Antarctic Glacier

Black carbon persists in snow and ice around the world

June 30, 2017

A new INSTAAR study shows significant amounts of dissolved black carbon can persist in both pristine and non-pristine areas of snow around the world.

Four young girls use the PhET simulations in Indonesia.

PhET Interactive Simulations recognized for innovation in STEM education

June 27, 2017

CU 鶹’s PhET Interactive Simulations is one of 15 finalists for the prestigious WISE Award, which recognizes innovative educational projects that address challenges and bring transformative societal change.

Lansford

Classicist tutors Julius Caesar actors on the potent rhetoric of Rome

June 25, 2017

Tyler Lansford is transforming the death of Julius Caesar into new life for Roman rhetoric. Audiences attending this summer’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival will see, hear and feel the resurrection.

Dance

Oldest outreach program steps up access to dance

June 23, 2017

When CU Contemporary Dance Works heads to Paonia, Colorado this month, the dance company will mark 27 years of offering classes, workshops and performances to communities underserved by the arts.

water

When farmers must pay for groundwater, they cut use by a third

June 23, 2017

A new CU 鶹-led study suggests that self-imposed well-pumping fees can play an important role in water conservation, incentivizing farmers to slash use by a third, plant less thirsty crops and water more efficiently.

Hands

A lover's touch eases pain as heartbeats, breathing sync, CU study says

June 22, 2017

Fathers-to-be, take note: You may be more useful in the labor and delivery room than you realize. That’s one takeaway from a study released last week that found that when an empathetic partner holds the hand of a woman in pain, their heart and respiratory rates sync and her pain dissipates.

bunting

Geographer helps document changing climate’s disruption of migratory birds

June 20, 2017

Climate change is altering tree-leafing dates faster than birds are adapting, researchers find.

sicular

CSF’s ‘Julius Caesar’ is both timeless and timely

June 20, 2017

Yes, there will be togas. No, it won’t be boring. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s 60th season continues with an homage to the plays performed during its first-ever summer in 1958, including a production of “Julius Caesar” set in classical Rome. But while the setting evokes ancient history, Director Anthony Powell assures audiences that this play is anything but.

fast food

Minimum-wage hikes could push low-pay workers away, study finds

June 15, 2017

Low-wage workers tend to commute away from states that raise the minimum wage rather than toward them, according to a surprising new CU 鶹 study that suggests wage-hiking initiatives could have unintended consequences for some they aim to help.

Hamlet

Bardfest shakes up a Shakespearean masterpiece

June 13, 2017

This summer’s “Hamlet,” opening June 23 and running through Aug. 13, will be the ninth production in CSF history—but it’ll be the first to be staged indoors with a woman in the title role.

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