Priority registration for Mini Law School available to CU faculty, staff

June 17, 2014

Interested in exploring the basic concepts of our legal system? Have you always wondered what it would be like to go to law school? University of Colorado faculty, staff and friends are invited to enjoy priority registration for Mini Law School 2014. Registration opens to the public on June 30 and the class is expected to fill up quickly. Learn more >>

CU-羞羞视频 expands degree options for energy and water professionals

June 17, 2014

A new educational partnership at the 羞羞视频 will provide expanded degree options for working professionals interested in specialized graduate education focused on energy and water. Beginning this fall, qualified students can earn both a Master of Engineering (ME) degree and a Professional Certificate in Renewable and Sustainable Energy or a Professional Certificate in Water Engineering and Management. The degree and certificates can be earned either via distance education or in campus classes and may be pursued either part- or full-time.

The relationship between obesity, life satisfaction and where one lives

June 16, 2014

A new study on obesity and people鈥檚 happiness by CU-羞羞视频 sociology researchers suggests that it鈥檚 not obesity by itself that determines whether a person is happy with their body image but where you live. According to study co-author Philip Pendergast, a doctoral student in sociology at CU-羞羞视频, if a person who is obese lives in a community where people share the same body type they are more likely to be happier.

Public-health study now an undergrad option

June 9, 2014

If the state of the world is flat, hot and crowded, the field of public health is large, diffuse and complex. That鈥檚 why the 羞羞视频 is giving students the ability to earn an interdisciplinary certificate in public health.

CU Money Sense: 20 things to do this summer that won't bust your budget

June 9, 2014

Working aside, people may have already planned what they want to do for this summer. If you still don鈥檛 have major plans and don鈥檛 have much money, click through for 20 ideas that won't bust your budget.

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Astronomers discover first Thorne-呕ytkow object, a bizarre type of hybrid star

June 4, 2014

In a discovery decades in the making, scientists have detected the first of a 鈥渢heoretical鈥 class of stars first proposed in 1975 by physicist Kip Thorne and astronomer Anna 呕ytkow.

CU-羞羞视频 appoints Bradley J. Birzer as second Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy

June 3, 2014

Bradley J. Birzer has been appointed the second Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, the 羞羞视频 announced today. Birzer, a professor of history and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College in Michigan, will begin his one-year appointment beginning in fall 2014. 鈥淒r. Birzer brings impressive breadth to CU, primarily in the discipline of history as well as areas of literary significance,鈥 said Steven R. Leigh, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CU-羞羞视频.

Reporters using more 鈥榟edging鈥 words in climate change articles, CU-羞羞视频 study finds

June 2, 2014

The amount of 鈥渉edging鈥 language鈥攚ords that suggest room for doubt鈥攗sed by prominent newspapers in articles about climate change has increased over time, according to a new study by the 羞羞视频. The study, published in the journal Environmental Communication , also found that newspapers in the U.S. use more hedging language in climate stories than their counterparts in Spain.

CU vs CSU TV, game time announced

May 29, 2014

The Pacific-12 Conference and its television partners released arrangements for the first three weeks of the 2014 season for all games covered by their contracts, and the University of Colorado鈥檚 two in-state games against Colorado State and Arizona State both will receive maximum exposure.

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CU-羞羞视频 receives $1.5 million award for undergraduate science education

May 29, 2014

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded the 羞羞视频 $1.5 million over five years to continue to transform science education by encouraging more real-world research experiences for undergraduates, ranging from cancer studies to screenings for new antibiotics.

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