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November 23, 2009CU-Boulder Physics Faculty and Students Celebrate Restart of Large Hadron Collider November 19, 2009New Method to Measure Snow, Soil Moisture With GPS May Benefit Meteorologists, Farmers November 17, 2009El Niño Could Play a Role in Colorado's Winter Weather, CU-NOAA Scientist Says November 12, 2009Astronaut Al Worden to Honor CU-Boulder Student With Scholarship Award Nov. 18 November 10, 2009CU-Boulder Butterfly Payload to Launch Nov. 16 on Space Shuttle November 6, 2009CU-NIST Atomic Physicist Deborah Jin to Receive Sigma Xi's Highest Honor November 5, 2009CU-Boulder Map of Human Bacterial Diversity Shows Wide Interpersonal Differences November 4, 2009New Study Further Disputes Notion That Amputee Runners Gain Advantage From Prostheses October 21, 2009Nobel Prize-Winning Science From Boulder Serves as Springboard for Planet Hunting New Test Results Deepen Mystery Surrounding Explorer Everett Ruess New CU-Boulder and NREL Institute on Renewable Energy Announces Plans October 20, 2009CU-NREL Energy Institute to Research Toyota Hybrid Electric Vehicles in Boulder October 19, 2009Arctic Lake Sediment Record Shows Warming, Unique Ecological Changes in Recent Decades October 15, 2009CU-Boulder Awarded $2.4 Million From NASA for Series of Sounding Rocket Launches October 12, 2009CU-Boulder Engineering Professor Elected to Institute of Medicine October 7, 2009CU-Boulder Students Challenged to Develop Environmental Solutions in $30,000 Scholarship Competition October 6, 2009Arctic Sea Ice Recovers Slightly in 2009, Remains on Downward Trend, Says CU Study September 28, 2009CU-Boulder Space Scientists Set for Final Spacecraft Flyby of Mercury CU-Boulder Online Tool That Localizes Climate Change for Coloradans Draws Praise From Colorado Sen. Mark Udall September 24, 2009University of Colorado Center Launches Drug Prevention Program in 10 Southeastern States; Seeks Participating Middle Schools September 22, 2009Our Emotions Can Lead Us Astray When Assessing Risks, According to CU Professor September 21, 2009Astronaut Jim Voss Joins CU-Boulder Aerospace Faculty September 20, 2009World's River Deltas Sinking Due to Human Activity, Says New Study Led by CU-Boulder September 17, 2009Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest Extent of 2009, Third Lowest Ever Recorded September 16, 200933rd Annual CU Wizards Series to Kick Off Sept. 26 With 'Physics of Sports' September 15, 2009Promising Link Between Warmth, Better Moods Probed by CU-Boulder Scientist September 14, 2009CU-Boulder Team Identifies 'DNA Barcodes' to Monitor Illegal Trading of Wildlife Products Daily Bathroom Showers May Deliver Face Full of Pathogens, Says CU-Boulder Study September 11, 2009CU-Boulder Professor Unraveling Mystery of Treating Chronic Pain September 10, 2009CU-Boulder Unmanned Aircraft Buzz Over Gigantic Holes in Antarctic Sea Ice September 8, 2009CU Professor Slated for Sept. 9 NASA Briefing for Release of New Hubble Images September 3, 2009Long-Term Cooling Trend in Arctic Abruptly Reverses, Signaling Potential for Sea Rise New CU-Boulder Biotechnology Facility to Tackle Challenges Ranging From Cancer and Heart Disease to Tissue Engineering CU to Celebrate Groundbreaking of World-Class Biotechnology Facility August 31, 2009CU-Boulder Researchers to Build Next-Generation Technology to Support Citizens in Emergency Response August 26, 2009International Greenland Ice Coring Effort Sets New Drilling Record in 2009 CU to Host Science Education Symposium Aug. 31 August 20, 2009FACT SHEET: Approaching Six Decades of Environmental Leadership at CU-Boulder CU-Boulder Named Top 'Green' University in the Nation by Sierra Magazine August 18, 2009Scientists, Volunteers to Assess Water Quality Throughout Rocky Mountain National Park Aug. 19 August 10, 2009Gov. Bill Ritter to Kick Off Inaugural Symposium for New Colorado Wind Research Center Aug. 14 August 6, 2009CU-Boulder Sponsored Research Awards Hit Record-Setting $339.7 Million for 2009 August 4, 2009Stimulus Package Funds CU-Boulder Technology Development to Combat Obesity, Chronic Illness Federal Stimulus Funds Help Keep CU Students in Summer Lab Jobs July 28, 2009Chaco Royalty Ordered 'Catered' Food at Colorado's Chimney Rock Site 1,000 Years Ago July 23, 2009Noise Pollution Negatively Affects Woodland Bird Communities, According to CU-Boulder Study July 20, 2009Future of Western Water Supply Threatened by Climate Change, Says New CU-Boulder Study July 17, 2009NASA, CU-Boulder Airborne Expedition Chases Arctic Sea Ice Questions July 10, 2009'What Is Physics?' Lecture Set for July 15 at CU-Boulder CU-Boulder Awarded $42 Million by NASA for Design and Construction of Instrument to Measure Solar Radiation, Climate Change New European Space Telescope With CU-Boulder Connection Makes First Observations, Targets Nearby Galaxies July 9, 2009CU Graduate School Attracts Record Number of National Science Foundation Fellows July 6, 2009CU-Boulder, NASA Test New 'Space Internet' Protocols on International Space Station June 24, 2009CU-Boulder Study Says Jets on Saturn Moon Enceladus Not Geysers From Underground Ocean June 17, 2009CU Researchers Find First Definitive Evidence for Ancient Lake on Mars June 16, 2009New CU-Boulder Research Effort Discovers Ancient Maya Intensively Cultivated Manioc June 12, 2009CU Film Showcasing Famous Legal Mystery to be Shown on Campus June 18 June 8, 2009Fire Mitigation Work in U.S. West is Misplaced, According to New Study Led by CU-Boulder June 1, 2009CU-Boulder Study Shows 53-Million-Year-Old High Arctic Mammals Wintered in Darkness May 28, 2009$1.2 Million Grant to CU-Boulder Team Supports Promising Cellular Research May 26, 2009Interior Department Recognizes CU-Boulder for Role in Historic Colorado River Shortage Agreement May 20, 2009Hubble Repair Mission Astronaut John Grunsfeld Named to CU-Boulder Faculty Earth's Bombardment by Asteroids 3.9 Billion Years Ago May Have Enhanced Early Life, Says CU Study May 19, 2009CU-Boulder Names Professor Mark Serreze National Snow and Ice Data Center Director May 14, 2009Melting Threat From West Antarctic Ice Sheet Less Than Expected but Could Hit U.S. Hardest, Study Says May 13, 2009Conference Brings Leading University Adminstrators to CU-Boulder to Focus on Math, Science Teacher Preparation May 11, 2009CU Study of Boulder Creek Shows Link Between Water Flow, Nuisance Algae May 6, 2009Hubble Repair Mission Carrying $70 Million CU Instrument on Track for May 11 Launch April 30, 2009Mysterious 1934 Disappearance of Explorer Everett Ruess in Utah Solved With Help of CU-Boulder Researchers CU-Boulder Launches Web Site With H1N1 Virus Information CU-Boulder Scientists Detect Magnesium in Spacecraft's Second Flyby of Mercury April 27, 2009CU-Boulder Expert Can Talk About Swiftly Identifying Specific Flu Viruses April 23, 2009Ancient Greenland Ice Study of Methane May Be Good News for Planet, Says Study April 16, 2009Amphibian Conservation Events to be Held at CU-Boulder in April Novel CU-Boulder Technique Shrinks Size of Nanotechnology Circuitry CU Researcher and His Colleagues Find Simple Writing Assignment Improves Minority Student Grades CU/NIST Scientists Get a Grip on Colliding Fermions to Enhance Atomic Clock Accuracy April 15, 2009CU-Boulder Researchers Develop New 3-D Platform for Growing Cells April 14, 2009CU-Boulder Museum Hosts Archaeology Family Day on April 18 as Colorado Archaeologists Meet on Campus April 13, 2009CU-Boulder Faculty, Students to Participate in National Study on Tornado Formation Nobel Laureate Tom Cech to Return to University of Colorado in April April 6, 2009New Satellite Data Shows Arctic Literally on Thin Ice Ancient Architecture Makes Italian Earthquakes Deadly, CU-Boulder Professor Says March 31, 2009Rocket Launches May Need Regulation to Prevent Ozone Depletion, Says New Study 101st Distinguished Research Lecture to be Held April 3 at CU-Boulder March 26, 2009Two CU-Boulder Scientists Land $1.5 Million Howard Hughes Medical Institute Awards March 23, 2009CU-Boulder Research Provides New View of the Way Young Children Think March 17, 2009CU-Boulder Faculty Member Elected 2009 American Geophysical Union Fellow March 16, 2009CU-Boulder Professor Margaret Tolbert to Receive American Chemical Society Award March 11, 2009Three CU-Boulder Chemistry Professors Win $500,000 National Science Foundation Career Awards March 9, 2009CU-Boulder Stem Cell Experts March 5, 2009CU-Boulder Research Team Identifies Stem Cells that Repair Injured Muscles March 3, 2009Highest-Known Microbial Ecosystems on Earth Fueled by Volcanic Gases, Says CU-Boulder Study February 25, 200913,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Cache in Colorado Shows Evidence of Camel, Horse Butchering Study Shows Maritime Shipping Makes Hefty Contribution to Air Pollution February 24, 2009CU-Boulder Launches Interdisciplinary Space Sciences and Engineering Initiative February 19, 2009CU-Boulder Students to be at Controls for NASA's March Planet-Hunting Mission February 18, 2009Gov. Ritter Honors Life-Saving Impact of CU-Boulder Inhalable Vaccine New iPod Listening Study Shows Surprising Behavior of Teens February 15, 2009Evolution Education for K-12 Teachers Needs Beefing Up, Says CU-Boulder Prof February 12, 2009High-Tech Tests Allow Anthropologists to Track Ancient Hominids Across Landscape February 4, 2009New CU-Boulder Computer Cluster to Aid in Earth-Modeling Research January 26, 2009CU-Boulder Professor Margaret Murnane Wins $3 Million Fellowship from Department of Defense CU-Boulder and SpaceDev Inc. Announce Launch of eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship January 22, 2009CU-Boulder Students Win First Place in National Nanosatellite Competition New Study Links Western Tree Mortality to Warming Temperatures, Water Stress January 13, 2009Curbing Invasive Plant Species Challenging in Face of Environmental Change, Says CU Prof January 9, 2009NASA Selects CU-Boulder to Build $6 Million Lunar Dust Detector to Orbit Moon in 2012 CU-Boulder Selected for Two Lunar Research Grants Totaling $11 Million January 8, 2009CU-Boulder Freshmen to Participate in HHMI Program to Research Genomes of Viruses January 7, 2009CU-Boulder Students Approach Final Countdown in National Nanosatellite Competition Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant to Antiviral Drugs, Says CU-Boulder Study January 1, 2009CU-Boulder Researchers Show Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on 'Clicker' Questions December 19, 2008Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels Announces 2008 Seed Grant Funding Awards December 18, 2008Four CU-Boulder Faculty Members Elected AAAS Fellows for 2008 December 16, 2008CU-Boulder Professor Receives American Geophysical Union Medal December 15, 2008Breathing Cycles in Earth's Upper Atmosphere Linked to Solar Wind Disturbances, Says CU Study December 14, 2008CU-Boulder Study Provides Possible Explanation for Migration of Volcanic Activity on Mars November 24, 2008CU-Boulder Spider Payload on Space Station Becomes a Media Hit, Internet Music Video November 20, 2008Two CU-Boulder Faculty Selected for $40 Million Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Program November 18, 2008La Niña Anomaly Could Affect Winter Weather in Colorado November 13, 2008Aspiring Astronaut Among CU Students to Receive Science Scholarships Nov. 17 NASA Awards CU-Boulder $2 Million for Student Sounding Rocket Program November 12, 2008Energy Experts Offer Policy Advice for New Administration at Nov. 17 CU Symposium November 10, 2008CU-Boulder to Launch Butterfly, Spider K-12 Experiments Nov. 14 on Space Shuttle November 5, 2008CU Prof Finds Nitrogen Pollution Increases Negative Impacts of Acid Precipitation in Soil CU-Boulder Professor Jack Burns Named Chair of NASA Advisory Council's Science Committee November 3, 2008Women Have More Diverse Hand Bacteria Than Men, According to CU-Boulder Study October 30, 2008Ultrafast Lasers Give CU Researchers Snapshot of Electrons in Action October 23, 2008CU-Boulder Researcher Finds Link Between Physical and Interpersonal Warmth October 21, 2008New CU-Boulder Study Shows Diversity Decreases Chances of Parasitic Disease October 20, 2008Jack and Jeannie Thompson Donate $2 Million to CU Bioscience Initiative October 15, 2008CU-Boulder Biologist Wins $875,000 Packard Fellowship to Investigate Emerging Diseases October 14, 2008CU-Boulder Professor Named One of Popular Science Magazine's 'Brilliant 10' October 6, 2008As Colorado Heats Up, Water Supply Expected to Be at Risk, Says New Study CU-Boulder Launches New Graduate Program in Optical Sensing and Imaging with NSF Grant October 2, 2008CU-Boulder Energy Initiative Names New Leadership Council Members Arctic Sea Ice Hits Second-Lowest Extent and Likely Record-Low Volume, According to CU-Boulder Assessment September 30, 2008CU-Boulder Space Scientists Set for Second Spacecraft Flyby of Mercury September 25, 2008CU Receives $1 Million Grant to Help Developing Countries Respond to Climate Change Impacts President Bush Nominates CU-Boulder Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson to National Science Board September 24, 2008CU-Boulder Study Suggests Air Quality Regulations Miss Key Pollutants September 18, 2008CU and NIST Scientists Create First Dense Gas of Ultracold 'Polar' Molecules September 17, 2008$70 Million CU-Boulder Instrument Set for Insertion on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope September 16, 2008CU-Boulder Awarded $7.2 Million for Liquid Crystal Research Center Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest Extent in 2008, Second Lowest Ever Recorded September 15, 2008Fact Sheet: Space Research At The University Of Colorado At Boulder NASA Selects CU-Boulder to Lead $485 Million Mars Mission September 10, 2008CU-Boulder Physics Faculty, Students Involved In Large Hadron Collider Project September 8, 2008As Andean Glacier Retreats, Tiny Life Forms Swiftly Move In, CU Study Shows September 4, 2008Global Sea-Rise Levels By 2100 May Be Lower Than Some Predict, Says New CU-Boulder Study September 2, 2008Biological Invasions Increasing Due To Freshwater Impoundments, Says CU Study August 25, 2008CU And Boulder Biotech Company Team Up To Study Pythons For Clues To Heart Disease August 21, 2008CU-Boulder-Led Spectrograph Team Awaits October Hubble Servicing Mission August 11, 2008Rocky Mountain National Park Set For Water Quality Survey Aug. 12 CU Grad Student Gets Fulbright To Study Endangered Primate In Forests Of Vietnam August 7, 2008CU-Boulder Sponsored Research Awards Total $280 Million For Fiscal Year 2008 August 6, 2008New JILA Technique Reveals Hidden Properties Of Ultracold Atomic Gases August 1, 2008CU-Boulder Symposium Aug. 22-23 To Feature Climate Change, Energy And Policy Experts July 30, 2008Alliance Managing National Renewable Energy Lab Includes CU-Boulder As Major University Partner Low-Gravity Training Machine Reduces Joint, Muscle Impacts On Runners By Half, Says CU Study July 14, 2008CU, NOAA Researchers To Fly Unmanned Planes Over Greenland Ice Sheet To Monitor Melting July 2, 2008Species Extinction Threat Underestimated Due To Math Glitch, Says CU-Boulder Study CU-Boulder Researcher To Participate In Mercury Mission Briefing July 3 July 1, 2008ConocoPhillips Announces Partnership With Colorado Center For Biorefining And Biofuels June 24, 2008CU-Boulder Students Set To Launch Student Rocket Payloads June 27 June 19, 2008Greenland Ice Core Analysis Shows Drastic Climate Change Near End Of Last Ice Age June 17, 2008CU-Boulder Returns Nearly $3 Million In Cost Savings To NASA For Design And Operation Of Satellite June 2, 2008For Barn Swallows, Feathers Make The Man, Says New CU-Boulder Evolution Study May 30, 2008CU-Boulder Awarded $32 Million Contract From NASA To Manage Snow And Ice Data System May 29, 2008CU-Boulder Signs Agreement For Experiments On All Remaining Space Station Shuttle Missions May 22, 2008NSF 'Indiana Jones' Report Features CU-Boulder Anthropologist May 20, 2008Hubble Space Telescope Survey Finds Missing Matter, Probes Intergalactic Web May 16, 2008Global Earthquake Fatalities Expected To Rise This Century, Says CU-Boulder Geologist May 13, 2008CU Team To Build $34 Million Instrument Package For U.S. Environmental Satellite May 12, 2008Death Toll From China Quake Could Reach 50,000, CU Expert Says May 8, 2008OPX Biotechnologies Inc. Licenses CU-Boulder Biofuels Technology May 6, 2008Chile's Erupting Chaiten Volcano One Of Scores Of Active Volcanoes In Region, Says CU-Boulder Prof May 5, 2008CU Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman Elected To Prestigious National Academy Of Education April 30, 2008CU-Boulder Researchers Predict 59 Percent Chance Of Record Low Arctic Sea Ice In 2008 April 24, 2008Ozone Hole Recovery May Reshape Southern Hemisphere Climate Change Better Regional Monitoring Of CO2 Needed As Global Levels Continue Rising, Study Says April 23, 2008$2.8 Million NSF Grant To Help CU-Boulder Researchers, Boulder Valley Teachers To 'Bring Science Out Of The Box' For Students April 17, 2008CU Alumni Association Hosts Lunch And Energy Talk April 22 To Celebrate Earth Day CU Solar Decathlon Team To Open 2007 House For Public Tours On Earth Day April 10, 2008Grand Canyon May Be As Old As Dinosaurs, According To New Geologic Dating Study April 9, 2008CU Scientists, Students To Launch Sounding Rocket Payload April 10 April 8, 2008Defense Agency Awards CU-Boulder $1.2 Million For Chemical Warfare Protection Technology April 7, 2008Astronomy Day Celebration To Be Held At CU Planetarium And Observatory April 12 Regional Nuclear Conflict Would Create Near-Global Ozone Hole, Says CU-Boulder Study April 2, 2008CO2 Emission Reduction Assumptions Are Overly Optimistic, Says Study April 1, 2008CU Professor Wins $1.2 Million To Advance Lidar Technology Nobel Laureate Tom Cech To Return To CU From Howard Hughes Medical Institute In Spring 2009 March 27, 2008Five CU-Boulder Programs Ranked In Nation's Top 10 In 2008 U.S. News Grad School Rankings March 25, 2008Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegrating As Result Of Climate Change, Scientists Say March 22, 2008CU-Boulder Professor Receives $200,000 Kimmel Scholar Award For Cancer Research March 18, 2008CU-Boulder Professors Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships March 7, 2008CU-Boulder Alumnus, Two Payloads Heading For Space Station Via Space Shuttle March 11 March 5, 2008CU-Boulder Awarded $1 Million From USDA, DOE For Solar-Thermal Biomass-To-Gas Conversion Project February 28, 2008Three CU-Boulder Researchers Elected 2008 American Geophysical Union Fellows February 25, 2008New Archaeological Discoveries In Mexico To Be Topic Of CU Lecture February 24, 2008Dust In West Up 500 Percent In Two Centuries, According To New Study Led By CU-Boulder February 21, 2008NASA Selects Space Astronomy Missions Involving CU-Boulder For Further Study February 18, 2008Scientists Using Laser Light To Detect Potential Diseases Via Breath, Says Study CU-Boulder Observatory To Host Lunar Eclipse Viewing Feb. 20 February 14, 2008New Experimental Atomic Clock Surpasses Accuracy Of Current U.S. Standard Time Clock February 13, 2008Chemistry And Cooking To Be Explored At Feb. 16 CU Wizards Show January 31, 2008Conservation, Restoration Strategies Must Shift With Global Environmental Change, Says Study January 28, 2008Baffin Island Ice Caps Shrink By 50 Percent Since 1950s, Says CU-Boulder Study January 17, 2008Renowned Maya Archaeologist To Speak At CU-Boulder Jan. 26 January 15, 2008Alaska Glacier Speed-Up Tied To Internal Plumbing Issues, Says New CU-Boulder Study January 10, 2008CU-Boulder Space Scientists Ready For Messenger Mission Flyby Of Mercury Older Arctic Sea Ice Is Giving Way To Young, Thin Ice, Says CU-Boulder Study
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