A Celebration of Faculty Achievement and Scholarship
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Public Scholarship by CU Boulder Faculty
June Gruber
Inside Higher Ed:Burning Out
June Gruber, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, discussed faculty burnout. She said pandemic-related stressors, absent childcare and school and unrelenting or even accelerating work expectations from colleagues poses real and serious risk for mental health challenges of unprecedented scope.
Daniel Scheeres CBS4:CU Boulder And Lockheed Martin To Send 2 Suitcase-Sized Satellites To Study Binary Asteroids
CU Boulder and Lockheed Martin just got approval from NASA to lead a new space mission to capture the first-ever closeup look at binary asteroids. Daniel Scheeres, the principle investigator for the Janus mission, said these observations could open up a new window into how these bodies evolve and burst apart over time.
Joost de Gouw Science Magazine:It’s not just cars that make pollution. It’s the roads they drive on, too
A new study suggests fresh asphalt is a significant, yet overlooked, source of air pollution. Joost de Gouw, a chemistry professor who was not involved with the work, said this is one of the first papers that makes a quantitative connection between the gases from asphalt and aerosol formation in urban air.
Richard Han FOX31:Russian bots influence people’s behavior online, CU researchers find
Hundreds of thousands of Twitter users became more negative and mean, after interacting with Russian bot accounts leading up the 2016 presidential election, according to a new study led by Richard Han, a professor of computer science.
Kevin Welner Denver Post:Colorado schools work to keep students from leaving — and taking money with them
Kevin Welner, director of the National Education Policy Center, is not concerned about fall enrollment numbers, but rather what happens down the road. He said the budget crisis, tied to the economic downturn, seems likely to fester and could lead to a cycle of disenrollment and disinvestment in Colorado’s public schools.
Tiera Chantè Tanksley Diverse Issues in Higher Education:New Media, New Possibilities: How Social Media Is Shaping Today’s Social Movements
Tiera Chantè Tanksley, an assistant professor of educational foundations, policy and practice, explained how social media has made possible movements that are more democratically run. She said not having a centralized leader provides an entry point into a more intersectional and grassroots approach.
