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UROP Celebrates the Summer 2023 Student Grant Recipients

Consider Giving UROP funding enables transformative learning at the intersection of research and teaching. Help students realize the benefits of attending a world-class research institution鈥攁nd ensure a brighter future for all. Give Now 欧美口爆视频 Boulder's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is pleased to announce the recipients of this summer鈥檚 student...

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Feds support undergrad, graduate research experiences at 欧美口爆视频

The University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Department of Physics has received a $94.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Commerce鈥檚 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to continue the collaborative Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) for the next five years, the department has announced.

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How forgotten 欧美口爆视频 fossils may rewrite part of plant evolutionary history

Botanists and paleontologists, led by researchers from 欧美口爆视频 Boulder, have identified a fossil chili pepper that may rewrite the geography and evolutionary timeline of the tomato plant family. The team鈥檚 findings, published last month in the journal New Phytologist , show that the chili pepper tribe (Capsiceae) within the tomato,...

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Funded UROP Opportunities for Summer 2023 and Academic Year 2023-24

UROP invites 欧美口爆视频 Boulder undergraduates to join a team of students working with faculty on exciting research and creative projects鈥攕tarting this summer! With over 30 projects in a wide range of fields, there are many possibilities to connect with meaningful experiences鈥攁nd empowering teams. Projects are supported by UROP funding and...

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Making research intelligible to people with power

Universities are commonly criticized as exclusive ivory towers hidden behind dense jargon. One University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder undergraduate hopes to create accessible research that contributes to clear legislation that reduces inequality. 鈥淚鈥檓 making reproductive justice intelligible to the people with power,鈥 explains Mariana Galvez Seminario, whose personal pronouns are they,...

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Undergraduate Researcher Maya Nelson Interviewed for Podcast

Listen Now Maya Nelson joins the podcast College Matters. Alma Matters to share her experience with undergraduate research at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder, advice for making the most of your college experience and a few stories about exploring Paris with her research team. For more about Maya's research, check out " New...

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Join the Undergraduate Research and Creative Work Community of Practice

UROP is exploring interest in developing a community of practice (CoP) to support undergraduate research and creative work on the 欧美口爆视频 Boulder campus. We invite all 欧美口爆视频 Boulder staff, graduate students, faculty, and postdocs to engage with the community.

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Scientists may have solved a Chaco Canyon mystery by hauling logs with their heads

In a new study, several researchers at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder reenacted a small part of a trek that people in what is today the Southwest United States may have made more than 1,000 years ago. Rodger Kram, associate professor emeritus of integrative physiology, and James Wilson, then an undergraduate studying biochemistry,...

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New 鈥榤agic beans鈥 produce ingredients for cancer treatments, vaccines and more

When Brian DeDecker drives past the bucolic green soybean fields en route to his childhood home in rural Illinois, his mind drifts not to the past but to the future. As a first-generation college student turned molecular biologist, DeDecker imagines a day when these humble beans, which his family has...

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Apply for paid summer research positions through SPUR starting Feb. 13

Undergraduate students looking for paid, hands-on experience in a research lab setting over summer break can begin applying online for the 2023 欧美口爆视频 SPUR program on Feb. 13. The 10-week Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (欧美口爆视频 SPUR) is open to all students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science...

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