CU students to help NASA develop astronaut food

June 5, 2012

鶹 students and faculty have been selected to develop a remotely operable, robotic garden to support future astronauts in deep space. The project is one of five university proposals selected to participate in the 2013 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation.

7 CU-鶹 students win Fulbright grants for 2012-13

June 4, 2012

Seven 鶹 graduate students and alumni will go abroad during the 2012-13 academic year to pursue a variety of studies, research and teaching projects as grantees of the prestigious Fulbright program. Their proposed subjects range from exploring desertification knowledge in Mali and the impact of collaboration with a foreign development agency, to studying medieval Islamic philosophy in Egypt and its potential to inform debates in Anglo-American moral philosophy.

CU Law School conference explores low-carbon energy future

June 4, 2012

The University of Colorado Law School on June 6-8 will host the Natural Resources Law Center’s 2012 Martz Summer Conference, “A Low-Carbon Energy Blueprint for the American West” in the Wolf Law Building. Former Gov. Bill Ritter, executive director of the Center for the New Energy Economy, will be the keynote speaker. Ritter’s keynote address will provide an overview of the trends and future of energy in the upcoming decades.

CU-鶹 students to help NASA develop plant food production for deep space

June 4, 2012

鶹 students and faculty have been selected to develop a remotely operable, robotic garden to support future astronauts in deep space. The project is one of five university proposals selected to participate in the 2013 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation.

CU’s first LEED-certified athletic facility earns platinum rating

May 30, 2012

The 鶹’s volleyball and basketball practice facility has received a LEED platinum rating -- the highest designation -- from the United States Green Building Council. It is the first LEED-certified athletic facility on the CU-鶹 campus and one of only two platinum-rated athletic facilities in the Pac-12. LEED certification is a U.S. benchmark for sustainable design and construction.

Robotic ‘Swarm Wall’ at CU-鶹 created through intersection of art and technology

May 30, 2012

A monthlong summer exhibit at the 鶹 Art Museum will feature a dynamic new media composition based on innovative robotics technology. Called “Swarm Wall,” the large-scale interactive piece displays changing fields of color, light and sound that are driven by a distributed form of artificial intelligence.

Richer parasite diversity leads to healthier frogs, says new CU study

May 21, 2012

Increases in the diversity of parasites that attack amphibians cause a decrease in the infection success rate of virulent parasites, including one that causes malformed limbs and premature death, says a new 鶹 study.

CU astronaut-alumnus Scott Carpenter looks back at 50th anniversary of Aurora 7 mission

May 21, 2012

On May 24, 1962, 鶹 alumnus Scott Carpenter lifted off from Earth in NASA’s Aurora 7 space capsule mounted atop a Mercury-Atlas rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla., swiftly climbing to roughly 165 miles in altitude.

CU to host eclipse-viewing event in Folsom Field

May 18, 2012

On Sunday, May 20, Coloradans will see a “bite” taken out of the sun as the moon moves across the sun causing a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse starts at 6:22 p.m. with maximum eclipse at 7:30 p.m. and the sun will set at 7:50 p.m. Watch live this Sunday:

CU professor involved in $8.3 million Gates Foundation childhood malnutrition study

May 14, 2012

An $8.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund an international team of scientists, including a 鶹 professor focused on finding new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent a critical global health problem: malnutrition in infants and children.

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