Deborah Jin appointed to Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

Aug. 26, 2013

DOE news release Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEר). The nineteen member board comprised of scientists, business executives, academics and former government officials will serve as an independent advisory committee to Energy Secretary Moniz.

New degree to create STEM teachers through engineering

Aug. 22, 2013

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.

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.

Hue of barn swallow breast feathers can influence their health, says study by ŷڱƵ-Boulder, Cornell

Aug. 21, 2013

For female North American barn swallows, looking good pays healthy dividends. A new study conducted at the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder and involving Cornell University shows the outward appearance of female barn swallows, specifically the hue of their chestnut-colored breast feathers, has an influence on their physiological health.

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’s new and renovated residence halls showcase new academic program, sustainability

Aug. 19, 2013

The University of ŷڱƵ Boulder’s newest residence hall, Kittredge Central, is welcoming students this week for the first time, 53 of whom are engineering students and will be immersed in Spanish through the building’s new Residential Academic Program, or RAP. Also, the nearby Kittredge West residence hall is reopening this week after being unoccupied last school year while renovations were underway. Both buildings comprise a number of “green” features to improve water and energy efficiency and to reduce the campus’s carbon footprint.

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks at ŷڱƵ Law School

Aug. 15, 2013

A standing-room-only crowd in the Wolf Law Building’s Wittemyer Courtroom and nearly 100 others in an overflow room gathered yesterday as EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and ŷڱƵ Sen. Mark Udall discussed President Obama’s Climate Action Plan at the ŷڱƵ Law School.

ŷڱƵ Mesa University-ŷڱƵ-Boulder partnership program receives accreditation

Aug. 14, 2013

The University of ŷڱƵ Boulder and ŷڱƵ Mesa University in Grand Junction today announced the successful accreditation of their partnership program by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of רET. The partnership program allows students to earn a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from ŷڱƵ-Boulder by taking classes delivered at CMU. The program offers the first-ever baccalaureate engineering degree on ŷڱƵ’s Western Slope.

ŷڱƵ-Boulder music graduates bring music education to the heart of Afghanistan

Aug. 13, 2013

ŷڱƵ-Boulder music graduates Joel Schut and Allegra Boggess are helping bring music back to the war-torn central Asian nation.

New ŷڱƵ-Boulder led research effort dates oldest petroglyphs known in North America

Aug. 13, 2013

A new high-tech analysis led by a University of ŷڱƵ Boulder researcher shows the oldest known petroglyphs in North America, which are cut into several boulders in western Nevada, date to at least 10,500 years ago and perhaps even as far back as 14,800 years ago.

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