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In sex, happiness is partly relative, CU finds

Sex is apparently like income: People are generally happy when they keep pace with the Joneses. They’re even happier if they get a bit more than their peers.

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A burgeoning world in a few grains of sand

Diana Nemergut designed the course to teach technical skills in environmental microbiology. The course did much more; it also generated field research and a scholarly publication involving graduate students and even undergraduates.

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Alum takes ‘skylarking’ advice to nation’s high court

The remote Republic of Palau in the Pacific Ocean can thank the late Kurt Vonnegut for the newest member of its supreme court. But give the lion’s share of credit along the way to a couple of professors at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Classics prof joins esteemed Athens school

Sarah James, an assistant professor of classics at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been approved as CU’s representative to the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

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Features

With others, you can protect homes from wildfire

With others, you can protect homes from wildfire

The fight against fires begins before the first spark—when homeowners in the wildland-urban interface choose whether to remove trees and bushes near their homes.

Margaret Meads good name, redeemed

Mead’s good name, redeemed

Time magazine dubbed Margaret Mead one of the 20th century’s 100 most influential scientists and thinkers. It also depicted Mead as a sloppy researcher. A University of Colorado Boulder professor has now debunked the source of that slander.

Rebranding exercise with a better app

‘Rebranding’ exercise with an app

People who focus on the oft-cited and indisputable physical and physiological benefits of exercise are less likely to continue an exercise regime than people who simply feel good after sweating a bit and value those effects on their quality of life.

Conservative Thought and Policy Appointment

Conservative Thought and Policy Appointment

Steven Hayward has been appointed the first Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, the University of Colorado Boulder announced last month.