Covert product placements in TV shows increase consumers’ memories and brand attitudes, says CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø study

Sept. 23, 2013

Consumers who watch television sitcoms and see product placements through covert marketing have better memories of the products and better attitudes toward the brands, according to three joint studies led by the Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

CU awarded $3.6 million for new way to produce magnesium for auto parts

Sept. 19, 2013

A Â鶹¹ÙÍø professor has been awarded a three-year, $3.6 million grant from the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a new process to produce magnesium that can be used to make lightweight vehicle parts.

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Solid-state battery developed at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø could double the range of electric cars

Sept. 18, 2013

A cutting-edge battery technology developed at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø that could allow tomorrow’s electric vehicles to travel twice as far on a charge is now closer to becoming a commercial reality. CU’s Technology Transfer Office has completed an agreement with Solid Power LLC—a CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø spinoff company founded by Se-Hee Lee and Conrad Stoldt, both associate professors of mechanical engineering—for the development and commercialization of an innovative solid-state rechargeable battery.

CU-Fresno State football game postponed

Sept. 13, 2013

Saturday’s football game between the University of Colorado and Fresno State has been postponed, university officials decided Friday morning. After careful consideration, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has decided that the university will not hold a football game on Saturday, Sept. 14, and that school officials will discuss a possible make-up date for the game.

CU-Fresno State football game postponed

Sept. 13, 2013

Saturday’s football game between the University of Colorado and Fresno State has been postponed, university officials decided Friday morning. After careful consideration, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has decided that the university will not hold a football game tomorrow, and that school officials will discuss a possible make-up date for the game.

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Nanoly Bioscience to develop CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø vaccine stabilization technology

Sept. 11, 2013

Nanoly Bioscience of Â鶹¹ÙÍø and the University of Colorado recently entered into an option agreement that will enable the startup company to develop a technique for protecting vaccines during delivery to rural and less-developed areas of the world.

Microgravity experiments

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø student-built satellite slated for launch by NASA Sept. 15

Sept. 11, 2013

A small beach ball-sized satellite designed and built by a team of Â鶹¹ÙÍø students to better understand how atmospheric drag can affect satellite orbits is now slated for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 15.

CU Law School students to teach state high school students about Constitution

Sept. 10, 2013

More than 50 students and dozens of alumni of the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Law School will teach a lesson on the First Amendment in more than 50 high school classrooms throughout Colorado Sept. 11–20 in recognition of Constitution Day. Constitution Day is a national event that annually commemorates the Sept. 17, 1787, signing of the United States Constitution.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O’Connor to speak at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø on Sept. 17

Sept. 10, 2013

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will speak at the third annual John Paul Stevens Lecture hosted by the Byron R. White Center at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Law School on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The event will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the University Memorial Center’s Glenn Miller Ballroom on the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. A limited number of tickets to the lecture are available to the general public at no cost. To register for tickets visit the center’s website at http://www.byronwhitecenter.org .

Al Bartlett

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus mourns death of longtime, celebrated physics professor Al Bartlett

Sept. 9, 2013

Albert Allen Bartlett, professor emeritus of physics at CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø, was remembered today as a revered teacher who had a major impact on his students, the university, Â鶹¹ÙÍø and far beyond. Bartlett died at the age of 90.

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