This podcast features official news and
feature stories from the University of
Colorado at Boulder. Select podcasts are
enhanced with photos. Material is produced
by staff at the CU-Boulder Office of News
Services, a division of University Communications.
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CU-Boulder Rises to No. 2 on Peace Corps' Annual Top Colleges List
Listen as CU Peace Corps Coordinator
Evan Taylor describes his volunteer
experience in Africa.
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Wifeshopping
Listen as CU-Boulder author and writing instructor Steven Wingate discusses his newly released book "Wife Shopping." The award-winning collection of short stories delves into the lives of several men and their search for love and marriage.
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Timothy
Weston on China
Listen to Associate Professor
Timothy Weston talk about the
state of China on the eve of
the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Weston discusses a rapidly changing
nation- economically and culturally-
and talks about what hosting
the summer games means to China
as a nation.
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Global
Leadership Institute On Campus
June 6 - July 6
Student leaders from around
the world are on the University
of Colorado at Boulder campus
June 6- July 6 participating
in an institute focused on creating
global social change. Listen
as co-founder Daniel Epstein,
a CU-Boulder senior, discusses
the Global Leadership Institute.
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Seven
Days to Sex Appeal
While it may seem that some
people just “have it” when
it comes to sex appeal, according
to a University of Colorado at
Boulder communication expert,
sex appeal is not an inherent
trait but something anyone can
learn.
Listen to this podcast featuring
Stan Jones, professor emeritus
of communication at CU-Boulder
and an internationally recognized
expert on body language, talk
about his new book called “Seven
Days To Sex Appeal.” Jones
explains the importance of “gender
signals” and how any woman
can learn them to create more
confidence and sex appeal.
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Scientists
Call for More Regional CO2 monitoring
observatories
With Earth’s atmospheric
carbon dioxide levels at 385
parts per million and rising,
the global CO2 monitoring network
should be significantly expanded,
according to a new study led
by CU-Boulder scientist Melinda
Marquis. Having more measurements
sites would allow researchers
to monitor progress in regional
emission reductions. Listen to
Marquis of CU-Boulder’s
Cooperative Institute for Research
in Environmental Sciences explain
how more regional CO2 observatories
could help states and small countries
track their carbon footprints.
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Awards
Still Pouring In For CU-Boulder
Graduating Physics Student Ben
Safdi
CU-Boulder student Ben Safdi,
who will graduate in May with
dual degrees in engineering physics
and applied mathematics, is on
a roll. Besides a 4.0 grade-point
average, he was recently named
one of 13 Churchill Scholars
in the United States for 2008,
an award carrying a $25,000 academic
scholarship for a year at Cambridge
University in England.
In early
April, Safdi was awarded a $120,000
National Science Foundation Graduate
Research Fellowship for doctoral
studies at Princeton to begin
in fall 2009. How has Safdi found
time to conduct world-class research
in two scientific fields, play
the Japanese flute, appear
in rock-climbing movies and
practice martial arts during
his undergraduate days? Listen
in.
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Regional Nuclear War Would Create Near-Global Ozone Hole
A new computer modeling study
led by CU-Boulder indicates a
limited nuclear weapons exchange
between Pakistan and India would
have devastating effects on Earth's
ozone layer, severely impacting
human health and terrestrial
and aquatic ecosystems around
the world for years or decades.
Listen to Laboratory for Atmospheric
and Space Physics Research Associate
Michael Mills describe the study,
the scenario and the probable
consequences.
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Iraq
- Five Years Later
March 19 marks the fifth anniversary
of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Michael Kanner, an instructor
in the political science department
at the University of Colorado
at Boulder, is a retired U.S.
Army intelligence officer and
counter-terrorism expert. In
this featured podcast, listen
to Kanner talk about current
security issues and the state
of the insurgency in Iraq.
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CU
Professor Gives Insight To Challenges
In Pakistan
Pakistan, a major ally in America's
war on terror, is at a crossroads
politically. A parliamentary
vote on Feb. 18 is expected to
bring sweeping changes in the
government, further weakening
the presidency of former army
chief of staff and dictator Pervez
Musharraf. To better understand
Pakistan and its challenges,
listen to Najeeb Jan, a part
Pakistani assistant professor
of geography who is studying "political
Islam" in Pakistan.
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Laser Technology May Help Detect Diseases From Breath Samples
A team from JILA, a joint institute
of CU-Boulder and the National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
has developed a new technique
using laser light that can detect
faint molecules in human breath
samples that may be biomarkers
for particular diseases. Listen
to JILA researcher Jun Ye and
his colleague Michael Thorpe,
a doctoral student in the CU-Boulder
physics department, describe
how the novel technique works
and why it may be helpful to
the medical community in the
coming years.
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CU-Boulder
Receives Presidential Award For
Student Community Service
CU junior Andra Wilkinson is
passionate about community service
and her experiences are an example
of why the University of Colorado
at Boulder is one of only three
colleges and universities in
the United States to receive
a 2007 Presidential Award for
General Community Service. In
the following podcast, Wilkinson
discusses how she got involved
in community service activities,
how it relates to her academic
interests and why she does it.
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CU Faculty
Examine, Analyze the 2008 Presidential
Campaign
Several CU-Boulder faculty members
offer their analysis of the 2008
presidential race as the field
of candidates continues to narrow. Professor Kenneth
Bickers, chair of the
political science department,
is examining the campaign’s
issues and tactics and what polls
tell us. Political science
instructor Michael Kanner studies
the effect that “issues
framing” has on decision
making and examines political
rhetoric and the presidency. Assistant
professor of journalism Elizabeth
Skewes, author of “Message
Control: How News Is Made on
the Presidential Campaign Trail,” examines
factors that influence news coverage
of presidential candidates during
the campaign and trends in political
news coverage. Following
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Kenneth
Bickers
Professor Kenneth Bickers discusses
several issues related to “Super
Tuesday” including the importance
of Feb. 5 as the largest “Super
Tuesday” in the American
election process, whether voters
have had enough primaries and caucuses
before hand to gather the information
they need to know the candidates,
whether “Super Tuesday” could
produce a “nightmare scenario” for
one or both of the parties and
a look at why this election might
create voter dissatisfaction with
the American electoral process.
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Elizabeth
Skewes
Assistant Professor Elizabeth
Skewes will discuss how long message
control has been a part of presidential
campaigns, how candidates control
the message of their campaigns,
who of the remaining candidates
is the best at message control
and what is driving the news coverage
for the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Michael
Kanner
Political science instructor Michael
Kanner will explain how political
framing of an issue works, how
a candidate might “frame” the
immigration issue, for example,
and the importance of “defining
and framing” the argument
first, before others do.
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CU-Boulder Professors Study Some of the World’s Vanishing Languages
The world has some 6,000
languages – but most
of them are in danger of
disappearing. According
to a recent scientific report,
there are five global hot
spots where languages are
vanishing most rapidly: Oklahoma,
the Pacific Northwest, central
South America, northern Australia
and eastern Siberia. Three
University of Colorado at
Boulder linguistics professors
describe their work with
endangered languages in Oklahoma
(Wichita), Colorado (Arapaho)
and in Africa (Gidar). They
explain why it's important
for linguists to record as
much of the human knowledge
contained in these languages
as possible – before
they vanish.
Zygmunt Frajzyngier, chair
and professor in the CU-Boulder
department of linguistics,
talks about his research
into Africa's Chadic
languages, including Gidar. Frajzyngier,
who speaks five European
languages including his native
Polish, says language is "the
most complex intellectual
product of any community."
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Andrew Cowell, an associate
professor in the CU-Boulder linguistics
department, is working with the
Arapaho people to record the language
that gave Colorado many of its
famous place names, including Kawuneeche
Valley in Rocky Mountain National
Park. Cowell discusses his
work and his new book, "The Arapaho
Language," a scholarly tome that
explains the roots and grammar
of one of Colorado's indigenous
languages.
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CU-Boulder linguistics Professor
David Rood has been studying the
Wichita language for more than
40 years. He shares his thoughts
about the disappearing world of
the "People of the Grass House." Rood
has collaborated with Doris Jean
Lamar McLemore, an 80-year-old
Oklahoma woman who is the last
living person fluent in the Wichita
language.
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Baffin Island
Ice Caps Shrink By 50 Percent Since
1950s, Says CU-Boulder Study
A CU-Boulder research team
is reporting more sobering
news on Arctic ice loss in
a study published this month
in Geophysical Research Letters.
Led by Professor Gifford
Miller of the Institute of
Arctic and Alpine Research
and graduate student Rebecca
Anderson, the study indicates
ice caps on the northern
plateau of Baffin Island
in the Canadian Arctic have
shrunk by half in the last
50 years years and will likely
disappear by mid-century.
The team also found tantalizing
evidence that tropical volcanic
eruptions triggered the "Little
Ice Age," which cooled
the climate of Europe for
several centuries beginning
about 1300 A.D. Listen to
Miller describe the study,
including the novel radiocarbon
dating approach used on Baffin
Island.
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CU-Boulder
Economist Discusses Governor's
'Bargaining Partnership'
CU-Boulder economist Jeffrey
Zax, an expert on labor relations
and how unions affect local
economies, employment and
spending, discusses the controversy
surrounding an executive
order Colorado Gov. Bill
Ritter issued last November.
In this podcast, Zax talks
about how the order might
affect Colorado, the state's
economy and state employees.
According to the governor's
order, the goal is to improve
workplace safety, training
and efficiency through greater
employee-manager collaboration.
Critics, however, worry that
the order will increase the
potential for strikes by
state employees and decrease
private investment.
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Greenland
Ice Melt
Record summer melting on the Greenland
ice sheet in 2007 is causing concern
for many climate scientists, including
CU-Boulder's Konrad Steffen, director
of the Cooperative Institute for
Research in Environmental Sciences
who has maintained a battery of
sensitive climate stations on the
ice there for nearly two decades.
Listen to Steffen describe the
changes he is seeing on Greenland
and how he and his research team
-- which includes CU-Boulder undergraduate
and graduate students -- are trying
to better understand ice sheet
and glacier dynamics and their
impact on global sea-level rise.
CIRES is a joint institute of
CU-Boulder and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
For more information on Steffen's
research, visit the Web site
at: cires.colorado.edu/science/groups/steffen/.
CIRES is a joint institute of CU-Boulder
and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. To read the latest
news about Steffen's research,
visit www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2007/481.html.
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Saturn’s Rings May Be Old As Solar System,
According To New Cassini Observations
CU-Boulder's Larry Esposito
discusses the observations
by NASA's
Cassini spacecraft which
indicate the rings of Saturn,
once thought to have formed
during the age of the dinosaurs,
instead may have been created
roughly 4.5 billion years
ago when the solar system
was still under construction.
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Holiday
Shopping
Even with all the choices and
information available to shoppers,
Professor Donald Lichtenstein
of the CU-Boulder Leeds School
of Business says many people
will lose out when it comes to
getting the best price for their
gifts. Most people still
engage in surprisingly little "search
behavior" before making
a purchase. "They
have the Internet at their fingertips
and yet they're just as
likely to buy from the first
merchant they go to," says
Lichtenstein. In this photo-enhanced
podcast, find out from a business
school expert how to get the
best deal for your holiday dollar.
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CU-Boulder
Satellite Shows Regional Warming
Variations During Course of Solar
Cycle
Scientists are using an
$88 million NASA satellite
designed and built by CU-Boulder's
Laboratory for Atmospheric
and Space Physics to chart
changes in the brightness
of the sun as it heads toward
the peak of its solar cycle
in 2012. Known as the Solar
Radiation and Climate Experiment,
or SORCE, the satellite documents
natural variations in the
output of the sun, which
are key to understanding
the climatic effects of events
like volcanic eruptions and
long-term weather cycles,
as well as the impacts of
human-caused climate change
from greenhouse gas emissions.
Listen to LASP Senior Reseach
Associate Tom Woods, chief
scientist on SORCE, describe
how the mission is helping
scientists better understand
our planet.
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Colorado
Center for Biorefining and Biofuels
Announces 10 Seed Grants for Renewable
Energy Research
A new joint energy research
center involving CU-Boulder,
Colorado State University,
the Colorado School of Mines
and the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory known as
the Colorado Center for Biorefining
and Biofuels, or C2B2, is
using $500,000 in seed grants
from industrial partners
to develop new commercial
methods to produce energy
from renewable resources.
Listen to C2B2 Director Alan
Weimer, a professor in CU-Boulder's
chemical and biological engineering
department, discuss the research
thrusts of the center, including
projects ranging from crop
engineering to the conversion
of plant material to fuels
using concentrated sunlight.
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Researchers
Discover Unseen Belt of Moonlets
in Saturn's "A" Ring
A new belt of moonlets discovered
in Saturn's outermost ring,
known as the "A" ring,
contains thousands of icy
boulders ranging in size
from moving vans to domed
football stadiums, according
to a new study led by CU-Boulder
Research Associate Miodrag
Sremcevic and published in
the scientific journal, Nature.
Listen to Sremcevic describe
the violent collision scientists
think led to the creation
of the mysterious belt of
moonlets in the "A" ring,
and how the international
Cassini-Huygens space mission
is changing the way we view
Saturn's stunning and ever-changing
ring system.
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The Prettier
Doll: Communication Experts Cull
Insights About Democracy From 2001
'Barbiegate' Controversy
In 2001, a controversy dubbed "Barbiegate" drew
national attention after
a Boulder, Colo., third-grader
entered a science fair at
her elementary school. The
girl asked people to comment
on the "prettiness" of
two Barbie dolls, one white
and the other black. Her
project mimicked the famous "doll
experiments" conducted
in the 1940s by pioneering
psychologists Kenneth and
Mamie Clark. In this podcast,
University of Colorado at
Boulder communication Professor
Karen Tracy talks about a
collection of essays that
analyze rhetoric and public
discourse during and after
the Barbiegate controversy
and what we can learn about
democracy by listening to
what people have to say at
local government meetings.
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Nutrient
Pollution Drives Frog Deformities
By Ramping Up Infections
When deformed frogs in
lakes and ponds around the
United States caught the
attention of the public more
than a decade ago, puzzled
scientists speculated the
phenomenon might be caused
by pesticides, UV radiation
or infection. Listen to CU-Boulder
Assistant Professor Pieter
Johnson describe how a new
study that he led, published
in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences,
shows that that high levels
of nutrients used in farming
and ranching activities fuel
frog deformities by enhancing
snail populations that spread
infectious parasites to tadpoles.
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CU-Boulder
Geography Professor Discusses Memorials
Such as the New Columbine Memorial
CU-Boulder geography Professor
Kenneth Foote has visited hundreds
of sites that have been scarred
by violence or tragedy all over
the world and is the author of
the book "Shadowed Ground:
America's Landscapes of Violence
and Tragedy." Listen as
he talks about memorials such
as the Columbine Memorial, which
will be dedicated on Sept. 21,
and how memorials honoring victims
of violent crimes are becoming
more common.
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CU-Boulder Alumnus and NASA Astronaut Comes Home
CU-Boulder alumnus and
NASA astronaut Steve Swanson
will return to his alma mater
and the place he calls home
-- Colorado -- on Sept. 29
for the 2007 CU-Boulder Homecoming
celebration. In this photo-enhanced
podcast,
Swanson talks about traveling
to space, his love of the
outdoors and his goals for
the future.
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Chancellor & Coach
Talk Fan Behavior at Football Games
University of Colorado at Boulder
Chancellor Bud Peterson sat down
with head football coach Dan
Hawkins to talk about how fan
behavior and how CU fans can
affect the outcome of games,
as well as the reputation of
the school itself.
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Chancellor's
2007 Campus Address
Listen to University of Colorado
at-Boulder Chancellor G.P. 'Bud'
Peterson's 2007 Campus Address
to the CU-Boulder community.
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CU-Boulder Professor Discusses Bipolar Disorder And His Pioneering Treatment
Bipolar disorder, a disease
that torments its victims with
extreme mood swings, affects
an estimated 5.7 million Americans
- about 2 percent of the population.
Left untreated the disease can
damage families, split up marriages,
cause job loss or numerous problems
in school and even lead to suicide.
Listen as CU-Boulder Professor
David Miklowitz talks about the
disease and his work to understand
it and treat those affected by
it.
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CU-Boulder
Prof Talks About Impact of FCC
Changes to Wireless Rules
New rules adopted by the Federal
Communications Commission will
change the way we communicate
in a wireless world. The FCC
changed its rules as part of
an upcoming auction of valuable
UHF spectrum once used for analogue
television broadcasting. In a
new podcast, Phil Weiser, director
of the Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications
Program and a professor of telecommunications
law in the University of Colorado
at Boulder law school, talks
about why this spectrum is so
valuable and the impact the new
wireless rules will have on the
industry.
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CU-Boulder
Archaeology Team Makes Surprising
Discovery
A CU-Boulder archaeology team
made a surprising discovery this
summer working at the ancient
village of Ceren in El Salvador
that was buried by volcanic ash
1,400 years ago: The Mayan farmers
had been cultivating manoic,
an energy-rich food source. Listen
to anthropology Professor Payson
Sheets describe how he and several
graduate students uncovered the
prehistoric plantation -- the
first evidence of manioc cultivation
in the Americas -- and how the
existence of such ancient manioc
fields might help explain the
success of densely populated
Mayan cities that flourished
in Central America centuries
ago.
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Leeds
School of Business Has A New
Home
The CU Leeds School of Business
now has a new home. The newly
renovated and expanded Koelbel
building is larger and offers
students enhanced classrooms,
more meeting areas and high-tech
features. Learn more about Leeds,
the school's new building and
the dean's vision for the future
in this photo-enhanced podcast.
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A
SURE Thing: Summer Program Grooms
Next-Generation Scholars
A summer program at the University
of Colorado at Boulder is giving
incoming first-year undergraduate
students a taste of college campus
life and academic research and
creative experiences that could
shape their futures. To learn
more about the Summer Undergraduate
Research Experience, or SURE,
listen to this photo-enhanced
podcast.
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Glaciers
And Ice Caps To Dominate Sea-Level
Rise Through 21st Century
Despite the common public perception
that melting Greenland and Antarctic
ice sheets are the biggest players
in rising global sea levels,
glaciers and ice caps are currently
the primary contributors to sea
rise and will be at least through
the end of the century, according
to CU-Boulder glaciologist Mark
Meier. Listen to what Meier has
to say about current research
efforts to chart the melt of
glaciers and ice caps and the
implications for society.
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Suppressing
Emotional Memories
Doctoral student Brendan Depue
and his colleagues in CU-Boulder's
psychology department have published
a new study in Science magazine
showing people can consciously
suppress emotional memories with
practice. Listen to Depue describe
what areas of the brain are at
work, and the possible implications
for those suffering from post-traumatic
stress disorder, anxiety, depression
and obsessive-compulsive syndrome.
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Climate
Change and Tropical Storms, Clouds
and Ozone
Listen to what Professor Brian
Toon, chair of CU-Boulder's atmospheric
sciences department, has to say
about about an upcoming $12 million
NASA mission that will chart
global climate change by studying
tropical storms, clouds and stratospheric
ozone processes over Costa Rica
and Panama.
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CU-Boulder
Graduate Nominated For Tony Award
CU-Boulder School of Journalism
and Mass Communication graduate
Heather Hach has been nominated
for a Tony Award for her stage
adaptation of the hit film, Legally
Blonde, which starred actress
Reese Witherspoon. In this photo-enhanced
podcast, Hach talks about her
success in Hollywood and on Broadway,
her new life as a wife and mother
and shares her thoughts about
writing.
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New Addition
To University Of Colorado Glenn
Miller Collection
One of the most prestigious
collections of 1930s and 1940s
big band era great, Glenn Miller,
just got better. The University
of Colorado at Boulder has received
a major collection of Glenn Miller
memorabilia from the English
estate of the late Richard C.
March who died in 2005.
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Animal
Joy, Sorrow And Empathy, And
Why They Matter
A new book by University of
Colorado at Boulder biologist
and animal behaviorist, Marc
Bekoff, explores the rich, emotional
lives of animals as well as the
evolution of animal emotions.
Bekoff says his book, "The
Emotional Lives of Animals," is
based on scientific data and
his years of studying the complex
patterns of social communication
by animals.
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CU-Boulder Music Professor
Discusses His Grammy-Nominated
CD
In December, University of Colorado
at Boulder associate music professor
Patrick Mason was nominated for
a Grammy Award for his "Songs
of Amy Beach" CD. Beach
was a pioneering composer and
concert pianist who lived from
1867 to 1944. Mason's interpretation
of her work has earned him a
nomination for best classical
vocal performance. The 49th annual
Grammy Awards will take place
on Sunday, Feb. 11. Hear more
about Mason and his achievement
in this photo-enhanced podcast.
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Use Of Fitted Masks
In Case Of A Flu Pandemic
The best ways to avoid getting
sick in the event of a flu pandemic
are to wash your hands frequently,
stop touching your eyes, nose
and mouth with your hands and
to wear a respirator, such as
a disposable surgical or fitted
N95 mask. Learn more about these
disposable masks and how to correctly
use them from safety expert Mike
Morrison of the University of
Colorado at Boulder's department
of Environmental Health and Safety.
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CU-Boulder Passes Peace
Corps Milestone
The University of Colorado at
Boulder has become the sixth
university nationwide to produce
2,000 Peace Corps volunteers.
Since the volunteer organization's
1961 inception, 2,052 CU-Boulder
alums have made the choice to
dedicate 27 months or more out
of their lives to serve others
in dozens of countries around
the globe. Hear more about this
milestone in this photo-enhanced
podcast.
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Safe Schools
A University of Colorado at
Boulder professor who is considered
a national expert on school safety
says U.S. schools are safer than
many city streets, shopping centers,
youth gatherings and even some
homes. Despite recent school
shootings by outsiders, Professor
Delbert Elliott, director of
the CU-Boulder Center for the
Study and Prevention of Violence,
says community vigilance, surveillance
and intelligence gathering may
be more crucial than increased
security when it comes to stopping
school violence before it erupts.
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CU-Boulder Nordic Coach
Offers Ski Fitness Training Tips
Planning a ski vacation this
winter but worried you are running
out of time to get into decent
shape before you hit the slopes? A
University of Colorado at Boulder
expert says it can be done and
all it takes is one hour of exercise
per day, three to four days a
week. Daniel Weinberger,
CU-Boulder's assistant
Nordic ski and fitness coach,
says if you can commit three
to four hours a week doing specific
exercises you'll be in
good enough shape to cross country
or alpine ski in just a few weeks. In
this photo-enhanced Podcast,
Weinberger demonstrates the right
exercises to do to get into ski
shape.
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Study by CU-Boulder Anthropologist Challenges Extinction Theory About Early Hominid
A new study by University of
Colorado at Boulder anthropologist
Matt Sponheimer is challenging
long-held notions about the fate
of an early hominid called Paranthropus
robustus. The study, which appears
in the latest issue of the journal
Science, argues the hominid may
not have gone extinct because
it was a picky eater, but because
our early human ancestors – armed
with tools – were better
at finding food. Listen to this
photo-enhanced podcast to learn
more about the science that led
to conclusions by Sponheimer
and his colleagues.
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CU-Boulder
Ramps Up To Handle Pandemic, Common
Flu Outbreak
In recent years, health care
experts have warned that the
avian flu or another virus could
mutate into a form that will
trigger the next human influenza
pandemic. The United States
has not seen a major flu pandemic
since the Hong Kong flu of 1968-1969,
which killed some 34,000 Americans.
Since spring of 2006, the CU-Boulder
campus has been gearing up for
the possibility of an avian flu
outbreak or flu pandemic. Listen
to how campus officials plan
to keep the university operating
in the event a pandemic occurs
and what steps are now underway
to encourage students, faculty
and staff to stay healthy.
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High-Tech
ATLAS Center Opens
The University of Colorado
at Boulder's new $31 million
ATLAS building opened for classes
in fall 2006. The building's
state-of-the-art black box performance
studio, production studio, film
screening room and high-tech
classrooms will be shown off
to the campus and community October
13 at a free public open house.
In this photo-enhanced podcast,
ATLAS directors, faculty and
students talk about the new building's
exciting capabilities to combine
technology, media and the arts.
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Chancellor & Coach
Talk Football
University of Colorado
at Boulder Chancellor Bud
Peterson sat down with head
football coach Dan Hawkins
August 21 to talk about the
upcoming 2006 football season.
In this photo-enhanced podcast,
the coach and chancellor
talk about how CU fans can
affect the outcome of games,
as well as the reputation
of the school itself.
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CU Jazz
Wins National Awards
The University of Colorado
at Boulder College of Music Jazz
Studies Program received two
more Down Beat Magazine student
music awards in 2006, bringing
the program's total to
13 such awards in the last five
years. The Down Beat awards are
widely considered to be the most
prestigious national recognition
for jazz students. This photo-enhanced
podcast features clips of the
award-winning music and interviews
with program director John Davis
and Down Beat winning trumpeter
Kevin Woods.
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Spain, Mt. Fuji and Study Abroad Study Abroad Program offerings
and student participation
rates have both doubled since
1996 at the University of
Colorado at Boulder and international
education officials are hoping
to build on that momentum
this year during the nationally
designated "Year of
Study Abroad." In this
photo-enhanced podcast, adviser
Cindy Bosley and students
Bridget Blanning and Emil
Meng discuss trips to Spain,
Japan and the benefits of
study abroad.
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CU Nobel
Winner Wieman Heads North Carl Wieman, University
of Colorado at Boulder distinguished
professor and Nobel Laureate,
announced March 20th that
he will leave his faculty
position at the university
in January 2007 for a position
at the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver. Wieman
will retain a 20 percent
appointment at CU-Boulder
to lead the university's
Science Education Project
to improve science teaching.
This photo-enhanced podcast
features excerpts from a
news conference with Wieman,
CU Interim Provost Susan
Avery and UBC Provost Lorne
Whitehead.
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CU Spring
Breakers Volunteer In New Orleans Fifteen
University of Colorado at Boulder
students will travel to New Orleans
in late March 2006 to help repair
a shelter for victims of domestic
violence, one of several annual
alternative spring break volunteer
projects run by the university's
Volunteer Clearing House. In this
podcast, director Anna Domenico
and student Julie Hayes talk about
student motivation to help out.
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CU & Renewable
Energy - Innovations and Initiatives In
February 2006, CU chemistry professor
Carl Koval began leading the university's
Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Initiative. In this photo-enhanced
podcast, Koval talks about why
CU is in position to be a world
leader in energy innovation.
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Is Antarctica Melting?
Physics Professor John Wahr is
part of a team of University of
Colorado at Boulder researchers
who used data from a pair of NASA
satellites to determine that the
Antarctic ice sheet has lost significant
mass in recent years. In this photo-enhanced
podcast, Wahr discusses the team's
findings that the ice sheet is
losing up to 36 cubic miles of
ice annually.
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CU's National Champion Club Sports
Club sports athletes at the University
of Colorado at Boulder won national
championships in five different
sports in 2005, continuing a long
tradition of athletic and academic
excellence at the university that
goes largely unnoticed. The 2005
club national champions at CU-Boulder
included triathlon, cycling, mountain
biking, men's ice hockey
and men's soccer. In this
photo-enhanced podcast, director
Kris Schoech discusses the winning
teams and why CU-Boulder attracts
great student-athletes.
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Soweto Gospel
Choir visits CU
In this photo-enhanced podcast,
Sue Williamson, assistant professor
of choral music education at
the University of Colorado at
Boulder, discusses the Soweto
Gospel Choir. On Feb. 25, 2006,
the choir performed a sold-out
Artist Series concert at Macky
Auditorium on the CU-Boulder
campus. The choir is a collection
of some of South Africa's
best soloists, and the concert
was a rare opportunity for Coloradoans
to hear a powerful fusion of
South African and American vocal
music.
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Black Achievement in America
Alphonse Keasley, director of
the CU-Boulder Minority Arts and
Sciences program, co-produced a
video documentary series called "A
History of Black Achievement in
America." The series, which
also features African American
faculty and students from CU-Boulder,
originally aired on Denver PBS
affiliate KBDI in September 2005
and has received high marks from
critics. In this podcast, Keasley
discusses several highlights from
the series, including bios of explorer
James Beckwourth and writer Gwendolyn
Brooks. For those listeners with
video capability, this podcast
includes photos.
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CU-Boulder Holiday Festival
The University of Colorado at
Boulder's Holiday Festival has
become a favorite way for Coloradans
to celebrate the holiday season.
Hundreds of performers from the
CU College of Music's choirs,
orchestra, ensembles and faculty
appeared in the sold-out 2005
festival. In this podcast, director
of bands Alan McMurray discusses
how the festival shows off the
talent and stylistic variety
within the college. Sample audio
from the 2005 Holiday Festival
CD is included.
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Child trafficking in Nepal examined by Professor's film
In Nepal, approximately 7,000
young children are kidnapped, lured
or sold to Indian brothels each
year, most of them girls between
the ages of 10 and 14, according
to Kathleen Man, an assistant film
studies professor at the University
of Colorado at Boulder. Man wrote,
directed and produced "Sita,
Girl from Jambu," a film
she hopes will educate audiences
about the root causes of child
exploitation in the global sex
trade. In this podcast, Man discusses
both the challenge of making the
film and the difficult topic it
examines.
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Virtuosos Fleck and Meyer talk with students
Banjoist Bela Fleck and multi-instrumentalist
Edgar Meyer played a sold-out Artist
Series concert at CU-Boulder on Nov.
10, 2005. Before the show, they talked
with music students about rehearsing
and writing their unique combination
of classical, jazz, bluegrass and
other musics from around the world.
This podcast features exerpts from
their discussion with students.
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