New public gut bacteria study expected to reach around world

Nov. 21, 2012

Ever wondered who is living in your gut, and what they’re doing? The trillions of microbial partners in and on our bodies outnumber our own cells by as many as 10 to 1 and do all sorts of important jobs, from helping digest the food we eat this Thanksgiving to building up our immune systems.

CIRES study shows summer climate change, mostly warming

Nov. 13, 2012

Analysis of 90 years of observational data has revealed that summer climates in regions across the globe are changing -- mostly, but not always, warming --according to a new study led by a scientist from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences headquartered at the ذكذكتسئµ. “It is the first time that we show on a local scale that there are significant changes in summer temperatures,â€‌ said lead author CIRES scientist Irina Mahlstein. “This result shows us that we are experiencing a new summer climate regime in some regions.â€‌

CU-ذكذكتسئµ ranks No. 1 in state for sending, receiving students internationally, says new report

Nov. 12, 2012

The ذكذكتسئµ enrolled more international students during the 2011-12 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2010-11 academic year than any other higher education institution in Colorado. The data, released today by the Institute of International Education in its annual Open Doors Report, shows that CU-ذكذكتسئµ was home to 1,681 international students during the 2011-12 school year. CU-ذكذكتسئµ sent 1,316 students overseas during the 2010-11 school year.

CU-ذكذكتسئµ startup company receives Gates Foundation exploration grant

Nov. 1, 2012

A new startup company that sprang from the ذكذكتسئµ this year is a Grand Challenges Exploration winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Psychology and neurosciences department Associate Professor Don Cooper, co-founder and chief science officer of Mobile Assay Inc. of ذكذكتسئµ who developed the technology in his laboratory at CU’s Institute for Behavioral Genetics, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project titled “A Lab on Mobile Device Platform for Seed Testing.â€‌

New CU-ذكذكتسئµ study clarifies diversity, distribution of cutthroat trout in Colorado

Sept. 24, 2012

A novel genetic study led by the ذكذكتسئµ has helped to clarify the native diversity and distribution of cutthroat trout in Colorado, including the past and present haunts of the federally endangered greenback cutthroat trout.

CU-ذكذكتسئµâ€™s Student Involvement Week kicks off Sept. 4

Aug. 31, 2012

With hundreds of student groups, clubs and organizations on campus, students at the ذكذكتسئµ have numerous opportunities to find their niche. Beginning Sept. 4, CU-ذكذكتسئµ will hold its annual Student Involvement Week, which includes a variety of events and fairs offering students information about different clubs and organizations on campus and in the greater ذكذكتسئµ community.

New study involving CU-ذكذكتسئµ shows heroin, morphine addiction can be blocked

Aug. 14, 2012

University of Adelaide news release In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists from the University of Adelaide and ذكذكتسئµ has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief. The team has discovered the key mechanism in the body’s immune system that amplifies addiction to opioid drugs. Laboratory studies involving rats have shown that the drug (+)-naloxone will selectively block the immune-addiction response.

International team involving CU finds best evidence yet of elusive Higgs boson particle

July 4, 2012

An international research team involving the ذكذكتسئµ announced this morning it has found the first direct evidence for a new particle that likely is the long sought-after Higgs boson, believed to endow the universe with mass.

Ancient human ancestor had unique diet, according to study involving CU

June 27, 2012

When it came to eating, an upright, 2 million-year-old African hominid had a diet unlike virtually all other known human ancestors, says a study led by the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany and involving the ذكذكتسئµ.

Celebrity endorsements not always a good bet, CU-ذكذكتسئµ study shows

June 20, 2012

Companies paying celebrities big money to endorse their products may not realize that negative perceptions about a celebrity are more likely to transfer to an endorsed brand than are positive ones, according to a new ذكذكتسئµ study. Celebrity endorsements are widely used to increase brand visibility and connect brands with celebrities’ personality traits, but do not always work in the positive manner marketers envision, according to Margaret C. Campbell of CU-ذكذكتسئµâ€™s Leeds School of Business, who led the study.

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