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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: 10 research discoveries from 2020 you won't want to miss
Despite the unprecedented challenges everyone has faced in 2020, CU Boulder researchers continued to deliver findings that will improve the lives of people across the globe—or simply dazzle us with new insights into the natural world. Here are some of our top picks for the discoveries that defined our year in research.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: How a simple smell test could curb COVID-19 and help reopen the economy
A simple, scratch-and-sniff test could play a key role in curbing the spread of COVID-19, at a fraction of the cost of high-tech tests that are difficult to scale and take longer to return results, new CU Boulder research suggests.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Alana Horwitz, the college’s fall 2020 outstanding graduate, says she has her late father to thank for her success
In May 2020, Alana Horwitz seriously considered graduating without finishing her honors thesis. Life had taken an excruciating turn.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: "Machine Learning at LASP: How we train computers to identify patterns in space data"
Machine learning, a way of programming a computer to improve at a task without human intervention, has gained popularity in Earth and space sciences in recent years.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Frequent, rapid testing could turn national COVID-19 tide within weeks
Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid-turnaround COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within weeks—even if those tests are significantly less sensitive than gold-standard clinical tests, according to a new study published November 23 by CU Boulder and Harvard University researchers.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: New Name for NFL’s Washington Team
In July, after 87 years, Washington, D.C.’s, professional football team announced a search for a new name and logo.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: New insights on a common protein could lead to novel cancer treatments
A new CU Boulder-led study sheds light on a protein key to controlling how cells grow, proliferate and function and long implicated in tumor development.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Science writer wins top honor among national peers
CU Boulder senior science editor Lisa Marshall has earned a prestigious writing award for her story examining how digging in the dirt might be good for your health.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Former CU Boulder postdoc Jennifer Doudna smashes glass ceiling with historic Nobel win
Thirty years after beginning her training as a postdoctoral scholar in the CU Boulder lab of Nobel laureate Thomas Cech, biochemist Jennifer Doudna on Wednesday won her own Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the co-development of the revolutionary genome editing tool CRISPR-Cas9.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Children heavily influenced by time in nature, social and emotional support
Whether they’re dealing with smoke from wildfires, living through severe storms, or staying inside because of COVID-19, children are being forced to see the world differently in 2020.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: A&S Students: Finding Alternative Opportunities to be held on October 5, 2020
Learn about how to get plugged into volunteer work, and project-based options like micro-internships and contractual work.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: In the Smoky Mountains, thousands of fireflies flash in unison; researchers want to know how
During typical summers in the southeastern U.S., streams of visitors travel to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to witness one of nature’s most spectacular displays of light: thousands of male fireflies, all flashing together in near-perfect harmony.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Meeting the Financial Challenges of Improved Water Management in the West: A GWC Webinar Series to be held on September 15, 2020
For nearly four decades, the Getches-Wilkinson Center at the Colorado Law has hosted a summer conference exploring the major issues in water law and policy in the West
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Media student captures life stories with video startup Mamabird Interviews
CU Boulder sophomore Areyana Proctor has big plans for her future.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Take Two Knees – A concert by Anoushka Divekar
Recent College of Music Clarinet Performance and Music Education graduate, Anoushka Divekar, debuted Take Two Knees, a virtual concert she and collaborators created from works by Black Female composers.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Resumes 101 to be held on September 1, 2020
Join Career Services to learn best practices on how to create a killer resume!
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Covered faces, distancing, hybrid learning: Campus gears up for new normal
There were many familiar sights as new CU Boulder students moved into their campus residence halls this week: teary-eyed parents, slightly awkward encounters between roommates, beds to make with extra-long sheets, and posters to hang up on walls.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Fall Welcome Tent to be held on August 17, 2020
Commuting Buffs can stop by our Welcome tent to pick up their new student shirt, COVID-19 kit and Buff face masks.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Final Campus Close (CCO) to be held on July 20, 2020
Last day for CCO to post manual accruals for all significant items and apply secondary approval for JEs for 3rd close.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: Doctoral final examination/dissertation defense deadline to be held on July 21, 2020
Doctoral students must complete the PhD dissertation defense or final examination by this date in order to graduate in August.