Community Edition - Aug. 9, 2020

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: health clinic and Student Recreation Center openings; clear masks; early drop-off of student belongings; and more.

With students, faculty and staff preparing to return to campus this fall and some already on campus, CU Boulder is launching a public health awareness and accountability campaign called Protect Our Herd aimed at normalizing behaviors to curb the spread of COVID-19 on campus and in the broader community.

Webinars Aug. 6–12 feature some of CU Boulder’s top researchers working side-by-side with the campus's exceptional operations experts. The series highlights how the most up-to-date research is shaping campus operations during the pandemic.

Each webinar in this university coalition series will explore the best solutions to confront widespread environmental challenges, including wildfire management, urban green space, environmental justice and more.

Holocaust memory, social justice, food and American legal history take center stage this summer as part of a newly reimagined Peak to Peak series.

The worst of the COVID-19-induced recession may be in the rear-view mirror for Colorado businesses, according to a University of Colorado Boulder report Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold released on Aug. 5.

Attention to climate change has rapidly declined in recent months. That's concerning, say study authors who found that simply directing one's attention to an environmental risk—even briefly and involuntarily—makes people more concerned and willing to take action.

The Internet Research Agency, a troll-farm based in St. Petersburg, reached out to thousands of Twitter users in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election. Afterward, some may have changed their behavior online.