Several hundred first-year students take part in 'Day of Service'

Aug. 26, 2013

Several hundred incoming ŷڱƵ-Boulder students tried their hand helping others during “Day of Service” on Saturday, Aug. 24. The day was an opportunity for first-year students to get out into their new community and experience the needs and culture beyond the borders of the ŷڱƵ campus, according to Jen Ross, director of the Volunteer Resource Center at ŷڱƵ-Boulder, which spearheads the service event.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder launches new degree to create STEM teachers through engineering

Aug. 22, 2013

The University of ŷڱƵ Boulder is launching a new General Engineering Plus undergraduate degree with the ŷڱƵ Teach Engineering concentration this fall for current first-year and sophomore students interested in earning secondary school (grades 7-12) science or math teaching licensure. The GE+ degree program offers an interdisciplinary, hands-on, design-based engineering core curriculum, coupled with an engineering disciplinary emphasis (aerospace, mechanical, environmental, architectural, or civil) and a “Design Your Own” concentration in an area within or external to engineering.

Nearly 600 first-year ŷڱƵ-Boulder students to take part in ‘Day of Service’ Aug. 24

Aug. 20, 2013

ŷڱƵ 600 incoming students at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder will get the opportunity to try their hand helping others during a “Day of Service” on Saturday, Aug. 24. The Day of Service is an opportunity for first-year students to get out into the community they are entering and experience its needs and culture beyond the borders of the ŷڱƵ campus, according to Jen Ross, director of the Volunteer Resource Center at ŷڱƵ-Boulder, which spearheads the service event.

ŷڱƵ professor to use new mobile technology to test for agricultural pathogens in Africa

Aug. 20, 2013

A University of ŷڱƵ Boulder faculty member will travel to Africa later this month to test a mobile smartphone technology developed by his team to rapidly detect and track natural carcinogens, including aflatoxin, which is estimated to contaminate up to 25 percent of the global food supply and cause severe illnesses in humans and animals.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder volunteers to help new students move in Aug. 20 and 22

Aug. 19, 2013

Volunteers from a variety of campus groups will be available to help new students move their belongings into residence halls at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder Aug. 20 and Aug. 22 as New Student Move-In begins. New students will move in Aug. 20 through Aug. 22 with the majority of freshmen moving in on Aug. 22.

MAVEN Mars mission haiku selected

Aug. 8, 2013

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission to Mars will carry just over 1,100 haiku, along with thousands of names, on its journey to the red planet. The haiku were part of a contest, sponsored by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder, asking the public to submit haiku poetry relating to NASA’s upcoming MAVEN mission to Mars.

MAVEN Mars mission haiku selected

Aug. 8, 2013

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission to Mars will carry just over 1,100 haiku, along with thousands of names, on its journey to the red planet. The haiku were part of a contest, sponsored by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder, asking the public to submit haiku poetry relating to NASA’s upcoming MAVEN mission to Mars.

Good year expected for viewing Perseid meteor shower Aug. 10-13, says ŷڱƵ planetarium director

Aug. 7, 2013

University of ŷڱƵ Boulder astrophysicist Doug Duncan says this year's annual Perseid meteor shower and its natural nighttime light show will be particularly good as the display becomes visible over ŷڱƵ Aug. 10-13. "The moon will be nearly new, so it's an especially good time to see the meteor shower," said Duncan, director of ŷڱƵ-Boulder's Fiske Planetarium.

Animal Behavior Society meeting at ŷڱƵ-Boulder to feature public talks, activities, film festival

July 24, 2013

The 50th annual meeting of the international Animal Behavior Society to be held at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder July 28-Aug. 2 will feature several public events, including lectures, scientific demonstrations and a film festival. The public lectures, to be held at the Glenn Miller Ballroom in the University Memorial Center, are part of the Applied Animal Behavior Public Day on Sunday, July 28, titled “Creating Quality Lives for Dogs and Cats Through the Science of Animal Behavior.”

ŷڱƵ business confidence surges going into third quarter, says ŷڱƵ-Boulder’s Leeds School

July 1, 2013

The confidence of ŷڱƵ business leaders has continued its strong upward trend, surging into the third quarter of 2013, according to the most recent Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder’s Leeds School of Business.

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