Julie Carr, associate professor of English at CU Boulder, carries her passion for the written word beyond the classroom and into the community. Photo courtesy of Julie Carr.

Prof’s collaborative event space, Counterpath Press, provides platform for culture and diversity in Denver

March 1, 2014

Julie Carr, associate professor of English at CU Boulder, carries her passion for the written word beyond the classroom and into the community. Photo courtesy of Julie Carr. For Julie Carr, poetry is a practice, a profession and a public service. Not only does she use her expertise as a...

Linguistics Professor Andy Cowell discusses fieldwork with Jonnia Torres, a first-year graduate student in linguistics at CU-Boulder. She is among a team of students who are studying speakers of languages indigenous to Central America.

Linguistic graduate students document languages indigenous to Central America at CU’s front door

March 1, 2014

Linguistics Professor Andy Cowell discusses fieldwork with Jonnia Torres, a first-year graduate student in linguistics at CU-Boulder. She is among a team of students who are studying speakers of languages indigenous to Central America. Funded in part by a private donor, University of Colorado Boulder linguistics graduate students are documenting...

Study of satellite imagery of the world at night, long used as an indication of the wealth of nations, is being refined with other data to give scientists a better picture of human and environmental well-being.

Human well-being becomes clear in dark of night

March 1, 2014

Study of satellite imagery of the world at night, long used as an indication of the wealth of nations, is being refined with other data to give scientists a better picture of human and environmental well-being. Night Light Development Index correlates strongly with the U.N. Human Development Indicator, other welfare...

Questions marks around a chasm

How much earthquake risk does fracking pose?

March 1, 2014

U.S. geologists have noted greater frequency of earthquakes in the last four years, in some cases where wastewater is injected deep underground after hydrologic fracturing, but a prominent geologist at CU-Boulder at CU-Boulder says scientists don’t yet know enough to predict when wastewater injected underground after “fracking” might cause major earthquakes.

Fiske Planetarium’s analog star projector—called “Fritz” after its West German installer—is being retired after being in service since 1975. As part of the planetarium’s renovation, a new and more-powerful digital projector is being installed, along with a high-definition screen. The improvements will allow the planetarium to improve the material shown to students and to add a new line of entertainment options at the theater.Fiske Planetarium’s analog star projector—called “Fritz” after its West German inst

Fiske Planetarium flies into the digital age

Aug. 1, 2013

Since 1975, Fiske Planetarium has been the Johnny Appleseed of astronomy. Each year, 30,000 K-12 students and 4,000 University of Colorado Boulder students go there to take a front-row seat on the universe.

An artist’s conception of the Van Allen Probes circling Earth’s radiation belts. (Image courtesy NASA)

NASA mission involving CU-Boulder discovers particle accelerator in heart of Van Allen radiation belts

July 1, 2013

An artist’s conception of the Van Allen Probes circling Earth’s radiation belts. (Image courtesy NASA) Using data from a NASA satellite, a team of scientists led by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and involving the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered a massive particle accelerator in the...

There’s gold in them thar drawers. Or there was, until recently, at the University of Colorado Boulder Division of Continuing Education.

‘What about the gold?’ ‘Um, what gold?’

June 1, 2013

There’s gold in them thar drawers. Or there was, until recently, at the University of Colorado Boulder Division of Continuing Education.

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New fine-arts school closer to becoming reality

June 1, 2013

The name may not stick, but the ideas behind a proposed Interdepartmental Program in Fine Arts have stirred enthusiasm in the Film Studies, Art and Art History and Theatre & Dance departments at CU-Boulder. The program could lead to the creation of a new fine-arts school within the college. “It...

East Africa’s Maasai on the hunt for lions. Some conservation initiatives designed to save lions from being hunted have either failed to work or in some cases appear to have incited Maasai to hunt more lions as a form of political protest, the researchers report. Photo by Joana Roque de Pinho

Conservation efforts might encourage lion-hunting

June 1, 2013

East Africa’s Maasai on the hunt for lions. Some conservation initiatives designed to save lions from being hunted have either failed to work or in some cases appear to have incited Maasai to hunt more lions as a form of political protest, the researchers report. Photo by Joana Roque de...

Disabled actress adds meaning to ‘Midsummer’ role

June 1, 2013

For actor Jenna Bainbridge, playing Hermia in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at this summer’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a perfect fit. Like her character, she’s spent much of her life pushing against boundaries and expectations set by other people. “Hermia is a younger and vivacious woman who has kind of...

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