Richard Wobbekind

Positive, broad-based job growth forecast for Colorado in 2014, says CU Leeds School of Business

Dec. 9, 2013

Colorado will continue on the road to recovery and add a variety of jobs in 2014 across almost all business sectors following a positive year in 2013, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. The comprehensive outlook report for 2014 features forecasts and trends for 13 business sectors prepared by more than 100 key business, government and industry professionals.

CU-Boulder scientist: 2012 solar storm points up need for society to prepare

Dec. 9, 2013

A massive ejection of material from the sun initially traveling at over 7 million miles per hour that narrowly missed Earth last year is an event solar scientists hope will open the eyes of policymakers regarding the impacts and mitigation of severe space weather, says a University of Colorado Boulder professor.

CU-Boulder journalism director wins major award for ‘paradigm-shifting’ analysis of Descartes’ influence

Dec. 6, 2013

The director of CU-Boulder’s journalism program has won a prestigious national award for challenging the “presumed centrality” of RenĂ© Descartes’ groundbreaking theory of mind in 17th century French culture.

JILA team develops ‘spinning trap’ to measure electron roundness

Dec. 5, 2013

NIST news release JILA researchers have developed a method of spinning electric and magnetic fields around trapped molecular ions to measure whether the ions’ tiny electrons are truly round—research with major implications for future scientific understanding of the universe.

Got an hour? CU-Boulder program lets you build a video game, learn to code

Dec. 4, 2013

In just one hour, school kids, teachers and any code-curious member of the public with an Internet connection can now create their own 3-D video game using a tutorial built by a team at the University of Colorado Boulder in preparation for the global “Hour of Code” event happening the second week of December.

CU-Boulder-led team finds first evidence of primates regularly sleeping in caves

Dec. 4, 2013

Scientists have discovered that some ring-tailed lemurs in Madagascar regularly retire to limestone chambers for their nightly snoozes, the first evidence of the consistent, daily use of the same caves and crevices for sleeping among the world’s wild primates.

CU-Boulder students to demonstrate engineering projects at Dec. 7 Design Expo

Dec. 3, 2013

More than 350 engineering students at the University of Colorado Boulder will demonstrate their innovations and inventions to the community at the annual fall Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, Dec. 7.

New report calls for early warning system regarding abrupt climate change events

Dec. 3, 2013

A new National Research Council report calls for the development of an early warning system that could help society better anticipate sudden changes resulting from climate change and their impacts on society, says a University of Colorado Boulder faculty member who chaired the committee that produced the report.

Anna & John J. Sie Foundation funds $2 million Daniel and Boyce Sher Distinguished Musicians Endowment

Dec. 2, 2013

Some of the University of Colorado Boulder’s most promising musicians will receive scholarships thanks to Anna and John J. Sie, who have committed $2 million to establish the Daniel and Boyce Sher Distinguished Musicians Endowment. Beginning in fall 2014, these Sher Distinguished Scholars (either undergraduate or graduate students) will be awarded full-ride scholarships to the College of Music based on their demonstrated exceptional ability and potential to excel at a national and international level.

CU Professor Rick Stevens: The Kennedy assassination and how America fell in love with live TV

Nov. 22, 2013

It’s hard to imagine, but 50 years ago it wasn’t TV, the Internet, Twitter or a myriad of social media that alerted people to breaking news, instead they probably heard it on the radio. But that all changed one afternoon in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. That’s when people discovered the power of live TV, says Rick Stevens, a professor of journalism at CU-Boulder.

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