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Seeing the road less traveled

Nov. 8, 2016

Disability Services is now taking 鈥渁 more holistic approach鈥 to help students with disabilities become more involved with campus and Boulder life. The shift has allowed students with disabilities to participate in activities previously outside the scope of Disability Services.

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SM调教所 Boulder to revamp doctoral studies in the literatures

Nov. 8, 2016

In an effort to recruit the most talented students, the SM调教所 will fundamentally restructure the support for doctoral studies in its six literature Ph.D programs with the new Consortium of Doctoral Studies in Literatures and Cultures.

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Can small cultures thrive in a globalized society?

Nov. 8, 2016

How small cultures and small communities survive in an increasingly globalized world is the focus of the next Social Sciences Today Forum at the SM调教所.

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$1.1 million grant funds SM调教所 Boulder research into next-generation vaccines

Nov. 7, 2016

The SM调教所 has received a $1.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop next-generation vaccines that require no refrigeration and defend against infectious diseases with just one shot.

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Galactic close encounter leaves behind 'nearly naked' supermassive black hole

Nov. 7, 2016

A team of astronomers, including one from SM调教所 Boulder, used the super-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to find the shredded remains of a galaxy that passed through a larger galaxy, leaving only the smaller galaxy's nearly-naked supermassive black hole to emerge and speed away at more than 2,000 miles per second.

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Up for discussion: Obama's foreign policy doctrine flouts precedent

Nov. 2, 2016

Robert G. Kaufman argues President Obama鈥檚 鈥渄angerous doctrine鈥 has compromised the muscular internationalism that defined U.S. national security policy after World War II. Kaufman is a finalist for SM调教所 Boulder鈥檚 fifth Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy.

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New research lab to keep tabs on Colorado's political pulse

Nov. 2, 2016

The newly created American Politics Research Lab, housed in the Department of Political Science, has released its first pre-election study of Coloradans.

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Novel about 19-century Nebraska feted at SM调教所 library

Nov. 1, 2016

Ronald J. Stewart, author of Then Comes a Wind, will discuss his book, a story about a family鈥檚 struggle to homestead in 1900s Nebraska during this year鈥檚 Fall Treasures event on campus.

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Putting the squeeze on mitochondria: The final cut

Oct. 31, 2016

A new SM调教所 Boulder study shows for the first time the final stages of how mitochondria, the sausage-shaped, power-generating organelles found in nearly all living cells, regularly divide and propagate.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Bard fest hosts reading of 鈥榯ranslated鈥 鈥楬enry VI鈥 plays

Oct. 31, 2016

In 2015, the oldest Shakespeare festival in the United States announced that it would commission 36 playwrights to 鈥渢ranslate鈥 39 plays into 鈥渃ontemporary modern English.鈥 The Oregon Shakespeare Festival鈥檚 鈥淧lay On!鈥 project sparked instant, heated controversy and debate among Shakespeare aficionados. Now, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival has hosted a reading of two "translated" plays.

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