Female red squirrel forages for food

Squirrels roll the dice on their offspring

Feb. 1, 2023

A collaborative study, including CU Boulder associate professor Andrew McAdam, investigates how the risks and rewards of red squirrel reproduction are a microcosm of evolutionary patterns.

Students file through a doorway in the Hale Science building

Opening doors for a more robust exchange of ideas

Jan. 31, 2023

CU Boulder has been chosen by the Heterodox Academy for a new network to promote positive culture change through viewpoint diversity, open inquiry and constructive disagreement. All members of the campus, including faculty, staff and students, will be welcome to attend HxA events and activities.

Researcher Erik Funk with a rosy-finch

Rosy-finches are Colorado’s high-alpine specialists—researchers want to know why

Jan. 26, 2023

Birds that can live at 14,000 feet and also breed at sea level might have evolved more quickly than previously thought.

Congressman Joe Neguse, left, and US House of Representatives Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

Why does climate policy lag science?

Jan. 26, 2023

Despite the Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. progress on climate change remains stuck in a climate conundrum, CU Boulder experts say, hampered by politics, complexity and the scope of the problem.

abstract image of hands raised over a border fence

Wealthy democracies have looser immigration policies, researchers find

Dec. 19, 2022

Researchers, including CU Boulder political scientist Adrian Shin, have found that rising inequality leads to stricter immigration policies in lower-income countries, whereas the opposite occurs in higher-income countries.

a college graduate in cap and gown

Big grant supports students transferring from 2-year colleges

Dec. 19, 2022

CU Boulder and Front Range Community College are among 104 recipients of Howard Hughes Medical Institute funding to boost inclusion in STEM fields.

Theodore Dru Alison “Theo” Cockerell

Undergrad uncovers evidence suggesting CU pioneer favored eugenics

Dec. 16, 2022

Undergraduate Ciara O’Neil found documents indicating CU Museum of Natural History co-founder Theodore Dru Alison “Theo” Cockerell was a eugenics sympathizer.

Glass of soda

Economist finds sweet success with soda taxes

Dec. 12, 2022

A CU Boulder researcher has found soda taxes aren’t as regressive as previously feared and do decrease body mass index among non-white youth.

Floods that cuts the Raya Bintara Rd. in Jawa Barat, Indonesia on Jan. 1, 2020

Human-caused global warming, natural climate variability in vicious cycle

Dec. 9, 2022

Extreme weather and ocean events are on the rise around the world, due largely to human-caused climate change. But to fully understand these changes—and, ideally, to predict when and where they may occur in the future—researchers and policymakers must also take into account naturally occurring climate variability, suggests new research.

smoke stacks

Is the future of carbon-capture technology electrochemistry?

Nov. 21, 2022

Electrically activating chemicals could help remove carbon dioxide from the air, CU Boulder researchers have found.

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