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Norlin Gets Facelift for 70th Birthday

March 1, 2010

The venerable Norlin Library turned 70 years old on Jan. 6.

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Buffs Gaze at Celestial Bodies

March 1, 2010

About 50 students, mostly from aerospace engineering, are working to build a 5-pound spacecraft the size of a loaf of bread that will give scientists a better understanding of solar flares and other so-called space weather.

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DiStefano Visits White House to Stem Shortage

March 1, 2010

Chancellor DiStefano was front and center on Jan. 6 at the White House when leaders of four research universities presented a letter to President Barack Obama pledging to address the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers.

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Social Media a Possible Lifesaver During Disasters

Dec. 1, 2009

In June, Twitter awed the world with its potential for breaking news during the Iranian election protests.

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Colorado Chalks Up a Century of Teacher Licenses

Dec. 1, 2009

More than 100 years ago, those who wanted to teach high school in Colorado merely needed to complete high school.

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Campus Green Effort No. 1 in Country

Dec. 1, 2009

This fall Sierra Club’s magazine named CU Boulder the top “green” university in the nation, a jump up from its No. 2 ranking last year.

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By the Numbers - Winter 2009

Dec. 1, 2009

CU Boulder statistics and numbers from the winter 2009 issue.

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There's Something Lurking in My Shower Head

Dec. 1, 2009

Every morning, thousands of people jump in the shower, but many don’t realize the irony of this practice.

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Forever Buffs: Helping Alums Get Jobs

Dec. 1, 2009

When Lea Alvarado began her new job as alumni career counselor at CU-Boulder in August, the phone started ringing off the hook.

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Will Bar Codes Stop Illegal Animal Trade?

Dec. 1, 2009

With many animal species in sharp decline because of a thriving illegal animal trade, CU Boulder and other researchers have developed sequenced DNA bar codes to identify hunted wildlife species.

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