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CU study: Medical marijuana saves lives

By | 11.30.11 | 3:05 pm

A study released Tuesday by the University of Colorado Denver indicates that the legalization of medical marijuana reduces alcohol consumption and, as a result, alcohol-related traffic deaths without a corresponding increase in deaths caused by stoned drivers.

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VIDEO: CU scholars offer insights and context on recent events shaking the Muslim world

By | 02.18.11 | 6:15 am

Popular unrest has engulfed the Arab world, and as the despots fall, the question on nearly everyone’s mind: where is this going? This week at CU, four experts on the Arab world gathered to offer insights and background skipped over by the mainstream media on the current and historical context in Egypt and the Middle East.

Olympic medalist, X Games champ Bleiler talks climate change at CU

By | 10.12.10 | 10:49 am

BOULDER — Champion snowboarder and Aspen native Gretchen Bleiler told students at CU Monday that she has been “chasing snow” for a decade and that the chase is getting more difficult every year.

“I’m definitely not a scientist.…

CU campus to test text-message alert system: ‘pig flu gonna get u’

By | 09.28.09 | 4:35 pm

The University of Colorado plans to test its Campus Alert text-messaging system tomorrow, a system where subscribers receive official text messages from the university in case of rapidly developing dangers and campus shutdowns. University emergency management and police personnel as…

News Nuggets, 25 August 2009: Fracking fluid, it’s toasted!

By | 08.25.09 | 10:33 pm

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SECRET FORMULA: In Wyoming it’s the same as it is here in Colorado. “How in god’s name can the oil industry dump sh*t in our drinking water and not tell us what it is?”…

TABOR: attractive to business leaders as voters, less so as university administrators

By | 07.17.09 | 11:02 am

Top-dog prominent Colorado business leader and state Republican Party giant Bruce Benson voted for the Taxpayer Bill of Rights in 1992, joining in the effort to limit state government and to slow down taxing and spending. Now, as CU President,…

University Sweatshop Investigation May Not Make a Difference Overseas

By | 12.12.07 | 12:00 pm

Documenting sweatshop abuses is the easy part. Taking action gets more complicated.

The investigative body examining allegations that Colorado University merchandise may have been manufactured in a Chinese sweatshop says that even if disciplinary action is taken against the

Hank Brown Resigns As CU President

By | 01.18.07 | 1:10 pm

University of Colorado President Hank Brown resigned today in a surprise announcement. The former Colorado senator and representative has been in the position for only about a year and half, after taking over for embattled President Elizabeth Hoffman in August…