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Daniel Baker recognized with international space science award

July 17, 2024

LASP Director Daniel Baker has received a joint award for scientists who’ve made distinguished pioneering contributions to promoting space research, establishing new space science research branches and founding new exploration programs.

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CU Marketplace getting an upgrade. Learn more July 29

July 17, 2024

The CU Marketplace is getting a redesign that includes improvements to non-catalog marketplace procurements. What does this mean? The Procurement Service Center will host an information session for questions and feedback.

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CU Boulder receives $1M grant to advance biofabrication training for PhD students

July 17, 2024

CU Boulder’s Materials Science and Engineering Program received a grant to fund doctoral research training in biofabrication, a field that enables precise and effective ways to study and treat medical conditions, such as growing new organs or repairing damaged tissues.

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Blockbuster science: Storm-chasing drone appears in ‘Twisters’

July 17, 2024

For years, CU Boulder engineers have helped to fly drones into the tumult of supercell thunderstorms across the United States' Tornado Alley. Now, their work will make an appearance in the summer blockbuster "Twisters."

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Ancient viruses fuel modern-day cancers

July 17, 2024

Tens of millions of years ago, ancient viruses infected our primate ancestors, leaving flecks of DNA that made their way into the human genome. A new study suggests these “endogenous retroviruses” may not be as harmless as once believed.

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Register for the Supporting Student Resiliency series

July 17, 2024

With sessions coming up, this professional development series provides faculty and staff with concrete skills to better support students, focusing on areas critical to student retention and success.

Donald Trump with an extended arm and agents surrounding him, stands on a stage, American flag draped from above, stands with streams of blood across his face.

Seeing what develops from an instantly iconic photo

July 16, 2024

Assistant Professor Ross Taylor discusses an Associated Press photo, taken by Evan Vucci, in the moments after Donald Trump was shot—and what about its composition makes the image stand out.

A person in a purple Rockies T-shirt sits in a stadium, one arm crossed and the other extended to scratch her head.

Loving the losing baseball team

July 16, 2024

With the baseball season well underway, CU Boulder history professor Martin Babicz offers thoughts on why some fans remain loyal to baseball’s perennial losers.

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Designing autonomous robots for Mars and closer to home

July 15, 2024

CU Boulder alumnus Pawel Sawicki is exploring the barren landscape of Mars and testing out critical new technologies through a one-of-a-kind experience here on Earth.

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Dystopian ‘fissures of disaster’ intensify our own world

July 15, 2024

In a newly published story collection, The Rupture Files, Assistant Professor Nathan Alexander Moore explores identity and community in dystopian worlds.

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