Sens. Orrin Hatch, left, and Chuck Grassley, right, seen during a U.S. Senate hearing.

In congressional hearings, some are more equal than others

Nov. 12, 2019

An analysis by CU Boulder linguist Chase Raymond and others has found that U.S. Senate chairpersons can add bias to hearings through how much they speak during hearings.

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Want to know your mental health status? Thereā€™s an app for that

Nov. 12, 2019

CU Boulder researchers have developed a new mobile app that categorizes mental health status based on speech patterns. Ultimately, it could be used as an adjunct for in-person therapy or to help monitor patients from afar.

Karl Linden looks at a bacterial culture in his lab.

Engineering a world of safer water

Nov. 11, 2019

Karl Linden believes that wherever you are in the world, you should be able to turn on a tap and receive clean drinking water. He's working on new ways to make that happen.

Ensign Mary F. Waters and Lt. Wm. J. Sweeny check a 20 mm canon at Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard in Massachusetts in 1944.

ā€˜Making Wavesā€™: Documentary follows women at war

Nov. 11, 2019

As the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches and airwaves begin to ļ¬ll with stories of distant battles won and the brave men who fought them, Kathleen M. Ryan, a documentary ļ¬lmmaker and associate professor of journalism, is focused on the veteran women who helped make those victories possible.

students sit across from each other at table during New Venture Challenge kickoff

A new kind of MBA for a new stage of the startup boom

Nov. 8, 2019

How does the startup boom keep growing? With the help of a new type of MBA designed for the next phase of business.

Capitol building

Shifting political sands: What we can learn from swing states, history and a diverse candidate field

Nov. 6, 2019

What do changing demographics look like for swing states in 2020? How about candidate demographics? Weā€™ll take a look at that, and a look back at the history of impeachment, in this episode of the Brainwaves podcast.

An EKG graph with a heart and a dollar sign.

Financially stressed families save more with Medicaid, study shows

Nov. 6, 2019

Financially burdened familiesā€™ savings get a shot in the arm with access to Medicaid, according to a new study from CU Boulder's Leeds School of Business.

Assistant Professor Sandra Ristovska takes photo of a stack of CD-ROMs

Video activism: How a picture really is worth 1,000 words

Nov. 5, 2019

Smartphone cameras and social media are fueling a new era of video activism, but how can journalistsā€”and the publicā€”be sure those images are real?

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For better US foreign policy, report looks to Coloradoā€™s middle class

Nov. 5, 2019

U.S. foreign policy professionals should pay more attention to income inequality and rising costs for housing and childcare in states like Colorado, according to a new Carnegie Endowment for International Peace report prepared in part by the Leeds School of Business.

Postdoctoral researcher Emily Fusco researching invasive grasses and their effect on wildfires

Study finds invasive grasses promote wildfires

Nov. 4, 2019

CIRES and CU Boulder Earth Lab research finds that in places across the country, cheatgrass and at least seven other non-native grasses can increase wildfire risk as much as climate change does.

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