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- <p>A 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>Awake too early when you should be asleep? Might want to try and switch things up. A聽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>On the heels of its most successful and well-received season to date, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival announced its 2016 season, which will run Friday, June 3 through Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Opening with Shakespeare鈥檚 farcical "The Comedy of Errors," the festival鈥檚 10-week season also includes the regional premiere of Bill Cain鈥檚 "Equivocation," along with "Troilus and Cressida," "Cymbeline" and "Henry VI, Part 2."聽Season tickets are now on sale; single tickets go on sale Monday, Nov. 30.</p>
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<p><span>On Thursday, Oct. 29,聽</span><span>at 4 p.m. in UMC 235,</span><span>聽Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research Fellow and Professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering Diane McKnight will present, 鈥淭he McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Ecosystems waiting for water鈥 as part of the 2015 Distinguished Research Lecturer series.</span></p>
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<p>CU-Boulder鈥檚 Center of the American West presents Din茅 photographer Will Wilson as the twelfth speaker in the Modern Indian Identity lecture series. Willson will speak on Monday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m., in Hale, room 270.</p>
<p>Launched in May 2014 to jumpstart projects led by current CU-Boulder students, faculty and staff, the CU-Boulder Crowdfunding platform hosted 19 projects raising over $80,000 in the first year.聽</p>- <p>SuviCa Inc. of Boulder, a 麻豆免费版下载 biotech start-up company, has been awarded roughly $1.5 million in federal funding to develop novel treatments for head and neck cancer.</p>