Community Edition - Aug. 16, 2020
In Focus
Road Map to Fall 2020: Aug. 13 update
As the campus community prepares for the start of the academic year, the implementation teams of the Road Map to Fall 2020 share regular updates. In this issue: the new campus operating status dashboard, dining options, Protect Our Herd signage and more.
How an ultra-fast screening test and a team of contact tracers aim to keep campus safe
Before ever entering a residence hall, students moving to campus will spit in a tube, hand it over and wait just 45 minutes for their COVID-19 test results.
CU Boulder, Jeffco Schools Foundation announce scholarships
A new partnership among CU Boulder, the Jeffco Schools Foundation, The Ball Foundation and other industry and individual donors will leverage Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative funding to provide more than $860,000 in scholarships.
CU Boulder, Fort Lewis College announce new postdoctoral teaching fellowship
This new collaborative program between the two institutions looks to ultimately improve teaching across the state.
Scientist reflects on the joys and challenges of being a Black nature lover
An encounter in May now called the "Central Park birdwatching incident" ignited a national conversation about whether Black people are welcome in natural areas. It's a discussion that hit home for Shaz Zamore.
Alumni hit the road for yearlong cross-country bike tour
For 31 years, Rob Drugan has taught a course on behavioral medicine at Brown University and the University of New Hampshire. Last year, he decided to take his course—which focuses on the benefits of exercise—across the continental U.S., traveling by bike with Connie Eppich.
The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. Ventilation and filtration techniques hold the key to slowing the spread indoors. Mechanical engineering professor Shelly Miller shares on The Conversation.
Research in Your Backyard
Colorado to lose 128,500 jobs in 2020, report forecasts
The Colorado economy will lose thousands of jobs in 2020, according to a new report from the Business Research Division at CU Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulfur in the environment
New research identifies fertilizer and pesticide applications to croplands as the largest source of sulfur in the environment—up to 10 times higher than the peak sulfur load seen in the second half of the 20th century, during the days of acid rain.
Discover What's Here
Film aficionados unite at CU Boulder’s first Mimesis Documentary Festival
The Mimesis Documentary Festival Aug. 12–18 is bringing together filmmakers and film buffs for an immersive week of screenings and discussions—open to the campus community and the general public.