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Patented pain treatment shows promise in dogs, hope for humans

March 1, 2014

Distinquished prof and colleague from the University of New Mexico have been granted a patent for a new pain-management gene therapy that focuses not on neurons, but on glia. “Our drugs turn Mr. Hyde back into Dr. Jekyll,†she says.

Holly Gayley, assistant professor of religious studies at CU-Boulder, takes in the view near the Amne Machen Range in Tibet. Photo courtesy of Holly Gayley.

CU's expertise in Tibetan and Buddhist studies is unusually deep

March 1, 2014

‘We have three tenure-track, full-time specialists in Tibet, and that’s three more faculty specializing in Tibet than you find at most universities. It’s not a huge group … but it’s an incredible opportunity (for research) and also for students.’

Study of satellite imagery of the world at night, long used as an indication of the wealth of nations, is being refined with other data to give scientists a better picture of human and environmental well-being.

Human well-being becomes clear in dark of night

March 1, 2014

Study of satellite imagery of the world at night, long used as an indication of the wealth of nations, is being refined with other data to give scientists a better picture of human and environmental well-being. Night Light Development Index correlates strongly with the U.N. Human Development Indicator, other welfare...

Bryant Mason, a CU alumnus, has taken his passion for sustainable, back-yard agriculture and turned it into an entrepreneurial venture. Photo courtesy of Bryant Mason.

Grad reaps satisfying rewards with gardening startup

March 1, 2014

Bryant Mason, a CU alumnus, has taken his passion for sustainable, back-yard agriculture and turned it into an entrepreneurial venture. Photo courtesy of Bryant Mason. After graduating as Puksta Scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2011 with degrees in economics and environmental studies, Bryant Mason was ready to...

File marked "Top Secret"

When government secrets are spoken, people listen

Aug. 1, 2013

Some 56 percent of Americans approve of large-scale secret monitoring of erstwhile private telephone activity for the purposes of combating terrorism, according to a recent survey by the Pew Center for the People and the Press.

There’s gold in them thar drawers. Or there was, until recently, at the University of Colorado Boulder Division of Continuing Education.

‘What about the gold?’ ‘Um, what gold?’

June 1, 2013

There’s gold in them thar drawers. Or there was, until recently, at the University of Colorado Boulder Division of Continuing Education.

William Powell, an black aviator, encouraged African Americans not just to become pilots, but also mechanics, and to create aviation companies and airfields.

Heralding the ‘lost history’ of early black aviators

June 1, 2013

Philip Hart remembers growing up in east Denver and hearing his mother, grandmother and aunt talking about his great uncle James Herman Banning, a pioneer in African American aviation in the early years of the 20th century.

Graduates on a map

No need to 'staple a green card’ to every foreigner’s Ph.D.

June 1, 2013

For about three years following Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists struck on American soil, U.S. policy changes that reduced visas for foreign graduate students provided an inadvertent real-world laboratory.

Bud Coleman, as Robin Starveling, prepares himself backstage before the final dress rehearsal of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.†Photo by Zach Andrews.

Theatre department’s chair rarely lands in one

June 1, 2013

Oberon and Titania are going at it in the middle of a hot May afternoon, trading thinly veiled – and not so – insults during a rehearsal of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.â€

Disabled actress adds meaning to ‘Midsummer’ role

June 1, 2013

For actor Jenna Bainbridge, playing Hermia in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream†at this summer’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a perfect fit. Like her character, she’s spent much of her life pushing against boundaries and expectations set by other people. “Hermia is a younger and vivacious woman who has kind of...

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