Adjunct Professor Erick Mueller leads the Demystifying Entrepreneurship - Shore Up Your Small Business workshop in Logan County

Celebration marks 5th and final year of Rural Colorado Entrepreneurial Workshop

June 19, 2023

A group of 30 local participants joined to celebrate five years of successful collaboration through the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship. The weekend was full of positivity and entrepreneurial spirit as the group furthered their business concepts, which involve everything from allergy-sensitive foods to a tea experience on 50 acres of land.

Nguyễn Trinh Thi, Letters from Panduranga (2015), video still

Eyeing environmental issues through a camera lens

June 19, 2023

In her latest research, Brianne Cohen, a contemporary art history professor, examines the intersection of art and environmental activism.

Breast tumor seen under a microscope

When it comes to treating resistant breast cancer, 2 drugs may be better than 1

June 15, 2023

New research shows that cancer cells can adapt in as little as one to two hours to new drugs called CDK2 inhibitors. The good news: Adding a second, widely available drug disables this workaround, squelching tumor growth.

doctoral students outside the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

Following the pandemic, CIRES students venture out

June 14, 2023

One professor decided it was time to get her doctoral students in environmental science real-life experience by taking them on a four-day field trip to a remote research station up high in Colorado’s mountains.

Silhouette of people holding Pride flags

For brands, when it comes to Pride Month, you’re either in or you’re out

June 14, 2023

Media and communications experts say when brands try to please everyone, they vex everyone. Authenticity is key. Instead, identify your customer and cater to that audience.

Benjamin Hale

Why must we protect nature? Because we can, philosopher says

June 14, 2023

In the book “The Wild and the Wicked,” philosophy professor Benjamin Hale argues that because people have the unique capacity to care for the environment, they have a moral obligation to do so.

CU 鶹’s Mountain Research Station researchers pose for a group photo

‘Classroom in the sky’ inspires generations of researchers, students

June 9, 2023

Just north of Nederland, about 26 miles from 鶹, is CU 鶹’s Mountain Research Station. It is the university’s highest research facility and is home to some of the world’s longest-running alpine research on everything from how trees respond to increasing wildfires to charismatic little pikas and more.

LASP building from above

LASP launches new artist-in-residence program

June 9, 2023

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, the largest research institute at CU 鶹, is initiating an artist-in-residence program that will help connect STEM professionals, Front Range artists, K-12 students and the local community.

rendering of small satellite in orbit around Earth

New keen-sighted satellite will view distant stars, assist Webb telescope

June 8, 2023

The new mini-satellite, called MANTIS, will be designed and built by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. It borrows its name from the mantis shrimp, an undersea creature with famously powerful eyesight.

Pride merchandise.

Amid culture wars, here’s how companies can cultivate authenticity in Pride Month and beyond

June 8, 2023

Pressure campaigns targeting major brands like Target and Bud Light are testing companies’ commitment to supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Smart organizations should double down, Sabrina Volpone explains in this Q&A.

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