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Originally created in 2004, Prometheus is a project of University of Colorado's Center for Science and Technology Policy Research. Prometheus is designed to create an informal outlet for news, information, and opinion on science and technology policy.-
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Recent Awards for Elizabeth Koebele and Marisa McNatt
Elizabeth Koebele recently received two awards: (1) full funding from the National Science Foundation to attend the 2016 AMS Summer Policy Colloquium and (2) the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grant. Marisa McNatt was also awarded a travel grant through … Continue reading
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John Berggren Receives CIRES Graduate Student Research Fellowship
CSTPR graduate student John Berggren received the CIRES Graduate Student Research Award for his project “Transitioning to a New Era in Western United States Water Governance: Examining Adaptive Capacity and Equitable Water Policy in the Colorado River Basin”. This project … Continue reading
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Lisa Dilling Receives Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at Oxford University
Lisa Dilling has been awarded a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship to be hosted by Oxford University, UK. Lisa will collaborate with Professor Steve Rayner of Oxford’s Institute for Science, Innovation and Society to explore how cultural theory informs our understanding of … Continue reading
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Inside the Greenhouse Newsletter, Issue 4
Issue 4 May 2016 Ideas, innovations and initiative have continued to grow ‘Inside the Greenhouse’ throughout this Spring. Along with students at CU-Boulder, we have sprout many new projects and nourished ongoing activities. So far in 2016, among many research, … Continue reading
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MECCO Awarded $2,000 CARTSS Grant
The Media and Climate Change Observatory (MECCO) project, which tracks newspaper coverage of climate change or global warming on a monthly basis, was recently awarded $2,000 by The Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS) at … Continue reading
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Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre Internship Program
CSTPR and CU-Boulder partner with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCRCCC) to place graduate students in locations in eastern and southern Africa each summer. This summer, the grad student intern is Sierra Gladfelter, a Masters student in geography. … Continue reading
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New NOAA SARP Award: Advancing the Use of Drought Early Warning Systems in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Award Sponsor: NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program, Coping with Drought Element The largely rural Western Slope of Colorado encompasses much of the headwaters of the Colorado River, a critical regional water resource used to meet multiple demands across a landscape … Continue reading
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Indigenous Women’s Voices Telling a New Story of Energy
CSTPR’s Inside the Greenhouse and Native Voice 1 are pleased to present a half-hour documentary special, “Indigenous Women Telling a New Story on Energy” featuring Winona LaDuke. This radio show is being released on Earth Day and will be available … Continue reading
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CSTPR Students Receive CARTSS Awards
Two CSTPR students, Juhi Huda and Lucy McAllister, have been awarded CARTSS Research grants (Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences) to fund their research at University of Colorado Boulder. Juhi Huda’s research project broadly investigates how … Continue reading
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Marisa McNatt Receives Beverly Sears Graduate Research Grant
CSTPR Graduate Student, Marisa McNatt was awarded a Beverly Sears Graduate Research Grant to fund her research at University of Colorado Boulder. Marisa’s research project will generate hypotheses and policy recommendations for improving U.S. offshore wind farm development processes. Specifically, … Continue reading
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