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Putting the “S” in Gender

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Staff
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Is it the pitch of someone’s voice or style of speech that identifies gender?
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Extinguishing the Thrill

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Paul Danish
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With the passage last fall of Colorado Amendment 64 legalizing marijuana for those 21 and over for use in private (not in public), it was the end for me of a long strange trip that began 49 years ago.
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By the Numbers – March 2013

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Staff
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The freshman class is the most diverse in campus history with 1,199 students of color making up 22 percent of the class of 2016.
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Six Months in the Sky

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Staff
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Read about Steve Swanson’s (EngrPhys’83) next trip to the International Space Station.
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Grand Canyon Ages Nearly 65 Million Years Overnight

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Staff
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Imagine discovering your birth date was 65 million years earlier than you thought.
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Campus Smoking Ban Facts

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Staff

The facts about smoking on campus.
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CU involved in two of top 10 breakthroughs in 2012 as judged by Physics World magazine

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Christie Sounart

University of Colorado Boulder faculty and students are part of international science teams that made two of the top 10 breakthroughs in physics in 2012 as judged by Physics World magazine. A team involving CU-Boulder was cited for making the first direct observations of a phenomenon known as “time reversal violation” by measuring the rate atomic particles known as B
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Faculty Up in Arms About Concealed Carry

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Staff
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The campus has hosted an ongoing discussion on gun rights following a Colorado Supreme Court ruling last spring that held that CU regents cannot set gun policies contrary to the state’s 2003 concealed-carry law.
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Extracting Fields of Black Gold

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Paul Danish
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Back in 2010 I wrote a piece about how Big Science — the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) computer center — was moving out of Boulder County and Big Oil — ConocoPhillips’ research and training campus — was moving in.
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By The Numbers

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Staff

More numbers that define the standard of quality at CU-Boulder
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