Oil and gas wells contribute fuel for ozone pollution, CIRES researchers find

Jan. 14, 2013

Emissions from oil and natural gas operations north of Denver could add to ozone pollution in that region, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulderā€™s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).

National Academy of Sciences honors CU-Boulder researcher

Jan. 7, 2013

University of Colorado Boulder faculty member John Gosling is one of 18 individuals honored today by the National Academy of Sciences for their outstanding scientific achievements.

Pronunciation of ā€˜sā€™ sounds impacts perception of gender, CU-Boulder researcher finds

Jan. 3, 2013

A personā€™s style of speech ā€” not just the pitch of his or her voice ā€” may help determine whether the listener perceives the speaker to be male or female, according to a University of Colorado Boulder researcher who studied transgender people transitioning from female to male. The way people pronounce their ā€œsā€ sounds and the amount of resonance they use when speaking contributes to the perception of gender, according to Lal Zimman, whose findings are based on research he completed while earning his doctoral degree from CU-Boulderā€™s linguistics department.

Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection expands Libraries' photographic holdings

Jan. 2, 2013

With 14,000 original photographs and publications largely from the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the recently acquired Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection offers a major scholarly resource for the study of the history of photography.

Colorado business confidence remains positive going into first quarter, says CU Leeds School index

Jan. 2, 2013

Colorado business leadersā€™ optimism is modest going into the first quarter of 2013 with uncertainty surrounding the countryā€™s political and economic environments, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Colorado Boulderā€™s Leeds School of Business.

Anna Englander

A whirlwind Italian 'Butterfly' for CU grad student

Dec. 26, 2012

Singing in your first professional opera is challenge enough. Throw in a 12-hour, trans-Atlantic flight and a mere two days of rehearsal time ā€” with two different conductors ā€” and youā€™ve got a grand task indeed. But thatā€™s just what University of Colorado College of Music student Anna Englander will face in January when she travels to Italy to sing the key role of Suzuki for three performances of Pucciniā€™s classic Madama Butterfly in three different cities.

Research by CU-Boulder physicists creates ā€˜recipe bookā€™ for building new materials

Dec. 26, 2012

By showing that tiny particles injected into a liquid crystal medium adhere to existing mathematical theorems, physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have opened the door for the creation of a host of new materials with properties that do not exist in nature.

CU-Boulder student life: Senior's interest in environment becomes career path

Dec. 20, 2012

CU-Boulder senior Joel Jones says heā€™s been interested in the environment since he was a kid. He started getting serious about it in high school, where in one of his classes he learned about buildings that were designed with the environment in mind. That class helped propel his interest into a career path. ā€œI didnā€™t know about environmental engineering until I came here to CU, and once I learned about it, I decided to make it my focus for my undergraduate career,ā€ said Jones, who will graduate on Dec. 21 with a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental engineering.

JILA physicists achieve elusive ā€˜evaporative coolingā€™ of molecules

Dec. 19, 2012

NIST news release Achieving a goal considered nearly impossible, JILA physicists have chilled a gas of molecules to very low temperatures by adapting the familiar process by which a hot cup of coffee cools. JILA is a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology located on the CU-Boulder campus.

CU involved in two of top 10 breakthroughs in 2012 as judged by Physics World magazine

Dec. 18, 2012

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.

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