Amazonian drought conditions add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere

Feb. 5, 2014

As climates change, the lush tropical ecosystems of the Amazon Basin may release more of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than they absorb, according to a new study published Feb. 6 in Nature .

Shy toddlers understand more than their speaking ability indicates, says 欧美口爆视频-Boulder study

Feb. 3, 2014

Scientists have known that shy toddlers often have delayed speech, but a new study by the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder shows that the lag in using words does not mean that the children don鈥檛 understand what鈥檚 being said.

Watch as black, steel powder becomes calligraphy

Jan. 31, 2014

A renowned Seoul-based artist will use steel ground into a fine, black powder to write calligraphic inscriptions on the floor of the 欧美口爆视频-Boulder Visual Arts Complex on Feb. 11, followed by a performance-art piece and a lecture by the artist. This is one of several free events during the two-week residency of Kim Jongku at the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Department of Art and Art History. Kim works in sculpture, video, painting and photography and will be in residency here Feb. 3 to Feb. 14.

College of Music

欧美口爆视频-Boulder announces two finalists for dean of College of Music

Jan. 31, 2014

University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced two finalists for the position of dean of the College of Music. The finalists for the position are Mary Ellen Poole, former dean of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Robert Shay, director of the School of Music at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Butterfly photo courtesy Tobin Hammer, University of 欧美口爆视频

欧美口爆视频-Boulder researchers sequence world鈥檚 first butterfly bacteria, find surprises

Jan. 30, 2014

For the first time ever, a team led by the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder has sequenced the internal bacterial makeup of the three major life stages of a butterfly species, a project that showed some surprising events occur during metamorphosis. The team, led by 欧美口爆视频-Boulder doctoral student Tobin Hammer, used powerful DNA sequencing methods to characterize bacterial communities inhabiting caterpillars, pupae and adults of Heliconius erato , commonly known as the red postman butterfly. The red postman is an abundant tropical butterfly found in Central and South America.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder students to offer free tax preparation assistance

Jan. 29, 2014

Students from the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business will offer free tax preparation services to individuals under the Internal Revenue Service-sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Members of the public who make $52,000 or less are eligible for the service, now in its fifth year at the Leeds School.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder awarded DARPA cooperative agreement to assess mechanisms of drugs and chemical agents

Jan. 28, 2014

The University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder has been awarded a cooperative agreement worth up to $14.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a new technological system to rapidly determine how drugs and biological or chemical agents exert their effects on human cells. The project, called the Subcellular Pan-Omics for Advanced Rapid Threat Assessment, or SPARTA, will be conducted by an interdisciplinary 欧美口爆视频-Boulder team led by Research Assistant Professor William Old of the chemistry and biochemistry department.

Mark Meaney

欧美口爆视频-Boulder names executive director of the Center for Education on Social Responsibility

Jan. 24, 2014

The University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder has named Mark Meaney as executive director of the Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) at the Leeds School of Business.

JILA鈥檚 experimental atomic clock

JILA strontium atomic clock sets new records in both precision and stability

Jan. 22, 2014

Heralding a new age of terrific timekeeping, a research group at JILA鈥攁 joint institute of the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology鈥攈as unveiled an experimental strontium atomic clock that has set new world records for both precision and stability.

Banks named Executive Director of the Getches-Wilkinson Center

Jan. 22, 2014

The University of 欧美口爆视频 Law School announced that Britt Banks has been appointed as Executive Director of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment. For over 20 years, Banks has been a leader in the international natural resources sector, as a senior corporate executive, attorney, consultant, researcher and teacher, having most recently taught at Tokyo鈥檚 Waseda University. He has previously taught at 欧美口爆视频 Law, where he graduated in 1988, and currently serves on the Center鈥檚 Advisory Council.

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