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COVID-19 campus updates: Sept. 17 edition

Through the fall semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates, including stats and items of note. In this issue: a new testing site, isolation space on campus, city action and more.

Singing unmasked, indoors spreads COVID-19 through aerosols, new study confirms

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Singing unmasked, indoors spreads COVID-19 through aerosols, new study confirms

Singing indoors, unmasked, can swiftly spread COVID-19 via microscopic airborne particles known as aerosols, confirms a new peer-reviewed study of a March choir rehearsal that became one of the nation’s first superspreading events. Read more

Scientists identify gene family key to unlocking vertebrate evolution

New CU Boulder-led research finds the traits that make vertebrates distinct from invertebrates were made possible by the emergence of a new set of genes 500 million years ago. Read more

The Slink Fire burning east of Modesto, California, in September 2020. (Photo: U.S. Forest Service)

Humans behind almost all fires threatening homes

People are starting almost all the wildfires that threaten U.S. homes, according to an innovative new analysis combining housing and wildfire data. Read more

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Feed the Stampede program available to all CU students

The Feed the Stampede Food Assistance program is meant to help undergraduate and graduate students experiencing food insecurity and to provide services, referrals and education so students can thrive academically. Read more

Gate arms to limit vehicle traffic through central campus

Several gate arms will restrict private vehicle traffic to help safely move bike traffic off of sidewalks, reduce congestion on sidewalks and allow for easier physical distancing. Read more

Business, engineering students join challenge supporting empowerment of women

The Leeds School's Business and Engineering Tech Scholars are entering the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge, which will award $40 million in grants to help increase women’s influence and power in the United States by 2030. Read more

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Watch Boys State, a virtual screening by A24 at CU Boulder

On Sept. 24, see the documentary that takes an entertaining and revealing look into a week-long annual program in which a thousand of high school seniors gather for an elaborate mock exercise: to build their own state government. Read more

Join Sept. 21: Exploring implicit and explicit bias

It's not a question of if we have biases. Rather, it's what biases do we have? Hosted by the Graduate School in partnership with Colorado State University and open to all students, including undergraduates, this session includes an exploration of how to combat biases with awareness and skills. Read more

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Graduate student government to host regent candidate Callie Rennison

The Graduate and Professional Student Government is hosting a forum with Callie Rennison, a candidate for CU regent, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 21. Participants may submit questions ahead of time. Read more

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COVID-19 campus updates: Sept. 17 edition

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Singing unmasked, indoors spreads COVID-19 through aerosols, new study confirms

Scientists identify gene family key to unlocking vertebrate evolution

Humans behind almost all fires threatening homes

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Feed the Stampede program available to all CU students

Gate arms to limit vehicle traffic through central campus

Business, engineering students join challenge supporting empowerment of women

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Watch Boys State, a virtual screening by A24 at CU Boulder

Join Sept. 21: Exploring implicit and explicit bias

Graduate student government to host regent candidate Callie Rennison

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