Rachel Sauer

  • portrait of Sean Carroll and book cover for The Serengeti Rules over photo of giraffes
    Author, filmmaker and scholar Sean B. Carroll, formerly a CU Boulder postdoctoral researcher, will deliver the Rose M. Litman Memorial Lecture in Science April 7.
  • dancers wearing black and yellow emulating bee movements
    Asia Kaiser, a bee researcher and ecology and evolutionary biology PhD candidate, is named social sciences category winner in the international Dance Your PhD contest sponsored by the journal Science.
  • two animated beavers from film Hoppers
    CU Boulder alumna Emily Fairfax shared her scientific expertise as the beaver consultant on the new Pixar film Hoppers.
  • people sitting at tables listening to speaker at brewpub
    The March 9 event at Rayback Collective in Boulder, open to all, invites scientists and non-scientists to gather for discussions of climate research.
  • painting of older Black man embracing younger Black man
    Multimedia Takin’ Up Space performance Feb. 21 at Fiske Planetarium will highlight historical, cultural, environmental and social justice narratives as an act of reclaiming Black spaces.
  • MacKenzie and Tanner Zurfluh in Fiske Planetarium
    For Fiske Planetarium off-site education lead and CU Boulder astrophysics alumna MacKenzie Zurfluh, the famed dome isn’t just where she works, but where she found love.
  • illuminated tent and campfire at sunset
    The world of campsite reservations is increasingly cutthroat, so why are so many campers not showing up? CU Boulder economist Jon Hughes applies numerical modeling to understand campground no-shows.
  • close-up of Wollemi pine tree branches
    CU Boulder alumni Judy and Rod McKeever donate a tree once considered extinct to the EBIO greenhouse, giving students a living example of modern conservation.
  • Four people standing on dais holding big checks
    Undergraduate students Josiah Gordon and Miles Woods formed a nonprofit to provide scholarships for students at their former high school, determined to make positive change in their community.
  • CU Boulder students in traditional Balinese garb
    Bali Global Seminar in Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship helps students see real-world work to balance tourism with environmental and cultural preservation.
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