Academics
<p>Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will outline his vision for Coloradoâs energy future at this yearâs Schultz Lecture Thursday at the University of Colorado Law School.</p>- <p>How entrepreneurs and executives use traditional financial market tools to serve social needs will be the focus of a free CU-Boulder conference from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Folsom Field Stadium Club.</p>
<p>Awake too early when you should be asleep? Might want to try and switch things up. AÂ new study by the University of Colorado shows that the longer people are awake during the time their biological clock is telling them to sleep the worse their sensitivity to insulin, which is a precursor to diabetes.</p>
<p>Last July, 11 students participated in the first ever Residential Academic Bridge Program (Bridge). The program is an intensive and exciting three-week immersion experience for first-generation students who participated in a Pre-Collegiate Development Program (PCDP) at CU-Boulder.</p>
<p>Business accelerators -- entities that give money, guidance and space for a set amount of time to startups -- heavily rely on volunteer mentors to promote innovation, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study.</p>
<p>Heading to the library to study is a tradition for most college students. Here at CU-Boulder, that means a trip to Norlin Library.</p>- <p>University of Colorado Boulder scientists know how to get teens excited about science â pick a good topic, such as using science to solve crimes, and then package it in a âcafĂ©â setting.</p>
<p>The Teen Science CafĂ© â the next one dubbed âCSI Botany: Using Plants to Solve Crimesâ - is part of a national push to get more young people involved in science, technology, engineering and math (or STEM) subjects.</p>
<p>On Friday, Oct. 23, 170 high school students arrived at the Charlotte York Irey Theatre on the CU-Boulder campus, dance shoes in hand, for High School Dance Day. The annual outreach event is designed to give high schoolers a taste of college, specifically of a college dance program.</p>
<p><span>On Thursday, Oct. 29, </span><span>at 4 p.m. in UMC 235,</span><span> Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research Fellow and Professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering Diane McKnight will present, âThe McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Ecosystems waiting for waterâ as part of the 2015 Distinguished Research Lecturer series.</span></p>
Colorado employment growth to persist despite slip in new business formation, says CU-Boulder report<p>Despite a dip in business filings in Colorado during the third quarter of 2015 with 25,164 new entities recorded, employment in the state is projected to expand over the next two quarters, according to a University of Colorado Boulder report released Oct. 27 by Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams.</p>