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Lab Venture Challenge: Join the info session July 25

July 10, 2023

Join an information session about the application, eligibility and competition requirements. If you are looking to apply this year or just want to see what the Lab Venture Challenge is all about, this opportunity is for you!

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Threads surging, but mass migration from Twitter likely to remain an uphill battle

July 10, 2023

Twitter’s move on July 1 to limit the number of tweets users can see in a day was the latest in a series of decisions that has spurred millions of users to sign up with alternative microblogging platforms. Read more from CU Boulder’s Casey Fiesler on The Conversation.

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6 things everyone should know about ‘love bombing’

July 7, 2023

New relationships are often exciting. However, a relationship that starts off feeling great can also shift in ways that are not so great once the excitement and novelty wear off.

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Experts eager to study ethics of artificial intelligence, journalism

July 7, 2023

How does artificial intelligence shape the news we see online? Researchers in the College of Media, Communication and Information are ready to examine the ethics and fairness of recommender systems in journalism, thanks to a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

CUPD Deputy Chief Mark Heyart prepares to appear in a training video to support the launch of TV-LAP.

Police, researchers use grant to develop new tools to better assess the risk of targeted violence

July 7, 2023

As students return to campus in late August, CU Boulder Police and the Center for the Prevention and Study of Violence will be adding a new tool to their violence prevention toolkit called the Targeted Violence Lethality Assessment Protocol, or TV-LAP.

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CU Boulder chancellor announces new Center for Leadership director

July 7, 2023

Philip DiStefano announced Associate Professor Stefanie Johnson as the new director for CU Boulder’s Center for Leadership. Johnson will assume her new role on Aug. 21.

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CU Boulder hosts national music program to advance diversity in classical music

July 7, 2023

This summer, young string musicians from across the country came together at CU Boulder­’s College of Music­ to hone their craft and advance a culturally diverse future of music at the Sphinx Performance Academy summer camp.

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Weeks later, potentially harmful chemicals lingered in homes affected by Marshall Fire

July 6, 2023

In the wake of the devastating Marshall Fire, a team of chemists and engineers from CU Boulder undertook a first-of-its-kind study to explore homes that survived the blaze. Their results reveal the potential health hazards that wildfires can leave behind in buildings.

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Why does matter exist? Roundness of electrons may hold clues

July 6, 2023

Physicists at CU Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made record-breaking measures of electrons, finding that these tiny particles may be more round- than egg-shaped. Their results could bring scientists closer to answering a profound mystery of existence.

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Chemist to study molecular inner workings of Alzheimer’s disease

July 6, 2023

Maciej Walczak, CU Boulder associate professor of chemistry, won a $2 million NIH grant to investigate how certain sugars modify a brain protein associated with neurodegeneration.

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