<![CDATA[UCD Advocate - News RSS]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/se/ucd-advocate-news-rss-1.117060 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:18:34 -0400 en <![CDATA[Coffee has pros and cons, but it’s caffeinated. So...]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/coffee-has-pros-and-cons-but-it-s-caffeinated-so-1.1263556

By: Hannah Schaefer


Better for your brain than for your blood pressure

For many people it’s a fact of life: coffee=survival. But is this beverage as nutritious as it is delicious?...

]]> 1.1263556 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:28:25 -0500 <![CDATA[Look at the awesome mold they grew]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/look-at-the-awesome-mold-they-grew-1.1263534

By: Kyle McDaniel

Scientists really excited. No one else gets it.

Yeast discovered that grows on yeast, which is, according to some scientists, almost impossible....

]]> 1.1263534 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:24:42 -0500 <![CDATA[Research aims to reverse brain damage]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/research-aims-to-reverse-brain-damage-1.1263530

By: Kyle McDaniel


Brain damage sucks. Yeah, breaking an arm or a leg can make life difficult. It means having someone carry your books, open doors for you, hold up your pipe while you take a drag. It’s a toughie. But the reason injuries to the brain are such a big de...

]]> 1.1263530 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:56 -0500 <![CDATA[Auraria to receive winged beauty]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/auraria-to-receive-winged-beauty-1.1263516

By: Lydia Hooper


New Science Building will feature art

This summer there will be a new resident on campus. Psyche is a giant metal monarch butterfly who will grace the new Science Building, and whose story is ripe with metamorphosis....

]]> 1.1263516 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:20:46 -0500 <![CDATA[Campus Village meal plans upset some]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/campus-village-meal-plans-upset-some-1.1263509

By: Jef Otte


Sodexo defends what it calls healthy meals

With the gradual shift away from being a commuter school, there is one hallowed tradition UCD can now call its own: bitching about dorm food....

]]> 1.1263509 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:16:44 -0500 <![CDATA[Job search made easy with free online service]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/job-search-made-easy-with-free-online-service-1.1263481

By: Hannah Schaefer


In today’s economy, jobs are hard to keep and harder to come by. While some of us are still duking it out old-fashioned and flashing our smiles down the 16th Street Mall, the rest of the world has turned to our own trusty Internet to find listings a...

]]> 1.1263481 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:07:34 -0500 <![CDATA[Psychological Services Center on campus]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/psychological-services-center-on-campus-1.1263477

By: Bryan Smith

Psych department establishes location for affordable mental heath counseling

The UC Denver Psychological Services Center was established near the end of January. The center is used not only to provide psychological counseling, but also to give Master’s students in the clinical psychology program real-world experience....

]]> 1.1263477 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:05:27 -0500 <![CDATA[UC-Personality: Drew Bixby]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/uc-personality-drew-bixby-1.1263460

By: Tivnan Webb



Compared to a bigger city, Denver might sometimes seem a little plain, especially where its nightlife is concerned. UC Denver’s Drew Bixby couldn’t disagree more...

]]> 1.1263460 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:02:37 -0500 <![CDATA[True Crime]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/true-crime-1.1263453

By: Theo Romeo

Standard issue thefts and arrests

There's nothing funny about crime...until a week later....

]]> 1.1263453 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:58:34 -0500 <![CDATA[03/10]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/03-10-1.1263435

By: Theo Romeo



]]> 1.1263435 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:55:04 -0500 <![CDATA[Music festival brings Cuban rhythm to campus]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/music-festival-brings-cuban-rhythm-to-campus-1.1263424

By: Darin Eaton III


Workshops, performances featured

The spirit of Cuba came to UC Denver in the form of a weeklong Cuban music extravaganza. From March 1 to March 5, UCD music professor Pete Ellingson hosted the sixth annual Cuban Music Experience....

]]> 1.1263424 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:52:25 -0500 <![CDATA[Test yourself and get paid]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/test-yourself-and-get-paid-1.1263413

By: Barry Lynch

Regent wants to know how UC Denver compares to its peer universities

At the request of the University of Colorado Regents, Director of Assessment Dr. Kenneth Wolf is administering a proficiency test for seniors throughout late March and early April. ...

]]> 1.1263413 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:50:19 -0500 <![CDATA[Off to see the Capitol, again]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/off-to-see-the-capitol-again-1.1263392

By: Theo Romeo


Students march to protest budget

At 1 p.m. on March 5, students from UCD, Metro, CCD, UC Colorado Springs, and Colorado State University, as well as a handful of other public colleges in Colorado, met outside the Tivoli and began marching toward the Capitol....

]]> 1.1263392 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:47:30 -0500 <![CDATA[Pour it on]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/pour-it-on-1.1259846

By: Lydia Hooper

Sculpture Program hosts Public Iron Casting

Saturday afternoon was ablaze at the Dry Ice Factory near downtown Denver as UC Denver students and faculty hosted an outdoor public iron pour Feb. 27....

]]> 1.1259846 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 20:36:16 -0500 <![CDATA[03/03]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/03-03-1.1220805

By: Theo Romeo


Eye on Auraria

]]> 1.1220805 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 20:06:59 -0500 <![CDATA[UC-Personality: Gillian Silverman]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/uc-personality-gillian-silverman-1.1220795

By: Dana Dill


Professor balances work, children, and a messy office

Gillian Silverman, assistant professor in the UC Denver English Department, may not demand that her students stand on their desks or rip up their books, but maybe that’s because she just really likes books....

]]> 1.1220795 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 20:03:46 -0500 <![CDATA[UC Denver Live! attracts star artists]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/uc-denver-live-attracts-star-artists-1.1220777

By: Barry Lynch


Learning, fun twin goals for campus organization

In 2002, faculty from the College of Arts and Media met with UC Denver leadership in order to create entertaining and artistic opportunities for the entire campus. The organization UC Denver Live! grew out of this meeting....

]]> 1.1220777 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 19:59:06 -0500 <![CDATA[Building gear from the ground up]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/building-gear-from-the-ground-up-1.1220766

By: Bryan Smith

Student club melding and welding

Jeff Merkel, recording arts and physics instructor at UC Denver, is looking to encourage students to build their own sound equipment (i.e amps, speakers and synthesizers). Last fall he established the student organization Gear Builders....

]]> 1.1220766 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 19:55:13 -0500 <![CDATA[Researchers undertake search for vaccine for cancer]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/researchers-undertake-search-for-vaccine-for-cancer-1.1220754

By: Kyle McDaniel


Shots for at-risk population could save lives one day

Doctors begin to develop cancer vaccine, but not for everyone....

]]> 1.1220754 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 19:47:22 -0500 <![CDATA[Herbal remedies on the rise in flu season]]> http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/herbal-remedies-on-the-rise-in-flu-season-1.1220749

By: Hannah Schaefer

Old cures can be made cheaply at home

Tired of waiting rooms and the smell of latex gloves? Look to herbs....

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