and where one lives

June 16, 2014

A new study on obesity and people鈥檚 happiness by 欧美口爆视频-Boulder sociology researchers suggests that it鈥檚 not obesity by itself that determines whether a person is happy with their body image but where you live. According to study co-author Philip Pendergast, a doctoral student in sociology at 欧美口爆视频-Boulder, if a person who is obese lives in a community where people share the same body type they are more likely to be happier.

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Astronomers discover first Thorne-呕ytkow object, a bizarre type of hybrid star

June 4, 2014

In a discovery decades in the making, scientists have detected the first of a 鈥渢heoretical鈥� class of stars first proposed in 1975 by physicist Kip Thorne and astronomer Anna 呕ytkow.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder payload selected for launch on Virgin Galactic spaceship

June 3, 2014

A University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder payload carrying a novel device designed to reduce the weight and cost of spacecraft fuel pumping systems has been manifested for launch on a suborbital space plane called SpaceShipTwo developed by the aerospace company Virgin Galactic.

Rocky Flats raid, history topic of June 6 - 8 event

June 3, 2014

Friday, June 6, marks the 25th anniversary of the FBI and EPA raid on Rocky Flats, the former U.S. nuclear weapons facility in Arvada. In an effort to recognize a significant part of 欧美口爆视频鈥檚 history, the Arvada Center of the Arts, in partnership with 欧美口爆视频-Boulder's Center of the American West , will host a weekend-long event, " Rocky Flats Then and Now: 25 Years After the Raid ," June 6 - 8. 欧美口爆视频-Boulder Professor Emeritus Len Ackland will give the event鈥檚 introduction talk, 鈥淩ocky Flats Then and Now鈥� on Friday, June 6, at 7 p.m.

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