Jody Jahn, center, in black

Research addresses burning questions on firefighter culture

May 31, 2023

For eight summers, Jody Jahn earned money for college working as a wildland firefighter on U.S. Forest Service crews. Now, instead of rappelling out of helicopters to fight fires, she's an associate professor of communication who studies the culture of wildland firefighting crews.

Rose in the Shakespeare Gardens on campus

Reducing violence with help from The Bard

May 26, 2023

Colorado Shakespeare Festival staffers shared the Shakespeare & Violence Prevention program with scholars and practitioners in England, including at Shakespeare’s Globe theater.

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Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water storage

May 26, 2023

More than half of the lakes around the world are losing water. The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at CU Boulder reconstructed lake levels from the past 30 years, determining that climate change, human consumption and sedimentation are the reasons for the decline.

Man moves a piece on a wooden board, while several other people watch sitting at school desks

Collective property rights spark spirit of cooperation that extends beyond managing land

May 25, 2023

Since the 1990s, Indigenous groups and other communities around the world have increasingly fought for, and secured, collective property rights to the land they live on. New research suggests that these arrangements can have impacts not just on ecosystems like forests but on the psychology of people.

Jennifer Doudna stands on stage at a podium

Forum on gene editing draws hundreds, some with tough questions

May 25, 2023

A revolutionary technique for editing genomes, called CRISPR-Cas9, has already helped cure sickle cell disease in dozens of people. But it also raises ethical concerns, which a panel of preeminent scientists grappled with at an event on the CU Boulder campus.

Military vehicles carry an earlier version of China’s hypersonic missile during a 2019 parade

Aerospace engineer analyzes unique threats posed by China’s hypersonic missiles

May 25, 2023

China’s newest hypersonic missile, the DF-27, could sideline U.S. aircraft carrier groups in the Pacific. CU expert Iain Boyd discusses how the weapons work on The Conversation.

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The impact of the $5 challenge on Colorado students

May 25, 2023

CU Boulder's Deming Center for Entrepreneurship is transforming local high schools by showing how $5 can create a difference for students and their communities.

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Musicians’ Wellness Program promotes peak performance, mental health

May 24, 2023

As we round out Mental Health Awareness Month, faculty from the Musicians’ Wellness Program in the College of Music discuss the importance of developing a strong physical and mental health foundation for music students to excel in their professional careers and beyond.

Several microrobots, with three fins, seen under the microscope

These tiny, medical robots could one day travel through your body

May 24, 2023

CU Boulder engineers have designed a new class of "microrobots" several times smaller than the width of a human hair that may be able to treat human illnesses like interstitial cystitis—a painful bladder disease that affects millions of Americans.

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Mapping the Milky Way in a can of olive oil

May 23, 2023

Assistant Professor Meredith MacGregor and National Institute of Standards and Technology Physicist Jake Connors taught their graduate students how to build and use radio horn antennas to locate neutral hydrogen in space.

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