Community Edition - July 24, 2022
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‘Feral wolf howl’ play about girlhood premieres at CU Boulder
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
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 new take on the ‘marshmallow test’: When it comes to resisting temptation, a child's cultural upbringing matters
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.
How to turn throwaway cardboard into a DIY arcade game
With a project called Tinycade, graduate student Peter Gyory has set out to recreate that arcade parlor experience from childhood—entirely out of junk.
To keep up with evolving prey, rattlesnakes tap genetically diverse venom toolbox
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
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.