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Tipoffs for Boulder, Colorado (State) Newsletter for Tuesday April 23, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Colo. Senate Democrats: Bill to Revitalize Colorado's Community Solar Program, Set Standards for Equitable Clean Energy Policy Clears Committee
DENVER, Colorado, April 23 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Legislation to revitalize Colorado's community solar program and set new standards for equitable clean energy policy cleared the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee today. Sponsored by Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, and Chris Hansen, D-Denver, SB24-207 would put Colorado in a strong position to leverage hundreds of millions of federal dollars from the Inflation Re  more

People, not design features, make a robot social
ITHACA, New York, April 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: It takes a village to nurture social robots. Researchers who develop social robots - ones that people interact with - focus too much on design features and not enough on sociological factors, like human-to-human interactions, the contexts where they happen and cultural norms involving robots, according to an award-winning paper from Cornell and Indiana University scholars who specialize in human-robot interaction. "  more

University of Colorado: Regents Approve 2024-25 Tuition, Fees, and Compensation
DENVER, Colorado, April 23 -- The University of Colorado issued the following news: The University of Colorado Board of Regents met at CU Denver for its April meeting, where the regents approved aspects of the 2024-25 budget, engaged with a student panel, and held a deep-dive conversation on research. Tuition, fees, and compensation scenarios for 2024-25 Increased state funding and spring enrollment that was stronger than expected in February framed CU Denver's revised budget proposal for t  more