Le Khac Quyet discovered a population of the endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey in 2002 and has since worked to conserve the species. Photo courtesy Le Khac Quyet.

CU alumnus wins Sabin Prize for primate conservation

Dec. 15, 2014

A University of Colorado Boulder alumnus who found a previously undiscovered population of critically endangered monkeys in Vietnam has won the 2014 Sabin Prize for Excellence in Primate Conservation.

Screenshot of the Mindful Mood Balance online web training program.

Web-based mindfulness therapy shows promise in treating depression

Nov. 25, 2014

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, which has been shown to help people avoid recurring bouts of depression, can be delivered effectively online and could be more effective than traditional forms of therapy, a team of researchers led by CU-Boulder psychologists has found.

How old are your arteries?

How old are your arteries?

Oct. 6, 2014

Your chronological age might not yield the answer. CU-Boulder researchers are studying ways to reverse arterial aging, linked to the leading cause of mortality in America. I spent 12 weeks in a clinical study of a carbohydrate that might reverse arterial aging. Here’s what I learned
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Tumuli at Gordion

Archaeologist digs into her research, teaching

Oct. 6, 2014

At Gordion, one of the most important archaeological sites in the Near East, remains of antiquity’s dead breathe more life into professor’s scholarship and classrooms.

Mathis Habich, a graduate student in physics (standing in front of screen), gives a presentation to a full house on the top floor of the Gamow Tower as part of the CU-Prime Talks series, which introduce undergraduate students to the day-to-day lives of researchers.

Grad students mentor under-represented students

Oct. 6, 2014

Graduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder have launched a program designed to promote inclusion among under-represented groups in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics—or STEM—majors.

Laptop screen of Greek course

The language of Homer soars into cyberspace

Oct. 6, 2014

For the past two summers, the University of Colorado Boulder has offered a concentrated online course that immerses students in ancient Greek, allowing them to take two semesters of Greek—and study an entire Greek textbook—in 10 weeks.

Lightbulb with plant inside

Prof's bright idea on photosynthesis is accepted, after long delay

March 1, 2014

"I was called many things that I cannot repeat here, but the most professional accusation I received was that I was breaking the laws of thermodynamics. I took that pretty hard,” says College Professor of Distinction

Fog envelops the Bidoup Nui Ba National Park Vietnam, above, where CU-Boulder Professor Herbert Covert has been working to train and collaborate with Vietnamese scientists to survey and strive to protect some of the most endangered primates on Earth. Photo by Herbert Covert.

Highly endangered primates in Vietnam get helping hand from CU

March 1, 2014

For years, a CU-Boulder anthropologist has been training Vietnamese scientists to help preserve endangered primates in Vietnam. His work is gratifying has a more “profound” effect than other work he could do, he says.

Gerardo Lopez Perez is a first-generation college student and recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Exceptional AVĂûÊȘ Opportunities Program award.

First-generation student inspires prof, has become 'icebreaker' for peers

March 1, 2014

He was the kind of student over whom universities normally compete. But two significant obstacles stood between him and a course of study at CU-Boulder. One was money, as his family was of modest means. The other was citizenship.

Sarah Diver, the outstanding graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences for fall 2013, holds degrees in chemistry plus studio art and art history.

Here’s how honors students are like ‘extinct’ bugs

March 1, 2014

Sarah Diver, the outstanding graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences for fall 2013, holds degrees in chemistry plus studio art and art history. (And also like the scientists who study them) To Sarah Diver, honors students at the University of Colorado Boulder resemble an ugly, large bug that...

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