Community gardens improve personal and neighborhood health, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-led research finds

June 22, 2011

Community gardeners eat more vegetables, exercise more, weigh less and feel healthier than nongardeners -- and even home gardeners -- in the Denver-metro area, researchers led by scholars from the University of Colorado have found.

Strongest evidence yet indicates icy Saturn moon hiding saltwater ocean

June 22, 2011

Samples of icy spray shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus collected during Cassini spacecraft flybys show the strongest evidence yet for the existence of a large-scale, subterranean saltwater ocean, says a new international study led by the University of Heidelberg and involving the University of Colorado Boulder.

Linguistics Institute to offer free films, workshops at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder

June 20, 2011

The University of Colorado Boulder will host the 2011 Linguistics Institute from July 7 to Aug. 2, a prestigious gathering of faculty and students from around the world that also will feature free films, workshops and lectures open to the public.

America's deadliest war also is most memorialized, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder professor says

June 20, 2011

As the nation recognizes the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's start, public interest has been rekindled in the war and the numerous memorials and monuments marking historic figures, sites and battlegrounds in states around the country.

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä names Christopher Braider director of journalism and mass communication faculty

June 17, 2011

University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today named ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder Professor Christopher Braider director of journalism and mass communication faculty.

NSF awards ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder $5.9 million grant for alpine ecosystem research

June 16, 2011

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Colorado Boulder a six-year, $5.9 million grant to continue intensive studies of long-term ecological changes in Colorado's high mountains, both natural and human-caused, over decades and centuries.

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder part of international team to discover neutrinos can change 'flavors'

June 15, 2011

An international research team led by Japan and including the University of Colorado Boulder may have taken a significant step in discovering why matter trumped antimatter at the time of the Big Bang, helping to create virtually all of the galaxies and stars in the universe.

Record number of ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder students awarded Fulbright grants for 2011-12

June 15, 2011

Ten University of Colorado Boulder students have received Fulbright grants to pursue teaching, research and graduate studies abroad during the 2011-12 academic year, a record for the university.

Mountain pine beetle activity may impact snow accumulation and melt, says ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder study

June 8, 2011

A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates the infestation of trees by mountain pine beetles in the high country across the West could potentially trigger earlier snowmelt and increase water yields from snowpack that accumulates beneath affected trees.

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder scientist Zhe Chen named 2011 Boettcher Investigator

June 1, 2011

DENVER – Three University of Colorado researchers have been named to the 2011 class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program. This is the second year for the program, which supports early career scientists in their work toward making discoveries that improve human health. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä's 2011 Boettcher Investigators are: Zhe Chen, Ph.D., assistant research professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder, whose research focuses on axon guidance during neural development

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