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ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE A joint symposium between Colorado State University and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Australia Monday, August 17, 2015 - Rm 103 Pathology Building, Colorado State University Ecology Symposium Poster Agenda

Cleaning up municipal and industrial wastewater can be dirty business, but engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed an innovative wastewater treatment process that not only mitigates carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, but actively captures greenhouse gases as well. The treatment method, known as Microbial Electrolytic Carbon Capture (MECC),...

The Applied Exercise Science Lab is seeking sedentary subjects aged 18-55 to study electrically assisted bicycling (bicycle with a motor that only provides assistance when you pedal) and its potential effects on overall health. The experiment will consist of five separate sessions (up to 2.5 hrs. long) over 7 weeks...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the University of Colorado Boulder $1 million to evaluate the impacts of climate change, including increased wildfires, on indoor air quality and health in low-income Denver area neighborhoods. A team of faculty and students will evaluate the effects of weatherization programs, including changes...

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) announced that the University of Colorado Boulder climbed to No. 54 from No. 63 in its annual rankings list. Read more here Click here to see the 2015 rankings

The Emmy award winning team at HaveyPro Cinema is proud to announce the premiere of their new documentary film The Great Divide , a film about the history and influence of water in both connecting and dividing Colorado. The Great Divide will raise public understanding and appreciation of Colorado’s water...

Challenges faced by Native American reservations are many: lack of educational opportunity, high dropout rates, low representation in fast-growing STEM fields and therefore career opportunity, and dilapidated and unsafe housing options among them. However, a National Science Foundation-funded research and mentoring program for Native American high school students run by...

Today we had the privilege to host a young bear who staid all morning in a tree next to the School of Engineering Building. Check the pictures here Read the Daily Camera article

Industrial Odor Sources and Air Pollutant Concentrations in Globeville, a Denver Colorado Neighborhood a Blayne Morgan, b Rachel Hansgen, c Wendy Hawthorne & d Shelly L. Miller a Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA b Colorado School...

A new University of Colorado Boulder framework used to screen hundreds of organic chemical compounds used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows that 15 may be of concern as groundwater contaminants based on their toxicity, mobility, persistence and frequency of use. Using a fast groundwater transport scenario, the team predicted...