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Honeybees regulate hive temp better in groups

May 9, 2016

Honeybees use their wings to cool down their hives when temperatures rise, but new 鶹 research shows that this intriguing behavior may be linked to both the rate of heating and the size of a honeybee group.

Biblical scholar explores the power of Babel

Biblical scholar explores the power of Babel

April 27, 2016

Modern readers of the Holy Bible often say that context is critical. Samuel Boyd, assistant professor of religious studies, heartily agrees. And he should know. He has no fewer than 23 ancient NearEast tongues at his disposal.

History of Coyote Valley zeroes in on RMNP ecology

History of Coyote Valley zeroes in on RMNP ecology

April 27, 2016

Andrews’ ‘accidental’ book paints history of little known corner of Colorado’s high country When Ben Bobowski, chief of resource stewardship at Rocky Mountain National Park, went looking for someone to write a detailed report of the Kawuneeche, or Coyote, Valley, in the less-visited western reaches of the park, Thomas G...

SEEC positions CU as global hub for Earth research

SEEC positions CU as global hub for Earth research

April 27, 2016

The newly completed Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex “establishes CU-鶹 as the epicenter for environmental sciences and geosciences research nationally and perhaps worldwide,” says Provost Russ Moore. The center was officially dedicated this month.

When regulators rule, are citizens fully apprised?

When regulators rule, are citizens fully apprised?

April 27, 2016

When politicians actively seek to gum up or slow down the legislative works in an effort to throw up obstacles to governors or presidents, they often increase the power of executive-branch bureaucracies or courts to make the rules. The result can be a less-informed citizenry, researchers find.

CU-鶹 heads off Shakespeare fear...with fun

CU-鶹 heads off Shakespeare fear...with fun

April 20, 2016

Does your stomach experience toil and trouble at the memory of a pinched and scolding high-school English teacher peddling Bardic cod-liver oil? Does the idea of seeing a Shakespeare play threaten to put you to sleep, perchance to dream? Well, “You haven’t seen ‘Hamlet’ until you’ve seen a 10-year-old do ‘Hamlet.’”

Naomi Sheindal Seidman

Visiting scholar to explore ‘Tevye’s Dream,’ marriage

Feb. 25, 2016

Seidman will be in residence March 9-11 and will present a public lecture titled “Tevye’s Dream, Or How Traditional Marriage Haunts Modern Romance,” on Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. in Old Main Theater on campus.

A petroglyph of an eclipse is seen with a wide-angle lens in a photograph at Chaco Canyon, where CU-鶹 researchers captured a rare Aurora Borealis in the southern night sky. Photo courtesy of Fiske Planetarium.

A digital look at ancient skies gets a showing at Fiske

Feb. 17, 2016

Having captured the summer solstice and a week’s worth of sunsets, sunrises and their lunar equivalents from the vantage point of ancient Chacoan people in southwestern Colorado, using parabolic video technology, a multi-disciplinary team from the 鶹 counted its June 2015 trip a success.

Participants in a modern cell-biology ‘boot camp’ in Ghana pause for reflection during the course. Photo courtesy of Dick Macintosh.

Biologists’ ‘boot camps’ help fight disease in Africa

Feb. 17, 2016

A distinguished professor of biology and a biology alumna recently traveled to the University of Ghana in Legon to participate in a two-week course on modern cell biology for biochemistry graduate students. The duo have taught the course in four African countries. They call the courses modern cell-biology “boot camps” and say their goal is the promotion of front-line research in Africa, which has no shortage of disease but a dearth of cutting-edge research on disease.

The Gardens of Adonis, an 1888 painting by John Reinhard Wkeguelin depicts women bearing the container-grown plants and festal rose garlands to dispose of in the sea, as part of the festival of Adonis.

Prof sees a ‘subversive critique’ in ancient Greece

Feb. 17, 2016

A CU 鶹 classicist argues that the festival of Adonis was actually a “dissent and a critique of important cultural practices.”

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