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Community Edition - April 4, 2021

2021 CWA keynote speakers

Microsoft executive, Moms Demand Action founder to present at Conference on World Affairs

Conferences Events & Exhibits
Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Commercial Partner Gavriella Schuster and Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts will deliver keynote addresses at CU Boulder's 73rd Conference on World Affairs April 5–11.

2 Things to Know Today

Assistance center reopens to serve community at new, more long-term location

Boulder County, City of Boulder, Lafayette and Lyons to begin audible testing of countywide emergency sirens at 10 a.m. April 5

Discover What's Here

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CU's top startups garner $30K at New Venture Challenge specialty prize nights

Deadlines & Announcements Celebrate Campus Community
Winners representing all corners of campus were awarded $30,000 for competitions in the categories of impact, newcomer and female founder. The New Venture Challenge championships will be held April 13.

Research in Your Backyard

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New online network connects and supports Colorado’s rural entrepreneurs

Business & Entrepreneurship Buffs Together News Headlines
Many of Colorado's small towns are losing young people as they follow job opportunities in bigger cities. But a new effort is trying to reinvigorate the economies of these tight-knit communities.
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Colorado business confidence rebounding to record levels

Business & Entrepreneurship News Headlines
Business leaders around the state are feeling increasingly hopeful about Colorado's economy, a response to increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and the easing of public health restrictions.
CU Boulder student Olivia Parsons getting a COVID-19 shot

Do COVID vaccines prevent transmission? CU Boulder kicks off national trial

Health & Society News Headlines
CU Boulder was the first site to roll out a federally-funded study led by the COVID-19 Prevention Network at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Study leaders vaccinated 11 of the roughly 700 CU Boulder student volunteers who will ultimately participate.
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Not a moment to waste: How a resource beneath our campus has been key during COVID-19

Science & Technology News Headlines
A dedicated team of faculty, staff and students has been working around the clock since the start of the fall semester to monitor the virus that causes COVID-19 in our campus wastewater. It's been critical to keeping campus safe during this pandemic, and systems like it could even help us catch the next one.

In Focus

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COVID-19 campus updates: April 1 edition

Safety Campus Community
Through the spring semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates. In this issue: fall semester to mark return to more traditional in-person experience; CU to continue to prioritize earlier vaccine eligibility phases as state distribution expands April 2; more.
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How to cope when emotions are raw and people may be feeling so many different things

Mind & Body Faculty in Focus Campus Community
Grief, anger, powerlessness and worry––in a tragic event, all of these emotions are valid and some may feel all of them over time, says Sona Dimidjian, director of the Renée Crown Wellness Institute. Learn more.
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CEDaR food bank project helps with logistical issues during pandemic

Deadlines & Announcements Buffs Together Campus Community
In this collaboration, the Community Engagement, Design and Research Center and the Denver Department of Health & Environment are jointly tackling how to best manage information and activities among dozens of small and large Denver food banks during times of increased demand.

Research/On the Move

Professor Barbara Demmig-Adams wins 2021 Hazel Barnes Prize

Buff Innovator Insights podcast: New episode features Lori Peek

Research on soil moisture aims to improve irrigation models

Heat waves could cause 10 times more crop damage than now projected

How years of international collaboration led to Hope circling Mars

JILA theoretical physicists predict quantum interactions within 3D molecules

CU Hyperloop team 'digs in' for chance at victory

CU Sounding Rocket Lab: On a mission to space

What We're Reading

From Chief Jokerst: Supporting our community in many ways

Photos: Student group hosts rally to honor March 22 victims

Sign up for Grad Appreciation Days events (class of 2020, too)

University leaders laud federal congressional efforts to codify DACA, clear green card backlogs

Grad programs earn high marks in 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings

Search underway to fill vice chancellor for advancement position at CU Boulder

The Conversation: 2 stereotypes that diminish the humanity of the Atlanta shooting victims—and all Asian Americans

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