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Theatre department's chair rarely lands in one

Oberon and Titania are going at it in the middle of a hot May afternoon, trading thinly veiled — and not so — insults during a rehearsal of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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Amount of dust blown across the West is increasing

By Laura Snider The amount of dust being blown across the landscape has increased over the last 17 years in large swaths of the West, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder. The escalation in dust emissions — which may be due to the interplay of several factors, including increased [...]

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Prof to lead NASA study of North American air quality

By Jim Scott A University of Colorado Boulder professor is leading a major NASA airborne science campaign this summer that will probe weather patterns and air pollution over a vast expanse of North America that have potential global climate consequences. The campaign, known as the Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by [...]

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Study finds potential target for cancer-fighting drug

By Laura Snider A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a protein complex that could be targeted with drugs to stunt tumor growth. As tumors expand, their centers are deprived of oxygen, and so tumors must flip specific genetic switches to survive in these hypoxic environments. A series of [...]

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Disabled actress adds meaning to 'Midsummer' role

By Clay Evans For actor Jenna Bainbridge, playing Hermia in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at this summer’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a perfect fit. Like her character, she’s spent much of her life pushing against boundaries and expectations set by other people. “Hermia is a younger and vivacious woman who has kind of decided she [...]

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