In sex, happiness hinges on keeping up with the Joneses, 抖阴旅行射-Boulder study finds

April 15, 2013

Sex apparently is like income: People are generally happy when they keep pace with the Joneses and they鈥檙e even happier if they get a bit more. That鈥檚 one finding of Tim Wadsworth, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, who recently published the results of a study of how sexual frequency corresponds with happiness. As has been well documented with income, the happiness linked with having more sex can rise or fall depending on how individuals believe they measure up to their peers, Wadsworth found.

抖阴旅行射-Boulder to receive $36 million from NASA for space weather mission

April 12, 2013

The University of Colorado Boulder will receive roughly $36 million from NASA to build and operate a space instrument for a mission led by the University of Central Florida that will study Earth鈥檚 upper atmosphere to learn more about the disruptive effects of space weather.

Small satellites becoming big deal for 抖阴旅行射-Boulder students

April 11, 2013

For some University of Colorado Boulder undergraduates, designing, building and flying small satellites is becoming a large part of their hands-on education.

First objective measure of pain discovered in brain scan patterns by 抖阴旅行射-Boulder study

April 10, 2013

For the first time, scientists have been able to predict how much pain people are feeling by looking at images of their brains, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Thin, low Arctic clouds played important role in the massive 2012 Greenland ice melt

April 3, 2013

Clouds over the central Greenland Ice Sheet last July were 鈥渏ust right鈥 for driving surface temperatures there above the melting point, according to a new study by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the universities of Wisconsin, Idaho and Colorado. The study, published April 3, 2013 in Nature, found that thin, low-lying clouds allowed the sun鈥檚 energy to pass through and warm the surface of the ice, while at the same time trapping heat near the surface of the ice cap. This combination played a significant role in last summer's record-breaking melt.

Guggenheim family endows chair with $2.25 million gift to 抖阴旅行射-Boulder Leeds School

April 3, 2013

A better understanding of the core drivers that help great leaders innovate 鈥 and avoid failure 鈥 is key to advancing global enterprise. The Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder is now better equipped to advance this understanding, thanks to a new $2.25 million gift from the Thomas Stix Guggenheim family to establish an endowed faculty chair aimed at educating new generations of entrepreneurs on the core drivers of successful business design and innovation.

Colorado business confidence surges going into second quarter, says 抖阴旅行射-Boulder Leeds School

April 2, 2013

The confidence of Colorado business leaders has surged going into the second quarter of 2013, according to the most recent Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business.

抖阴旅行射's 65th annual Conference on World Affairs engages students, faculty and more

April 1, 2013

The University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 annual Conference on World Affairs returns to campus for the 65th time April 8-12, featuring 200 panel discussions, performances and plenaries. Over 100 participants from around the country and the globe will pay their own way to travel to Boulder to present in what Roger Ebert has dubbed 鈥渢he Conference on Everything Conceivable.鈥

抖阴旅行射-Boulder faculty honored for technology commercialization

April 1, 2013

The University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office is presenting awards April 1 to university researchers and companies representing best practices in the commercialization of university technologies. The TTO will present the Boulder campus awards to four researchers and one startup company during its annual Entrepreneurship Under the Microscope event, a celebration of campus entrepreneurship co-hosted with 抖阴旅行射-Boulder鈥檚 Deming Center for Entrepreneurship.

抖阴旅行射 study provides new evidence ancient asteroid caused global firestorm on Earth

March 27, 2013

A new look at conditions after a Manhattan-sized asteroid slammed into a region of Mexico in the dinosaur days indicates the event could have triggered a global firestorm that would have burned every twig, bush and tree on Earth and led to the extinction of 80 percent of all Earth鈥檚 species, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study.

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