Community Edition - Aug. 7, 2022
Discover What's Here
Rare glacier research notebooks now available digitally
Over 140 documents from notebooks and reports that feature first-person accounts of glacial landscapes from the 19th and 20th centuries are now available to the public through the CU Digital Library.
Get ready for CU night at the Rockies Aug. 12
Cheer on the Rockies as they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks. In addition to a seat at Coors Field, your ticket includes a collector’s T-shirt and a $2 donation to student scholarships. Before the game, join for a free pre-game reception at the alumni-owned Blake Street Tavern for appetizers, giveaways and more.
Abominations: Why hasn’t Lionel Shriver been canceled already?
Join Aug. 31 as controversial novelist and commentator Lionel Shriver, in conversation with Benjamin Teitelbaum, discusses her first nonfiction book “Abominations: Selected essays from a career of courting self-destruction.”
Research in Your Backyard
Oft-overlooked grasslands build biodiversity, resilience over centuries
The restoration of grassland ecosystems may need more of a guided, hands-on approach over time, according to a new review of global conservation efforts.
Report outlines emerging technologies to improve Colorado water management
A new report from CU Boulder and Colorado State University outlines how a variety of emerging technologies can help water managers, landowners and policymakers improve western water management in the face of severe, ongoing drought.
Illuminating the brain one neuron and synapse at a time—5 essential reads
From figuring out where memories are stored to how sensory information translates to behavior, new technologies are helping neuroscientists better understand how the brain works. Hear from several experts, including CU’s John Crimaldi, on The Conversation.
New center to allow explorations of human dimensions of environmental challenges
Bringing together social and environmental scientists, CIRES’ new Center for Social and Environmental Futures will facilitate cutting-edge research, education and outreach activities focused on the human dimensions of environmental problems.
In Focus

States around the country are moving to limit how teachers can talk about issues like race and racism in the classroom. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez urges educators not to shrink away from having these “difficult conversations.”