Community Edition - Feb. 25, 2020
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Attend the chancellor’s annual summit, focusing on health and wellness
Taking place on March 3, the summit will focus on health and wellness, featuring presentations by faculty and staff, an expo and a reception for asking questions and gathering information.
CU Wizards: Learn about outer space rocks on March 7
Join a free family-friendly STEM show at Fiske Planetarium. You’ll learn about a researcher’s global travels in search of space rocks and how space rocks can tell fascinating stories of our neighboring planets.
Understanding the teen brain: Free public talk March 12
As part of Brain Awareness Week, Marie Banich will explore why teens think and act the way they do, what research shows is at the root of their behavior, how adolescent brains develop and more.
Research In Your Backyard
Height limits for ‘blade runners’ baseless, new study suggests
The governing body for the Paralympics recently lowered the allowable height for sprinters who use prosthetic legs, or blades, during competition. The rules are based on the assumption that the taller you are the faster you run, but a new study has found otherwise.
Brainwaves: Why you love your dog
Can animals feel complex emotions like grief? How can your pet save your life? How can it be easier when you lose a pet? All that and more in this episode of the Brainwaves podcast.
Let it snow: Researchers put cloud seeding to the test
For the first time, researchers have used radar and other tools to accurately measure the volume of snow produced through cloud seeding.
In Focus

Once an obscure literary genre, fanfiction is now giving a voice to the voiceless and inspiring a new, more diverse generation of computer scientists.