Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders

60 years after the Civil Rights Act, ‘the activism continues’

July 2, 2024

Sixty years later, the Civil Rights Act is still considered a landmark of U.S. legislation, but does it mean today what it did in 1964? CU Boulder scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed in the decades since the act was signed into law.

A row of books

Women of color disproportionately targeted by book bans, study finds

July 2, 2024

The first comprehensive analysis of recent book bans in the U.S. reveals that characters and authors of color are more likely to be targeted by book bans than their white counterparts.

students in a computer science lab on campus

The hidden degree powering the internet

July 2, 2024

In an era of increased tech market turbulence, the network engineering field—the backbone of the internet—can’t fill jobs fast enough.

Sean Peters

New approach to aerial ground penetrating radar for Mars research

July 2, 2024

Sean Peters is leading a $2.45 million initiative to develop power efficient passive radar systems that could peek under the surface of Mars.

launch of NOAA’s GOES-U satellite

LASP team attends launch of space weather instrument

July 1, 2024

On June 25, more than 50 LASP employees, family and friends attended the Kennedy Space Center launch of NOAA’s GOES-U satellite carrying the fourth and final Extreme Ultraviolet and X-Ray Irradiance Sensors instrument aboard.

Wei Zhang

Separating gases is hard but might get easier, researchers find

July 1, 2024

In a newly published study, CU Boulder chemist Wei Zhang details a new porous material that is less expensive and more sustainable.

Brooke Neely

Balancing fraught history and modern collaboration in America’s ‘best idea’

June 28, 2024

America’s national parks have a fraught history, being created in part to dispossess Native peoples of their homelands, says Brooke Neely. Her new book explores pathways to uphold Native sovereignty at these sites.

Dark rain clouds in the desert

The timing of rainfall could help predict floods

June 28, 2024

CIRES researchers have authored a new study that measures the time between storms to better understand soil moisture and how this relates to floods.

a hummingbird on a fuchsia flower

How to suss cheating hummingbirds? Look at their feet

June 28, 2024

Robert Colwell, a CU Boulder researcher, has analyzed 50 years of data to show the relationship between certain birds’ unorthodox behavior and their traits.

Colorado River

CU Boulder secures $750K to improve drought preparedness in Western US

June 28, 2024

CU Boulder has earned a major grant to boost drought monitoring and prediction on the Colorado River.

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