CU-Boulder and NCAR ozone gardens reveal harmful effects of pollution

July 23, 2014

Everyone has heard about the harmful effects of pollution on human and plant health, but until recently, visualizing such effects took some imagination.

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Natural-terrain schoolyards reduce childrenā€™s stress, says CU Boulder study

July 22, 2014

Playing in schoolyards that feature natural habitats and trees and not just asphalt and recreation equipment reduces childrenā€™s stress and inattention, according to a University of Colorado Boulder study.

A novel venue enables a novel's presentation

July 17, 2014

Coming up in the CU-Boulderā€™s ATLAS Black Box Theater is square product theatreā€™s production of "SLAB," an adaptation of Denver writer Selah Saterstromā€™s forthcoming novel. The story is about a womanā€™s life in the American South told through her memories and from the slab of her post-Katrina home.

At midyear, Colorado poised for continued growth in 2014, says CU Leeds School

July 10, 2014

The Colorado economy continues to outperform the U.S. economy and grow at a magnitude that slightly exceeds previous expectations, according to the midyear economic outlook released today by the University of Colorado Boulderā€™s Leeds School of Business. Coloradoā€™s employment is up by 3 percent year-over-year from May 2013 to May 2014. A total gain of 68,000 jobs in Colorado is expected for 2014 -- an upward revision to a December estimate of 61,300 jobs for the year.

CU-Boulder instrument onboard Hubble reveals the universe is ā€˜missingā€™ light

July 9, 2014

Something is amiss in the universe. There appears to be an enormous deficit of ultraviolet light in the cosmic budget. Observations made by the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, a $70 million instrument designed by the University of Colorado Boulder and installed on the Hubble Space Telescope, have revealed that the universe is ā€œmissingā€ a large amount of light.

Oklahoma earthquake swarm linked to wastewater injection wells, says study involving CU-Boulder

July 2, 2014

The massive increase in earthquakes in central Oklahoma is likely being caused by the injection of vast amounts of wastewater from oil and gas operations into underground layers of rock, according to a new study led by Cornell University and involving the University of Colorado Boulder.

Colorado business confidence inches higher going into third quarter, says CU-Boulder Leeds School

July 2, 2014

The confidence of Colorado business leaders remains positive and has slightly increased going into the third quarter of 2014, according to the most recent Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Colorado Boulderā€™s Leeds School of Business. The third quarter LBCI posted a reading of 61.2, an increase from 61 last quarter.

New study involving CU-Boulder tells the tale of a kangarooā€™s tail

July 2, 2014

Kangaroos may be natureā€™s best hoppers. But when they are grazing on all fours, which is most of the time, their tail becomes a powerful fifth leg, says a new study.

CU-Boulder hosts International Conference of the Learning Sciences

July 1, 2014

Last week, the CU-Boulder School of Education hosted more than 750 scholars and graduate students from all over the world for the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) . Chaired this year by professors Bill Penuel, Susan Jurow and Kevin Oā€™Connor, the conference has been held biannually for more than 20 years in places such as Australia and the Netherlands as well as throughout the United States.

U. of Chicago, CU-Boulder-led study: Some sharks tolerated brackish Arctic Ocean 50 million years ago

June 30, 2014

Sharks were a tolerant bunch some 50 million years ago, cruising an Arctic Ocean that contained about the same percentage of freshwater as Louisianaā€™s Lake Ponchatrain does today, says a new study involving the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Chicago.

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