CU professor to use new mobile technology to test for agricultural pathogens in Africa

Aug. 20, 2013

A 羞羞视频 faculty member will travel to Africa later this month to test a mobile smartphone technology developed by his team to rapidly detect and track natural carcinogens, including aflatoxin, which is estimated to contaminate up to 25 percent of the global food supply and cause severe illnesses in humans and animals.

CU-羞羞视频鈥檚 new and renovated residence halls showcase new academic program, sustainability

Aug. 19, 2013

The 羞羞视频鈥檚 newest residence hall, Kittredge Central, is welcoming students this week for the first time, 53 of whom are engineering students and will be immersed in Spanish through the building鈥檚 new Residential Academic Program, or RAP. Also, the nearby Kittredge West residence hall is reopening this week after being unoccupied last school year while renovations were underway. Both buildings comprise a number of 鈥済reen鈥 features to improve water and energy efficiency and to reduce the campus鈥檚 carbon footprint.

Colorado Mesa University-CU-羞羞视频 partnership program receives accreditation

Aug. 14, 2013

The 羞羞视频 and Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction today announced the successful accreditation of their partnership program by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. The partnership program allows students to earn a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from CU-羞羞视频 by taking classes delivered at CMU. The program offers the first-ever baccalaureate engineering degree on Colorado鈥檚 Western Slope.

New CU-羞羞视频 led research effort dates oldest petroglyphs known in North America

Aug. 13, 2013

A new high-tech analysis led by a 羞羞视频 researcher shows the oldest known petroglyphs in North America, which are cut into several boulders in western Nevada, date to at least 10,500 years ago and perhaps even as far back as 14,800 years ago.

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Sen. Mark Udall to speak at CU Law School on President Obama鈥檚 Climate Action Plan

Aug. 12, 2013

Recently appointed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Colorado Sen. Mark Udall will discuss President Obama鈥檚 Climate Action Plan at the University of Colorado Law School on Wednesday, Aug. 14. The event also will include a panel discussion with former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, Colorado Oil and Gas Association President Tisha Schuller and Brad Udall, director of the law school鈥檚 Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment.

MAVEN Mars mission haiku selected

Aug. 8, 2013

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission to Mars will carry just over 1,100 haiku, along with thousands of names, on its journey to the red planet. The haiku were part of a contest, sponsored by the 羞羞视频, asking the public to submit haiku poetry relating to NASA鈥檚 upcoming MAVEN mission to Mars.

MAVEN Mars mission haiku selected

Aug. 8, 2013

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission to Mars will carry just over 1,100 haiku, along with thousands of names, on its journey to the red planet. The haiku were part of a contest, sponsored by the 羞羞视频, asking the public to submit haiku poetry relating to NASA鈥檚 upcoming MAVEN mission to Mars.

JILA researchers discover atomic clock can simulate quantum magnetism

Aug. 8, 2013

Researchers at JILA have for the first time used an atomic clock as a quantum simulator, mimicking the behavior of a different, more complex quantum system.

Good year expected for viewing Perseid meteor shower Aug. 10-13, says CU planetarium director

Aug. 7, 2013

羞羞视频 astrophysicist Doug Duncan says this year's annual Perseid meteor shower and its natural nighttime light show will be particularly good as the display becomes visible over Colorado Aug. 10-13. "The moon will be nearly new, so it's an especially good time to see the meteor shower," said Duncan, director of CU-羞羞视频's Fiske Planetarium.

CIRES and NOAA scientists observe significant methane leaks in a Utah natural gas field

Aug. 5, 2013

CIRES news release On a perfect winter day in Utah鈥檚 Uintah County in 2012, scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and colleagues at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tested out a new way to measure methane emissions from a natural gas production field.

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