Community Edition - Dec. 10, 2019
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Celebrate Star Wars Night and the holidays at basketball games Dec. 10, Dec. 12
Whether you are one with "the force" or just full of holiday cheer, both Colorado basketball teams will have themed nights for their home games this week that will be quite the treat.
Former GOP, Dem congressmen stump for respectful discourse
In a Dec. 10 CU Boulder event, Bob Beauprez and Mark Udall will discuss how bipartisanship (and friendship) happen.
TEDxCUSalon: How to have difficult conversations with the people you love
This workshop on Dec. 16 will help participants navigate difficult conversations, emphasizing conflict resolution and de-escalation techniques.
Best-selling author Doris Kearns Goodwin to speak at CU Jan. 30
Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will speak at CU Boulder's Macky Auditorium on Thursday, Jan. 30, as part of the Leo Hill Leadership Speaker Series.
Research In Your Backyard
A ship frozen in the Arctic ice confronts the first big storm
A powerful winter storm swept over the German RV Polarstern icebreaker recently, tearing new cracks in the ice floe next to the ship, sending ice-based instruments adrift and forcing a rescue-and-reconstruction process that could take weeks of work by CU Boulder and other scientists.
Daring space mission gets its first look at the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has gotten closer to the sun than any other object designed and developed by humans—and CU Boulder scientists have been along for the ride.
In Focus
Cassandra Brooks is sharing her love and knowledge of the southernmost continent with a group of 100 intrepid women seeking to become global leaders in environmental sustainability.