Pamela Millar

LASP names Pamela Millar its first deputy director for strategic development, communications

Dec. 9, 2022

Millar joins the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics after three decades with NASA. The new deputy director position was created to enable growth by strategically identifying and implementing new space research opportunities.

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CU system provides updates on strategic plan initiative funding

Dec. 9, 2022

The CU system office provided an update in Thursday鈥檚 edition of CU Connections about the status of one-time funds it had previously committed to accelerate the systemwide strategic plan.

Dean of 麻豆淫院 Devin Cramer

The dean鈥檚 list of advice: 3 ways to make the most of winter break

Dec. 9, 2022

Finals are almost over, and winter break is a time to rest, recharge and do things you enjoy before getting ready for the spring semester. Acting Dean of 麻豆淫院 Devin Cramer shares a few ways to make the most of your winter break.

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Winter break tips to boost your job or internship search

Dec. 9, 2022

Whether you want to progress in your job or internship search or fill downtime with productive activities, here are some steps you can take over winter break.

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Shakespeare, theater-themed engineering class offers interdisciplinary experience

Dec. 8, 2022

The final Entrepreneurial Product Development project seemed straightforward. But the professor wanted to push her students out of their comfort zones, so she's enlisted a Theatre & Dance professor to add a twist to the assignment.

A new microwave made out of copper

How to rebuild an atomic clock

Dec. 8, 2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology laboratories have housed atomic clocks for decades鈥攊ncluding the cesium atomic clock NIST-F1, which serves as the primary time and frequency standard in the U.S. Researchers continue to improve the clocks' accuracies, a process that sometimes has included rebuilding parts.

Laurel Hind in the lab

Building the body better: Prof's immune cell function research receives $1.8M award

Dec. 8, 2022

Laurel Hind has received a $1.8 million award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study white blood cells called neutrophils. Her team鈥檚 long-term goal: to identify new targets for therapeutic development.

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10 things to do this weekend: Season of Light, ENVD open house, more

Dec. 8, 2022

As finals begin this weekend, take breaks where you can with a screening of 鈥淒on鈥檛 Worry Darling,鈥 an art and mindfulness practice, Breakfast for Dinner, holiday rock 鈥檔鈥 roll, a comedic take on Earth and space science and more.

Aaron True, Postdoctoral Researcher (left) and John Crimaldi

CU scientists shine light on what comes up when you flush

Dec. 8, 2022

Germophobes, brace yourselves. A team of CU Boulder engineers has revealed how tiny water droplets, invisible to the naked eye, are rapidly ejected into the air when a public restroom toilet is flushed. The research also provides a methodology to help reduce this exposure risk.

A powerful green laser helps visualize the aerosol plumes from a toilet when it鈥檚 being flushed.

Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush鈥攈ere鈥檚 the proof

Dec. 8, 2022

Using high-powered lasers to illuminate aerosol droplets ejected from a toilet, researchers aim to reduce exposure to disease-causing pathogens in public restrooms. CU expert John Crimaldi shares on The Conversation.

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