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Community Edition - April 18, 2021

Discover What's Here

CU Boulder campus and Flatirons aerial photo

New slate of webinars explore economic recovery, COVID-19 for marginalized communities, more

Workshops & Seminars Events & Exhibits
The Leeds School of Business is offering additional webinars in April, covering everything from how Black youth leverage technology to what to expect in the economic recovery from COVID-19 and more.
A robot on Mars

Mars exploration in 2021 and beyond: Learn more May 5

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits
In this talk, LASP scientist and MAVEN principal investigator Bruce Jakosky will discuss recent, ongoing and future Mars exploration, international collaboration, possible human missions and whether we can change the Martian climate to better allow humans to survive on the surface.

Research in Your Backyard

tao tangles in the brain

How a tangled protein kills brain cells, promotes Alzheimer's

Health & Society News Headlines
More than 70% of neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and the concussion-related disorder CTE, are believed to be fueled by protein clusters called tau aggregates. A new study sheds light on how they damage brain cells, and could ultimately lead to new therapies for such "tauopathies."
Students sit on the house

A house run on the sun: How a team of CU students SPARC-ed advances for modern mountain housing

Science & Technology News Headlines
A modest new house in Fraser, Colorado—considered the coldest town in the lower-48—is no ordinary home. With it, a team of Buffs will compete this week in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon for the first time since 2007.
Students talking

What’s in a word: New track explores the role of language in social life

Health & Society News Headlines
Language is part of who we are and everything we do, but what we do has significantly changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chase Raymond, associate professor of linguistics, sheds some light on how linguistics applies to our everyday lives and how the way we communicate adapts to new challenges.
Painting of army invading the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan

Across centuries and diseases, poverty, conflict and racism fuel pandemics

Health & Society News Headlines
The current COVID-19 pandemic and other disease outbreaks aren't just biological phenomena, a team of archaeologists argue—these events are also shaped by the broader welfare of human societies.
The Iberá Seedeater, an endangered songbird, acting aggressively toward a fake bird as part of the behavioral experiment conducted by Sheela Turbek. (Photo provided)

Endangered songbird challenging assumptions about evolution

Climate & Environment News Headlines
By looking at this newly emerged bird, a CU Boulder-led research team found an ‘evolutionary shortcut’ for speciation.

In Focus

The memorial service for Teri Leiker is held at the CU Events Center on April 9, 2021.

Campus remembers shooting victims

Campus Community
For more than a decade, generations of CU Boulder students, faculty and staff made acquaintance with one of the best friends they could ever have. And through the support of people around the country, her legacy will live on for years to come.
Female CU Boulder police officers

Working to build accountability, transparency and trust, CUPD turns to campus community, public safety experts

Safety Inclusive Excellence Campus Community
Public safety agencies, including the University of Colorado Police Department under the leadership of Chief Doreen Jokerst, are reassessing how to serve the communities they are sworn to serve and protect through greater transparency, accountability and trust.

What We're Reading

CU Boulder, Blue 84 partner on Boulder Strong T-shirt

COVID-19 campus updates: April 15 edition

Join fellow Buffs, neighbors for University Hill cleanup April 20

Class of 2021: Important details about commencement

From vaccines to plants: New Venture Challenge finalists focus on saving lives

Is the end of the death penalty in sight? Michael Radelet says ‘yes’

Unpacking CU’s tuition buy-down proposal: 5 questions for Chief Financial Officer Carla Ho’a

Nation’s biggest science communications conference back on at CU

ProPublica’s Series on NYPD impunity wins 2021 Al Nakkula Award

CU Police Department pledges to advance women in policing

Federal office launches review of Title IX regulations in response to executive order

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