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Through the eyes of the inmates

Feb. 27, 2020

An unprecedented study reported in a new book from a CU Boulder professor pulls back the curtain on prison gangs.

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Evidence of climate-driven conflicts is piling up

Sept. 18, 2019

Climate has played a small but important role in fueling civil wars and other conflicts, CU Boulder and other researchers find.

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The tragedy of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’

Feb. 19, 2019

On the 50th anniversary of Garrett Hardin’s influential essay, the director of the CU Population Center contends he missed the mark.

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Stalking the dirt vaccine

Sept. 28, 2018

Can good bacteria make the brain more stress-resilient? Christopher Lowry has dedicated his career to finding out.

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Without instruments, CU alums FACE the music

March 11, 2016

The a capella group ‘could do a Metallica song, and your grandma would like it. Open your eyes, however, and you see five guys seated around a table — not an instrument in sight. Meet FACE. Since its humble 2001 beginnings in the practice rooms of the College of Music...

CU research IDs new strategy to fight species extinction

CU research IDs new strategy to fight species extinction

Dec. 3, 2015

The go-to-strategy for rescuing threatened species has long been to set aside tracts of healthy land to spread out in, and migration corridors that allow them to mix with other populations, gaining resilience via a broadened gene pool. Because habitat preservation isn’t always viable, introducing genetic diversity might keep threatened species viable, scientists find.

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