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Are you a lover or a hate of pumpkin spice? 🎃

In our latest episode of CUriosity, Heather Kennedy, who teaches marketing at the Leeds School of Business, explains the cultural phenomenon that is pumpkin spice and why Americans can't seem to quit it. ☕️ https://bit.ly/4yL08ry

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CU Boulder students are learning what festival curation takes ahead of the Sundance Film Festival’s arrival in January. Associate Professor Kelly Sears shares how hands-on experience can open doors across creative industries.
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Happy 45th launchiversary to NASA's Solar Mesosphere Explorer (SME)! Launched on Oct. 6, 1981, SME's mission was to study ozone processes in the mesosphere. It was the first NASA satellite to be operated entirely by a university and helped confirm the discovery of the ozone hole.

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Five Nobel laureates. Four in physics. One in chemistry. Countless discoveries that changed our understanding of science. As CU Boulder celebrates 150 years, we’re reflecting on the researchers whose discoveries earned the world’s highest honors. 🔬🏆 https://bit.ly/4hYt8Wt

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Rewind through more than a century of Homecoming traditions and togetherness with these early snapshots of moments that still bring Buffs back to Boulder today. https://bit.ly/4yi29ey

📸: Photos and history provided by the CU Boulder Heritage Center

Football players in the middle of a play at CU's first homecoming game in 1914. Text reads: 1914. CU's first homecoming. November 7, 1914. C men versus Utah. CU won 33 to 0.A large depiction of the United States flanked by two ghostly figures is set up outside a house. The art reads "Ghost to Ghost. It's CU over Iowa State." Text reads: 1953. Haunted homecoming decorations. Haunted Homecoming decorations at the 1953 Homecoming game against Iowa State. Gift of Myrtle Browning Fulton to the CU Heritage Center.Ralphie and her handlers at a 1971 football game. Text reads: 1971. Queen Ralphie. Ralphie accepts her tinfoil homecoming queen crown.A group of students cheer and laugh under an airplane-styled parade float. Text reads: 1991. Homecoming parade. A Homecoming parade float features Ralphie, the "Tiger Killer."
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What happens when AI stops being a tool and starts being the boss? New research from the Leeds School of Business explores how workers respond when artificial intelligence evaluates their performance and why human oversight remains essential.

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A new CU Boulder study sheds light on why people reject or accept some proposed sustainability technologies: If it doesn’t seem natural, they won’t go for it.

Comparing technologies to things in nature can prompt people to trust solutions more.
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Research from CU Boulder Psychology and Neuroscience is helping uncover the stereotypes that shape perceptions of STEM and highlight the importance of creating spaces where everyone can see themselves as a scientist.

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