May 10, 2022: Keeping Colorado competitive in tech innovation; Improving mental health care

By Andrea Dukakis

May 10, 2022

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49min 55sec

This solar panel from 1980 is one of the oldest in National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Outdoor Test Facility. Today’s panels have square cells, which are cut from circular cells. Back in the early ‘80s material was so expensive that manufacturers couldn’t afford to lose any of it.

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Episode | 49:55

May 10, 2022: Keeping Colorado competitive in tech innovation; Improving mental health care

Segment 1 | 15:10
Investing in space, science, and technological innovation in Colorado
Segment 2 | 4:42
Reunited with a precious bracelet, a U.S. vet makes friends with the man who found and returned it after nearly 80 years

Colorado's a technical leader; Democratic Representatives Joe Neguse and Ed Perlmutter say Congress is in the position to ensure it stays that way. Then, Purplish examines efforts by state lawmakers to improve mental health care in Colorado. Later, a new chapter in a story of friendship 70 years in the making, thanks to a stolen bracelet.

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May 10, 2022: Keeping Colorado competitive in tech innovation; Improving mental health care

Investing in space, science, and technological innovation in Colorado

Reunited with a precious bracelet, a U.S. vet makes friends with the man who found and returned it after nearly 80 years

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To spread word of free tuition and boost low-income enrollment, a college goes on a Western Slope high school tour

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Uvalde Mariachi Band and Boulder Concert Chorale collaborate to spread healing through music

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