Shahan donates funds to celebrate Boulder and support graduate students

June 19, 2014

English alumnus Dick Shahan recently made a $75,000 gift commitment to -Boulder — $50,000 of which established an endowment to create the Dick Shahan -Boulder Undergraduate Writing Competition, expected to generate an annual prize of $2,000 for a prose piece that features Boulder. The additional $25,000 will fund the Shahan Graduate Fellowships in the -Boulder English Department, providing an annual $1,000 research grant for an English graduate student.

Kids whose time is less structured are better able to meet their own goals, says -Boulder study

June 18, 2014

Children who spend more time in less structured activities—from playing outside to reading books to visiting the zoo—are better able to set their own goals and take actions to meet those goals without prodding from adults, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Priority registration for Mini Law School available to faculty, staff

June 17, 2014

Interested in exploring the basic concepts of our legal system? Have you always wondered what it would be like to go to law school? University of Colorado faculty, staff and friends are invited to enjoy priority registration for Mini Law School 2014. Registration opens to the public on June 30 and the class is expected to fill up quickly. Learn more >>

-Boulder expands degree options for energy and water professionals

June 17, 2014

A new educational partnership at the University of Colorado Boulder will provide expanded degree options for working professionals interested in specialized graduate education focused on energy and water. Beginning this fall, qualified students can earn both a Master of Engineering (ME) degree and a Professional Certificate in Renewable and Sustainable Energy or a Professional Certificate in Water Engineering and Management. The degree and certificates can be earned either via distance education or in campus classes and may be pursued either part- or full-time.

The relationship between obesity, life satisfaction and where one lives

June 16, 2014

A new study on obesity and people’s happiness by -Boulder sociology researchers suggests that it’s not obesity by itself that determines whether a person is happy with their body image but where you live. According to study co-author Philip Pendergast, a doctoral student in sociology at -Boulder, if a person who is obese lives in a community where people share the same body type they are more likely to be happier.

Public-health study now an undergrad option

June 9, 2014

If the state of the world is flat, hot and crowded, the field of public health is large, diffuse and complex. That’s why the University of Colorado Boulder is giving students the ability to earn an interdisciplinary certificate in public health.

Money Sense: 20 things to do this summer that won't bust your budget

June 9, 2014

Working aside, people may have already planned what they want to do for this summer. If you still don’t have major plans and don’t have much money, click through for 20 ideas that won't bust your budget.

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Astronomers discover first Thorne-Żytkow object, a bizarre type of hybrid star

June 4, 2014

In a discovery decades in the making, scientists have detected the first of a “theoretical” class of stars first proposed in 1975 by physicist Kip Thorne and astronomer Anna Żytkow.

-Boulder appoints Bradley J. Birzer as second Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy

June 3, 2014

Bradley J. Birzer has been appointed the second Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, the University of Colorado Boulder announced today. Birzer, a professor of history and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College in Michigan, will begin his one-year appointment beginning in fall 2014. “Dr. Birzer brings impressive breadth to , primarily in the discipline of history as well as areas of literary significance,” said Steven R. Leigh, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at -Boulder.

Reporters using more ‘hedging’ words in climate change articles, -Boulder study finds

June 2, 2014

The amount of “hedging” language—words that suggest room for doubt—used by prominent newspapers in articles about climate change has increased over time, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder. The study, published in the journal Environmental Communication , also found that newspapers in the U.S. use more hedging language in climate stories than their counterparts in Spain.

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