Community Edition - Feb. 6, 2022

Free and open to the public, watch TED-style presentations on a variety of research topics by CU Boulder graduate students. The competitors will each describe their research in three minutes in front of a panel of judges and a live Zoom audience. The audience will vote for the winner of the people's choice award.

Although we experience biology daily, many struggle to see the connection. This can lead to low science literacy and hurt society as people either choose not to engage with major science issues, like climate change or public health, or fall victim to competing predatory information. So, what do we do?

Expressive, improvisational and swinging. On Feb. 21, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will bring a special night of music-making to Boulder audiences at Macky Auditorium. Get tickets and plan to attend.

Simu Liu, best known for his role in Marvel Studio’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” will speak on campus at 7 p.m. Feb. 23. Liu is hosted by the student-run Distinguished Speakers Board and Cultural Events Board. 

A comprehensive new report spearheaded by CU Boulder Sociology Professor Richard Rogers shows U.S. youth are far less likely to make it to their 25th birthday than their peers in wealthy nations, due largely to child poverty and a lack of social safety nets here. The authors are calling on policymakers to take "immediate and aggressive action."

Colorado’s economic momentum is expected to continue into 2022, according to the latest Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report prepared by the Leeds Business Research Division (BRD) at CU Boulder in conjunction with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.

Venture Partners at CU Boulder translates breakthrough research into economic and societal impact. Its newly released annual report details eye-popping results from faculty innovations in 2021.