Community Edition - July 24, 2022

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‘Feral wolf howl’ play about girlhood premieres at CU Boulder

Performances & Concerts Events & Exhibits

Now through July 30, see the Pulitzer Prize finalist “Dance Nation” by Clare Barron performed in CU Boulder's Black Box Theater. The Colorado premiere features a host of students, alumni and faculty.

US Supreme Court review—a panel discussion Aug. 4

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

Join Colorado Law as a distinguished panel of former U.S. Supreme Court clerks and legal scholars discuss the notable cases the U.S. Supreme Court decided during the 2021–22 term and the impact of those decisions on practitioners.

Research in Your Backyard

A participant in the marshmallow test at CU Boulder

A new take on the ‘marshmallow test’: When it comes to resisting temptation, a child's cultural upbringing matters

Health & Society News Headlines

Fifty years after the famous ‘marshmallow test’ found that children who resist temptation do better on measures of life success, a study of preschoolers in Boulder and Japan reveals that what kids are willing to wait for depends on their cultural upbringing.

people playing with Tinycade cardboard controllers

How to turn throwaway cardboard into a DIY arcade game

Science & Technology News Headlines

With a project called Tinycade, graduate student Peter Gyory has set out to recreate that arcade parlor experience from childhood—entirely out of junk.

An adult prairie rattlesnake, one of the focal species in the study, raised up in defensive posture near a den site in Colorado.

To keep up with evolving prey, rattlesnakes tap genetically diverse venom toolbox

Science & Technology News Headlines

A new study of rattlesnakes in the western U.S. sheds light on how the reptiles evolve over time to keep up with prey resistance to their venom.

In Focus

Dom, Phil, and Alex Miceli on the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii

All in the family—3 brothers majoring in aerospace at CU Boulder

Students in Focus Campus Community

Phil, Alex and Dom Miceli have a lot in common, especially their choice in college education—the three brothers are all aerospace engineering students at CU Boulder.