Community Edition - June 16, 2020
Campus Community
Chancellor Philip DiStefano supports SCOTUS LGBTQ+ civil rights decision
In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender employees. Chancellor Philip DiStefano supported the ruling, which extends to millions of employees around the country.
Discover What's Here
Webinar June 18 to examine shifts in Asia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
What sorts of longer-term economic, political, social and cultural changes has the pandemic ushered in for different regions and countries in Asia? Join to learn more.
Research in Your Backyard
Mathematician on the front lines of Colorado’s coronavirus response
David Bortz is a member of Colorado's COVID-19 Modeling Team, a group of researchers from across the state who have assembled to get in front of the coronavirus.
One silver lining: Sleep improving under stay-at-home orders
Students are sleeping about a half-hour more each night and keeping more regular sleep hours. That's positive news, said study authors, as sleep is key to maintaining overall health, including a robust immune system that can fight off viruses.
As rare animals disappear, scientist faces ‘ecological grief’
As the wilds around Joanna Lamberts research sites in Africa and North America have vanished, the conservation biologist has struggled to keep hopeful amid the losses.
Marijuana concentrates sharply spike THC levels but don’t necessarily get users higher
Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more than twice as much as smoking conventional weed, but it doesn’t necessarily get you higher, according to a new study. The research also found that memory and balance are impaired immediately after using cannabis, but those impairments subside in an hour.
In Focus
College of Music professor Michael Thornton and some of the CU Horn Studio took their classical musical chops to the modern world of social media. They pulled inspiration from the wildly popular platform TikTok.