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Galleon Hedge Fund Demise Caused By Former Beauty Queen

bloomberg.com | Anthony Effinger, Katherine Burton and Ian King | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: New Castle Funds, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Wall Street, Danielle-Chiesi, Galleon Group, University of Colorado, Beauty Queen, Business News

Danielle Chesi, a one-time sorority sister at the University of Colorado is a small fry compared with Rajaratnam, who managed $7 billion in 2008. Of a...

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5 Keys to Picking a Winning Entrepreneurial Idea

Bob Wells | Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Startups, Paul Berberian, Entrepreneurship, New Venture Challenge, Boulder, University of Colorado, Zettasun, Denver News
Bob Wells

Paul Berberian -- one of those classic Boulder entrepreneurs -- gave the kickoff address recently as UC-Boulder launched its annual entrepreneurial contest, the New Venture Challenge.

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CU-Boulder Students Pay More On "Less Transparent" Fees

The Colorado Daily | Brittany Anas | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Boulder, Tuition, University of Colorado, Kelly Fox, Tom Lucero, Cu, Michael Carrigan, Student Fees, Denver News

University of Colorado sophomore Anne Salter pays a mandatory $400 construction fee for four new campus buildings, but she's never been inside them. ...

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Colorado Higher Education Budget: Long Term Fiscal Planning Commission Suggests More Independence For Universities

Denver Daily News | Gene Davis | Posted 11.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: Fiscal Planning, Colorado Budget, University of Colorado, Bill Ritter Budget, Bill Ritter, Colorado Higher Education, Denver News

Because higher education has been hit with the burden of state budget cuts, a bi-partisan commission comprised of lawmakers and community leaders want...

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CU Football Fans To Wear Powder Blue In Protest Of Coaching Staff

Colorado Daily | Melanie Asmar | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: University of Colorado, Powder Blue Protest, Dan Hawkins, Folsom Field, CU Buffs, Colorado Football, Denver News

For Buffs fans, powder blue is the color of defeat. It's the color of losing streaks, of (arguably) poor coaching, of lackluster fans. It's the ...

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Why Doesn't Colorado Become The University Of The World?

Gary Hart | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado College, University of Colorado, Regis University, Denver University, Higher Education, Denver News
Gary Hart

Why wouldn't it be possible for professors at the University of Colorado, Colorado College, the University of Denver, Regis, or a number of other centers of learning offer classes to students in Buenos Aires, Beijing, and Moscow in real time?

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Bill Ritter, Colorado Higher Education Administrators At Odds Over Tuition Flexibility

Associated Press | Steven K. Paulson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Budget, John Morse, University of Northern Colorado, Rico Munn, Stimulus, University of Colorado, Kay Norton, Bill Ritter, Bruce Benson, Colorado Higher Education, Denver News

DENVER--Racing to come up with proposals to save higher education from a financial cliff, college presidents held a brainstorming summit Thursday at t...

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Arctic Insects' Disappearance Is Evidence Of Climate Change: University Of Colorado Study

Boulder Daily Camera | Laura Snider | Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Baffin Island, Global Climate Change, Global Warming, University of Colorado, Arctic, Arctic Insects, Denver News

When Yarrow Axford, a researcher at the University of Colorado, traveled to a remote lake on the east coast of Baffin Island -- which sits a few hundr...

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Dan Hawkins' Wife On Cody Hawkins' Benching: "Our Family's Not Negative"

Boulder Daily Camera | Anthony Cotton | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: CU Buffalo, Texas Football, Cody Hawkins Benched, Cody Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, University of Colorado, Misti Hawkins, CU Buffs, Colorado Football, Denver News

When Misti Rae Ann Hokanson decided to say "I do" to Dan Hawkins 27 years ago, promising to have and to hold, for better, for worse, she admits that t...

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Not Talking 'bout the Weather

Jennifer Schneider | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Climate Change, Susan Buhr, Nasa, CIRES, Environmental Journalism, Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, Global Warming Deniers, University of Colorado, Global Warming, Communication, Denver News
Jennifer Schneider

Is it possible that the climate change communication problem is no longer a problem of science education at all, and trying to clarify and explain the science might be counterproductive?

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Ward Churchill Asked To Pay $52,000 For Legal Fees

AP | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: University of Colorado Professor, University of Colorado, Ward Churchill, September 11, Denver News

BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado is seeking to recover funds it spent fighting a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a professor wh...

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Ward Churchill Asked To Pay $52,000 For Legal Fees

Daily Camera. | Daily Camera | Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Ward Chruchill, 9-11, University of Colorado, September 11, Denver News

The University of Colorado is seeking to recover more than $52,000 from Ward Churchill to cover costs the school incurred fighting a lawsuit filed by ...

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Boulder City Council hopefuls talk pot, nudity

Daily Camera. | Daily Camera | Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Boulder City Council, Boulder City Council Debate, Boulder, Marijuana, American Idol, University of Colorado, Denver News

Candidates who run afoul of audience members' tastes will be routinely kicked off the stage based on audience votes. The audience will vote by periodi...

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Robin Hood Re-Enactment Gone Wrong: University Of Colorado Student Stabbed In Boulder

The Denver Post | Howard Pankratz | Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Robin Hood Men in Tights, Stabbing, Boulder, University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado, Robin Hood, Robin Hood Stabbing, Leo Beitz, Cu, Denver News

A college student was stabbed last week after drunken friends were re-enacting a Robin Hood movie, according to a Boulder police report....

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Boulder Nudity Laws In The Works

Daily Camera. | Daily Camera | Posted 10.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Colorado Nudity, Boulder, University of Colorado, Nudity Laws, Nudity, Home News

Boulder is drafting a public nudity ordinance that police could use against people who streak or participate in the popular "Naked Pumpkin Run" or "Wo...

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Bill Ritter's Office Edited Higher Ed Chief's Resignation To Hide Dispute

The Denver Post | Jessica Fender | Posted 09.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: David Skaggs, University of Colorado, Bill Ritter, Bruce Benson, Colorado Higher Education, Denver News

The state's higher education chief edited his resignation letter at the request of the governor's office, toning down language referring to "a princip...

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Generation

Laura Chapin | Posted 09.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Unemployment, Wages, Lost-Decade-for-Jobs, Afl-Cio, Jobs, University of Colorado, College Graduates, Denver, Denver News
Laura Chapin

Why the 'lost decade' of young workers may fare worse than their parents.

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An Invitation to Redemption for Joe Wilson and Van Jones

Patty Limerick | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Van Jones, Public Servants, Apology, Redemption, Resignation, Civility, You Lie, South Carolina, Center of the American West, University of Colorado, Joe Wilson, Denver News
Patty Limerick

The American people have an unfortunate habit of taking valuable public servants who have made stupid public statements and forming an instant bucket-brigade to deliver those public servants to the trash heap of history.

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Dan Hawkins's Massive Contract May Be Too Huge For Buyout

Boulder Daily Camera | Kyle Ringo | Posted 11.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Dan Hawkins, University of Colorado, Gary Barnett, Colorado Buffaloes, Cody Hawkins, Denver News

Dan Hawkins might keep his job as head football coach at Colorado regardless of how bad things get this season because the athletic department cannot ...

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GQ Names 25 "Douchiest Colleges," CU Number 10

GQ | Posted 09.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: CU Boulder, Douchiest Colleges, Gq, Boulder, Douchiest Schools, University of Colorado, Brown University, Denver News

It looks like CU has landed on another national top ten list. In recent weeks CU has been named to the Princeton Review's annual list of top party sc...

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America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Journalists, College Students, Alma Mater, University of Vermont, Green Jobs, Oberlin, Alumni, Green, College Rankings, Coal, Academics, Colleges, University of Colorado, Rankings, Ratings, Sierra Club, Evergreen State College, Campuses, Energy, U.S. News & World Report, UC Santa Cruz, Administration, Ucla, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, Community Colleges, Students, Athletics, Transportation, Sports, Education, Energy Efficiency, University of California, Middlebury College, College, Waste Management, Sustainability, Food, Schools, Higher Education, College Graduates, College of the Atlantic, Green News
Avital Binshtock

While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.

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Big Science in a Small City (Part 3): In Praise of Cool Scientists

Sharon Glassman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Life on Mars, Thermal Emission Spectrometer, Gender Differences, Humor, Beer, Big Science, Octopus Tap, Engineering, Soy Supplments, Exercise, Planetary Geology, University of Colorado, Heart Disease, Boulder Colorado, Beer Kegs, Geology, Fhc, Living News
Sharon Glassman

"Science" is a wonderfully broad term, of course. Which makes life here even more fascinating.

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Ward Churchill Wrongly Fired By University Of Colorado: Jury

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.03.2009 | Home

Read More: University of Colorado, Ward Churchill Fired, Ward Churchill, Churchill Colorado, Churchill Ward, Denver-Colorado, Home News

DENVER — A jury ruled Thursday that the University of Colorado wrongly fired the professor who compared some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi, a verdi...

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Sluggish Economy Affects Number of College Girls Going Wild

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 04.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Spring Break, Lesbian, Usa, University of Colorado, America, US Economy, Joe Francis, College, Slutty Costumes, Girls Gone Wild, Skanky, Alcohol, American Flag, The Dude, Susan B. Anthony, Dude, Comedy News
Tom McCaffrey

Spring Break '09 showed the lowest amount of drunken women taking off their tops for video cameras ever.

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New Citizen Voters in Colorado

Ryan Rivera | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Ya Es Hora, Registration, Ciudadania, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Grace Lopez Ramirez, Barack Obama, Latino Voters, Southwest, Latina Initiative, Anna Sampaio, Mi Familia Vota, University of Colorado, John McCain, Home News
Ryan Rivera

Hundreds of thousands of new citizens will be casting their votes in November, and in the swinging Southwest, these disproportionately Latino and Democratic voters could cinch tight elections.

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