Adults dressed up for Halloween

Halloween costumes: Not just for kids

Oct. 30, 2024

Theodore Stark, veteran costumer and CU Boulder associate professor of theater and dance, says adults embrace costumes in part for the opportunity to adopt different personas.

REplacing lead pipes event

The end of lead pipes: An engineer’s take on the historic national effort to eliminate them

Oct. 29, 2024

Utilities face a 10-year deadline to replace lead water pipes under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule. Assistant Professor Julie Korak discusses why it’s necessary and how it will be carried out.

anti-swastika graffiti

Swastika Counter Project launches

Oct. 29, 2024

A public advocacy website envisioned by Associate Professor Laurie Gries tracks swastikas across the United States and offers resources to counter those hate-filled incidents.

Tridacna gigas

Giant clam declared critically endangered after CU Boulder assessment

Oct. 28, 2024

Once abundant, the massive, colorful clam is now locally extinct in many regions, with a critical drop in population due to overfishing and climate change.

A bee pollinates a purple flower with more flowers in the background

How you can help Colorado’s bees from the comfort of your home

Oct. 28, 2024

A new community science project aims to help the CU Museum of Natural History digitize its collection of bees, some of which were collected in Colorado as far back as the 1870s.

Fernando Valenzuela pitching

Remembering the player behind ‘Fernandomania’

Oct. 25, 2024

Fernando Valenzuela was more than just the first Mexican superstar in Major League Baseball; he helped soothe longstanding resentments in a displaced community.

On a grassy lawn, a man speaks at a podium with several others sitting in chairs beside in. In the background, a metal tower reaches up more than 20 feet

Spinout LongPath Technologies to expand methane detection with $162M DOE loan

Oct. 25, 2024

At an event on campus, engineers showed off a laser-based technology that can take a whiff of the air around oil and gas operations, then spot leaking greenhouse gasses in real time.

people playing basketball

Balancing opportunity and exploitation as the NBA forges new ground in Africa

Oct. 25, 2024

The recent death of Dikembe Mutombo and the start of the NBA regular season highlight the fraught realities of building a talent pipeline between lower-income countries and the NBA.

wildfire

Fire speed, not size, drives threat to people, infrastructure

Oct. 24, 2024

Fast-growing fires were responsible for nearly 90% of fire-related damages despite being relatively rare in the United States between 2001–20, according to a new CU Boulder-led study.

Thousands of people run across a bridge

CUriosity: What causes the runner’s high?

Oct. 23, 2024

Psychologist Angela Bryan, like many other avid runners, is no stranger to what many call the “runner’s high.” The scientist breaks down what happens in the body to make you feel so good during a long jog.

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