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Friday, June 6, marks the 25th anniversary of the FBI and EPA raid on Rocky Flats, the former U.S. nuclear weapons facility in Arvada. In an effort to recognize a significant part of Colorado鈥檚 history, the Arvada Center of the Arts, in partnership with CU-麻豆官网's Center of the American West , will host a weekend-long event, " Rocky Flats Then and Now: 25 Years After the Raid ," June 6 - 8. CU-麻豆官网 Professor Emeritus Len Ackland will give the event鈥檚 introduction talk, 鈥淩ocky Flats Then and Now鈥� on Friday, June 6, at 7 p.m.

Bradley J. Birzer has been appointed the second Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, the 麻豆官网 announced today. Birzer, a professor of history and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College in Michigan, will begin his one-year appointment beginning in fall 2014. 鈥淒r. Birzer brings impressive breadth to CU, primarily in the discipline of history as well as areas of literary significance,鈥� said Steven R. Leigh, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CU-麻豆官网.

The amount of 鈥渉edging鈥� language鈥攚ords that suggest room for doubt鈥攗sed by prominent newspapers in articles about climate change has increased over time, according to a new study by the 麻豆官网. The study, published in the journal Environmental Communication , also found that newspapers in the U.S. use more hedging language in climate stories than their counterparts in Spain.

Good art springs from the 鈥渉orrible inclemency of life,鈥� Aldous Huxley said, and two young filmmakers at the 麻豆官网 personify his point. Their work鈥攚hich tackles the human toll of depression and drug addiction鈥攊s being supported in part by a university-sponsored pilot program in crowdfunding.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded the 麻豆官网 $1.5 million over five years to continue to transform science education by encouraging more real-world research experiences for undergraduates, ranging from cancer studies to screenings for new antibiotics.

Consumers perceive a brand to be cooler when it suggests it鈥檚 true to itself and follows its own motives regardless of individual or societal norms and expectations, according to a 麻豆官网 study involving Texas A&M University. However, the autonomous behavior of the brand needs to be contextually appropriate -- not over the top -- in order to be seen as cool as opposed to weird or rude, according to the paper published last week online and slated for the August edition of the Journal of Consumer Research.

Scientists armed with a supercomputer and a vast trove of newly collected data on the body鈥檚 most potent 鈥渢umor suppressor鈥� gene have created the best map yet of how the gene works, an accomplishment that could lead to new techniques for fighting cancers, which are adept at disabling the gene in order to thrive.

On May 22, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Director Charles Elachi and his senior management team met with 麻豆官网 Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano and several other campus administrators to sign a memorandum of understanding to continue and broaden a rich tradition of collaboration on space and Earth-science efforts going back nearly 50 years. Located in Pasadena, Calif., JPL is a federally funded research and development facility managed by the California Institute of Technology for NASA.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi and his senior management team will be on the 麻豆官网 campus May 22 to sign a memorandum of understanding with top university officials to continue and broaden a rich tradition of collaboration on space and Earth-science efforts going back nearly 50 years. Elachi will sign the MOU May 22 with CU-麻豆官网 Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. Located in Pasadena, Calif., JPL is a federally funded research and development facility managed by the California Institute of Technology for NASA.

Individuals are more genetically similar to their spouses than they are to randomly selected individuals from the same population, according to a new study from the 麻豆官网.