2018 aerial view over the CU Boulder campus. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

NOAA, CU Boulder expand research partnership

June 30, 2022

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at CU Boulder will continue to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth system and data science research under a new agreement.

Associate Professor Shideh Dashti

Video: Pioneering the resilient infrastructure of the future

June 29, 2022

Associate Professor Shideh Dashti discusses her research on geotechnical engineering, centrifuge modeling and designing resilient infrastructure in the wake of earthquakes and climate-related natural disasters.

Jars of snail specimens sit on a shelf

These snails died during Prohibition. Researchers just identified their gut microbes

June 29, 2022

The gut microbiomes of long-dead animals could give researchers surprising insights into how climate change and other factors have shaped the Rocky Mountains over decades.

Lab with MRI machine

Major gift to enhance diversity of life-science researchers

June 23, 2022

Six life science scholars will embark on their PhD studies and contribute their unique cultural experiences to the CU Boulder campus this fall through a nearly $1.9 million gift to the university from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation.

Wil Srubar

Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone

June 23, 2022

The Living Materials Laboratory is scaling up the manufacture of carbon-neutral cement as well as cement products, which can slowly pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it.

Film posters

Award-winning filmmaker gives persistence, ‘energy’ to next generation

June 22, 2022

John W. Comerford, who discovered the power of film at CU Boulder, arranges major gift to its Stan Brakhage Moving Image Art Forum and Studies Collection.

Konrad Steffen with ice covering his mustache

Glacier named for Konrad Steffen, former CIRES director

June 21, 2022

The Greenland Place Name Committee has named a glacier “Sermeq Konrad Steffen” after the late Konrad Steffen, former director of CIRES, who made exceptional contributions to Greenlandic society and science.

Polar bear on a glacier

Newly documented population of polar bears sheds light on species’ future

June 20, 2022

A new population of polar bears documented on the southeast coast of Greenland use glacier ice to survive, despite limited access to sea ice. This small, genetically distinct group of polar bears could be important to the future of the species in a warming world.

Lucy Pao and wind turbines

Inspired by palm trees, scientists develop hurricane-resilient wind turbines

June 15, 2022

New results from real-world tests of a downwind turbine could inform and improve the wind energy industry in a world with intensifying hurricanes and a greater demand for renewable energy.

Dr. Francis Ramaley and Dr. Caldwell (right) with a class in the forest near the Mountain Research Station in 1909. Students are wearing formal field dress.

Classroom in the sky: CU’s 10,000-foot Mountain Research Station turns 100

June 14, 2022

The public is invited to celebrate at a six-night, in-person seminar series with dates June 21–29, featuring talks from local artists and scientists over dinner at the newly renovated Wildrose Dining Hall.

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