Community Edition - Aug. 7, 2018
Scholarships, endowments, faculty chairs and major giving were standouts among CU Boulder gifts and fundraising in the 2017–18 fiscal year.
Discover What's Here
Conference on media and religion bringing international scholars to Boulder
Hoping to break the silos between academia and public life, scholars from 32 countries will gather Aug. 8 to Aug. 11 to explore the relationship between media, religion and scholarship.
Looking to learn a language?
Begin, continue or extend your language adventure. With no stress from earning a grade, the only priority is learning. This fall, dive into French, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Indonesian, Swedish, Thai or Tibetan.
Offering Shakespeare classes for kids and teens this fall
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival offers after-school classes for kids and teens. Boost your child's brainpower with Shakespeare!
OpenCon Boulder coming Sept. 7
Want to support more affordable textbooks for students and open research for faculty? Come to the free event, OpenCon Boulder, on Sept. 7. Register by Aug. 31.
In Focus
Honeybees fan their wings to cool down hives when temperatures rise, but a new study suggests older honeybees influence the fanning behavior of younger bees.
Research in Your Backyard
Nobel Prize-winning atomic research debuts in space
Research pioneered at JILA is now up and running on a NASA experiment to explore exotic states of matter on the International Space Station.
Rain-on-snow flood risk to increase in many U.S. mountain regions
Flooding caused by rain falling on snowpack could more than double by the end of this century in some areas of the western U.S. and Canada due to climate change.