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Frank Georgianna, actor and director for the Denver Center Theatre Company from 1985-94, died at home Nov.

Rocky Mountain regiona s preferred venue for visiting with researchers discussing their newest discoveries and meeting founders of the areaa s most innovative and promising bioscience start-up companies.

First black holes may have incubated in gigantic starlike cocoons In a new study, scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder have determined that the first large black holes in the universe likely formed and grew deep inside gigantic, starlike cocoons that smothered their powerful x-ray radiation and prevented surrounding gases from being ...

Chemists and physicists have succeeded in getting custom-shaped microparticles to interact and self-assemble in a controlled way in a liquid crystal.

The first large black holes in the universe likely formed and grew deep inside gigantic, starlike cocoons that smothered their powerful x-ray radiation and prevented surrounding gases from being blown away, says a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Relying on detailed measurements called the Golden Ratio to define beauty in the human face and figure seems outlandish.

BCBR Article Economic outlook set for Dec. 7 By Business Report Staff November 19, 2009 -- BOULDER - The Colorado Business Economic Outlook, sponsored by the Business Research Division at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder and BBVA Compass, will be held Monday, Dec.

A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected to benefit meteorologists, water resource managers, climate modelers and farmers.

St Petersburg, November 18, 2009. The five-star Corinthia Hotel St Petersburg, in Russia, announced the appointments of Gianluca Tozzo as Executive Assistant Manager in charge of operations , David Stern as Executive Assistant Manager in charge of Food & Beverages and Evgenia Nagimova as Senior Sales Director.

Jiong Ma spent a decade in scientific research before stepping into the fast-paced world of venture capital, a world sparsely populated by minorities and women.

When Stanford economist, Caroline Hoxby, released a study in late September finding that students at New York City charter schools performed better on state exams than those who entered the same admission lotteries but did not receive a seat, charter school advocates rejoiced.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is fueling space shuttle Atlantis for its Monday afternoon liftoff.

It didn't take former media mogul Ted Turner long to warm up before a friendly crowd of academics and entrepreneurs in Boulder and start showing why he was once known as "the mouth from the South." Turner spoke Friday at the "Entrepreneurs Unplugged" speaker series put on by Silicon FlatIrons , the University of Colorado at Boulder technology ...

The mother of Andrew Graham, a University of Colorado, Boulder graduate who was mysteriously gunned down in his parents' quiet Centennial neighborhood, is speaking out in hopes that someone with information will come forward.

BCBR Article Ted Turner to speak at CU Boulder By Business Report Staff November 12, 2009 -- BOULDER - Ted Turner, chairman of Turner Enterprises, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov.

One of the side benefits of having a nearly 2 million member community network is the opportunity to collaborate with leading academics to leverage this data source for research.

"Why are there so many jazz musicians in Denver?" asks Page Fraley , a jazz trumpeter himself, rattling off a list of fine musicians who teach around town.

John Allen Muhammad, the convicted D.C. sniper, is scheduled for execution in Virginia Tuesday night, after Gov.

A University of Colorado at Boulder educational payload containing butterfly larvae that will be monitored by thousands of elementary and middle school students around the country will launch to the International Space Station aboard NASA's space shuttle Atlantis Nov.

Published Online November 5, 2009 Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1177486 Reports Submitted on June 9, 2009 Accepted on October 22, 2009 Elizabeth K. Costello 1, Christian L. Lauber 2, Micah Hamady 3, Noah Fierer 4, Jeffrey I. Gordon 5, Rob Knight 1* 1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.