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  • Neurological mechanisms help explore the connection between epilepsy and autism.
    Researchers have discovered that a combination of pre-natal stress and an unapproved pre-term labor medication called terbutaline may create a higher risk for the co-development of autism and epilepsy.
  • Who wants to see animals in art? Humans do, as a CU-Boulder art exhibition demonstrates. Unidentified artist, Greek, Ob: (Head of Athena r., later style, in helmet with olive leaves and scroll) | Re: 螒螛螘, 454 鈥 404 BCE, silver tetradrachm, 1 inch dia., Transfer from Classics Department to 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum, 麻豆免费版下载, 2014.06.99, Photo: Katherine Keller, 漏 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum, 麻豆免费版下载
    n a partnership between the 麻豆免费版下载 Art Museum and the 麻豆免费版下载Museum of Natural History, the exhibition Animals in Antiquity will explore the relationships between humans and animals through the ages. The exhibition is on view at the Museum of Natural History through September 2016.
  • An official with the Colorado Springs Fire Department discusses fire mitigation with members of a neighborhood group. 鈥淐itizen entrepreneurs鈥 helped the CSFD spread the word effectively about fire-mitigation practices after the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire, a CU-Boulder study has found. Photo courtesy of the Colorado Springs Fire Department.
    Researchers at the 麻豆免费版下载 recently examined the aftermath of two catastrophic conflagrations and found an unexpected ally in wildfire-education efforts, the 鈥渃itizen entrepreneur.鈥
  • In the rural village Huang Gu, China, CU-Boulder graduate student and Fulbright Scholar Elise Pizzi studied access to clean water. Photo Courtesy of Elise Pizzi.
    Regardless of rainfall or government-built infrastructure, the availability of drinking water in rural Chinese villages varies based on villagers鈥 ingenuity, 鈥渃ircular migration鈥 patterns, and maintenance of water infrastructure, a University of Colorado graduate student has found.
  • Mark Winey, professor and chair of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, leads an effort to improve the ability of scientists to reproduce results reported in scientific journals. Photo courtesy of Mark Winey.
    Scientists are having trouble reproducing each other鈥檚 published findings. This growing problem has received national attention and is concerning policymakers, the public and scientists. CU-Boulder biologist Mark Winey is working to solve this problem. As a leader of a task force on the issue, he notes that taxpayers need to know that research dollars are being used wisely and in ways that can lead to clinical solutions.
  • The Helen Carpenter Reading Room in the historic Hazel Gates Woodruff Cottage, home to the Department of Women and Gender Studies, houses a large collection of books and journals on women, gender and sexuality. Photo by Laura Kriho.
    On June 23, the Women and Gender Studies Program at the 麻豆免费版下载 reached a historic milestone, officially becoming the Department of Women and Gender Studies. This change in stature from program to department was the culmination of more than 40 years of hard work by the diligent faculty, students and staff who founded and promoted the program through the years.
  • Interest in Nordic countries, whose flags fly here, has been rising, and so has interest in studying them. CU-Boulder has devoted more resources to meet the demand. Photo: iStockphoto.
    To address the increased interest in Nordic studies, a visiting assistant professorship has been added to the program鈥檚 faculty, thanks to a co-sponsorship of $180,000 from the Danish Ministry of Education.nordic
  • Neurons
    As a liberal undergraduate, Todd D. McIntyre planned to study psychology and then attend law school. He didn鈥檛 anticipate becoming so fascinated with science, the brain in particular, that he鈥檇 completely change his academic trajectory and then launch a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, where developing treatments for brain pathologies has been his primary focus. As a liberal undergraduate, McIntyre planned to study psychology and then attend law school. He also didn鈥檛 anticipate becoming more conservative.
  • A view down from the headscarp of a debris flow in Boulder Canyon. The landslide removed about 20 inches of sediment from the slope on its path to flooding Boulder Creek. (Photo by Bob Anderson.)
    The historic September 2013 storms that triggered widespread flooding across Colorado鈥檚 Front Range eroded the equivalent of hundreds or even 1,000 years worth of accumulated sediment from the foothills west of Boulder, researchers at the 麻豆免费版下载 have discovered.
  • The High Park fire west of Fort Collins, Colo. destroyed 189 homes in 2012. Image courtesy of Wikimedia.
    The vast majority of people living in areas prone to wildfires know they face risk, but they tend to underestimate that risk compared with wildfire professionals.
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