The late Frances Draper

City Council remembers Frances Draper at public hearing on CU Boulder South annexation

Sept. 15, 2021

Boulder City Council took the next step toward approval of the proposed CU Boulder South annexation agreement. It also honored the late Frances Draper, a longtime university employee, for her instrumental leadership and collaborative spirit.

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Join the virtual Innovation & Entrepreneurship Campus Kickoff Sept. 21

Sept. 15, 2021

Want to turn your innovative ideas into impact? Get inspired at the campus kickoff to learn about all the amazing entrepreneurial resources CU Boulder has to offer.

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Scientist calculates ‘stickiness’ of strongly bonded particles

Sept. 15, 2021

New research shows it’s possible to calculate the viscosity of a substance with very strongly bonded particles. The calculation—previously thought impossible—is an important step toward understanding substances with promising potential for everything from quantum computing to clean energy.

The Apple Fire burns north of Beaumont, California in July 2020. (Photo: Brody Hessin via Wikimedia Commons)

New report shows links between air quality, climate change

Sept. 15, 2021

Human-caused emissions of air pollutants fell during last year’s COVID-19 economic slowdowns, improving air quality in some parts of the world, while wildfires and sand and dust storms in 2020 worsened air quality in other places, according to a new report with CIRES co-authors.

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Radical Open Access: Experiments in (Post-)Publishing—a symposium Oct. 1

Sept. 15, 2021

With the demise of traditional gatekeepers, we are witnessing the rapid rise of alternative modes of both scholarly publishing and distribution, as well as the artistic exhibition of computer-generated works of art in digital environments. Learn more.

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New $25 million research center to study the radio frequency spectrum

Sept. 15, 2021

The new effort, called SpectrumX, will address congestion in a "precious resource" that's key to technologies like mobile broadband, broadcasting and GPS.

SDO/EVE calibration rocket assembly in White Sands, New Mexico. (Credit: LASP)

LASP rocket flight to sharpen NASA’s study of the sun

Sept. 14, 2021

A Sept. 9 launch was part of a plan to ensure NASA's $850 million Solar Dynamics Observatory can continue to provide crucial space weather data needed to predict the potential impacts of solar flares on communication and navigation systems.

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University Libraries, Cinema Studies to explore media archiving and preservation curriculum

Sept. 14, 2021

With a three-year grant, the University Libraries' Rare and Distinctive Collections and the Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts will explore curriculum-building for an undergraduate certificate program on media archiving and preservation.

Lisa Marshall

COVID-19 research story nets 2021 PRSA Silver Award

Sept. 14, 2021

Lisa Marshall, associate director of science storytelling in Strategic Relations and Communications, won a Silver Media Relations award from PRSA Colorado in 2021 for her story "New COVID-19 test returns results in 45 minutes, without nasal swab."

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CU Philharmonia Orchestra to feature 'Portrait of a Queen,' 'Capriccio Espagnol,' more

Sept. 14, 2021

The CU Philharmonia Orchestra, which features musicians from the College of Music performing a diverse range of repertoire for strings and full orchestra, will give a free concert Sept. 27.

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