Momentous gift of Holocaust archive to CU-Boulder will draw scholars from around world

March 4, 2014

The Mazal Holocaust Collection, considered the world鈥檚 largest privately owned Holocaust archive and the most significant U.S. collection outside of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has been donated to the University of Colorado Boulder.

CU-Boulder joins national pledge to double study abroad by 2020

March 3, 2014

The University of Colorado Boulder has pledged to double the number of CU-Boulder students who participate in an international educational experience by 2020. The commitment, which will be implemented by CU-Boulder鈥檚 Study Abroad Programs office, is part of the Generation Study Abroad pledge launched today by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

A photo of a Alaska's shrub tundra environment

CU-Boulder-led study says Bering Land Bridge area likely a long-term refuge for early Americans

Feb. 27, 2014

A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder bolsters the theory that the first Americans, who are believed to have come over from northeast Asia during the last ice age, may have been isolated on the Bering Land Bridge for thousands of years before spreading throughout the Americas.

Methane leaks from palm oil wastewater are a climate concern, CU-Boulder study says

Feb. 27, 2014

In recent years, palm oil production has come under fire from environmentalists concerned about the deforestation of land in the tropics to make way for new palm plantations. Now there is a new reason to be concerned about palm oil鈥檚 environmental impact. An analysis published Feb. 26 in the journal Nature Climate Change shows that the wastewater produced during the processing of palm oil is a significant source of heat-trapping methane in the atmosphere. But the researchers also present a possible solution: capturing the methane and using it as a renewable energy source.

CU-Boulder real estate forum to be held in Denver March 5

Feb. 27, 2014

The University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 Real Estate Council will hold its 17th annual forum Wednesday, March 5, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center.

JILA physicists discover 鈥榪uantum droplet鈥� in semiconductor

Feb. 26, 2014

NIST news release JILA physicists used an ultrafast laser and help from German theorists to discover a new semiconductor quasiparticle鈥攁 handful of smaller particles that briefly condense into a liquid-like droplet. JILA is a joint institute of CU-Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

President Barack Obama delivers remarks announcing two new public-private Manufacturing Innovation Institutes, and launches the first of four new Manufacturing Innovation Institute Competitions, in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 25, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama announces CU-Boulder will be a partner in digital manufacturing institute

Feb. 25, 2014

The University of Colorado Boulder and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade will be part of the new Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute announced today by President Barack Obama.

Curtain rises on CU-Boulder鈥檚 third anti-violence school tour

Feb. 25, 2014

Following on the heels of its nationally recognized anti-violence school tours based on 鈥淭he Tempest鈥� and 鈥淭welfth Night,鈥� the Colorado Shakespeare Festival has hit the road with a new production of 鈥淢uch Ado About Nothing.鈥�

Nanophononic metamaterial

Nanoscale pillars could radically improve conversion of heat to electricity, say CU-Boulder researchers

Feb. 20, 2014

University of Colorado Boulder scientists have found a creative way to radically improve thermoelectric materials, a finding that could one day lead to the development of improved solar panels, more energy-efficient cooling equipment, and even the creation of new devices that could turn the vast amounts of heat wasted at power plants into more electricity.

Sloan Research Fellowship latest award for CU-Boulder Professor Gordana Dukovic

Feb. 18, 2014

For University of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor Gordana Dukovic of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the awards just keep rolling in. Today the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced that Dukovic was one of 126 people in the U.S. and Canada selected for one of the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships in 2014.

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