Eric Gershon

Editor's Note – Summer 2017

June 1, 2017

It was a Sunday morning in April, sunny, not quite warm. I was casting about for an adventure for myself and my daughter Waverly, now almost two. Might CU’s Museum of Natural History be open? Indeed, 10 to 4! Off to campus we zoomed in our bright orange Subaru. We...

Tube to Work Day in Boulder

Campus Photo of the Week

June 1, 2017

Approximately 1,000 people participated in the 10th-annual Tube to Work Day in Boulder Creek July 14. The event attracted its largest-ever crowd of tubers, and spectators reveled in the quirky costumes and colorful inflatables of those floating down the creek.

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Then – 1950s

June 1, 2017

Life at CU Boulder shifts gears after commencement but hardly goes dormant.

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Infographic – Sleep

June 1, 2017

American adults don’t sleep enough: On the average work night, we come up 30-90 minutes short of what our bodies need for long-term health, according to a poll by the National Sleep Foundation.

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Anchors Aweigh

June 1, 2017

Ryan Davis of Sugar Land, Texas, has skippered the resurrection of CU’s dormant sailing club.

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Pacific Crossing

June 1, 2017

It was the nights that most unnerved Dan Mackin.

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Superfast Marathon

June 1, 2017

CU Boulder scientists show the way to a sub-2-hour finish

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The Traveler

June 1, 2017

Long before Tom Shepherd began moving tons of fresh berries around the world, he moved a single football from Boulder to Lincoln, Neb. — by bicycle, in the snow, wearing jeans.

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Yellowstone

June 1, 2017

Marjane Ambler learned to share the road with bison. That’s what you do when you live in Yellowstone National Park.

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Wildfire's Human Touch

June 1, 2017

Wildfires can happen naturally — but in the U.S., humans start most of them

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