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Community Edition - Aug. 29, 2021

Discover What's Here

students dancing in innovative, multisensory performance

5 free performing arts events to check out this fall at CU Boulder

Performances & Concerts Events & Exhibits
Students are back on campus and classes have started, which means you can catch dozens of free performances by the College of Music and the Department of Theatre & Dance.
Takács Quartet

Take in a Takács Quartet performance Sept. 12–20

Performances & Concerts Events & Exhibits
The Grammy-winning Takács Quartet has moved audiences and sold out halls at CU Boulder for more than three decades. Join upcoming performances in person or tune in virtually.

Research in Your Backyard

Graduate student Teyha Stockman, right, shows off her homemade bell cover made from medical mask material that helps decrease aerosol spread on her clarinet

Simple safety measures reduce musical COVID-19 transmission

Science & Technology News Headlines
While playing musical instruments can emit potentially COVID-19-laden airborne particles, researchers have found that simple safety measures, such as masking instruments, social distancing and implementing time limits, significantly reduce this risk.
elementary students wearing masks in classroom

COVID has spurred investments in air filtration for K-12 schools—but it’s not an instant fix

The Conversation News Headlines
Air-ventilation upgrades have been badly needed in U.S. classrooms long before the pandemic. Low-tech, low-cost filtration systems can make a big difference. Professor Mark Hernandez shares on The Conversation.
A panorama of the Grand Canyon

Geologists dig into Grand Canyon’s mysterious gap in time

Climate & Environment News Headlines
Hundreds of millions of years' worth of rocks have gone missing from the Grand Canyon's geologic record. Geologists are trying to discover why.
Graphic of photons as particles and waves

New quantum 'stopwatch' can improve imaging technologies

Science & Technology News Headlines
Engineers have developed the most efficient device to date for counting single photons, or the tiny packets of energy that make up light.

In Focus

Rick George

Alliance could have dramatic, positive change on college athletics

Athletics Campus Community
Three of the nation's Power Five conferences—41 schools—have agreed to form an alliance that will provide leadership and guidance for some of the most pressing issues facing college athletics in a generation.
First year students attend 2021 Kickoff and Spirit Night at Folsom Field on Aug. 20, 2021. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

The week in photos: Welcoming students

Scene at CU Campus Community
Students got settled into the academic year at CU Boulder as classes began, participating not only in studies but also in a host of Fall Welcome activities, which continue through Sunday, Sept. 12.
Crystal Lay poses for a photo with Chip the costumed mascot.

In it to help students experience success⁠—Get to know Crystal Lay

Get to Know Staff in Focus Campus Community
She works with a team that helps make the CU Boulder campus home for over 10,000 occupants. She was key in this year's Buffs One Read program. And the grassy areas surrounding Williams Village are among her favorite spots. Learn more about Crystal Lay.

What We're Reading

COVID-19 campus updates: Aug. 26 edition

In-person ScienceWriters2021 events in Colorado postponed to 2023

U.S. Space Force, University of Colorado announce partnership

CU Boulder receives $1.1 million in EPA grants to reduce public exposure to wildland fire smoke

Sustainability seed grant builds new partnership between CU Boulder and Tuskegee University

CU Boulder to co-lead new research consortium to boost tech innovation

LASP duo takes you inside Emirates Mars Mission

International student reflects on COVID-19 experiences

Hearing not a loss for Holly Hunter

UROP scholars pushing boundaries in art and film

First-generation student paves own road at CU Boulder

CU alum creates robots to sort recyclables

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