Community Edition - June 16, 2023
In Focus
What to know about the summer season and flash flooding
Summer in Colorado often means plenty of sunshine and great weather for outdoor activities, but it also brings the threat of flash floods and other extreme conditions. Want to learn more? Check out these health and safety reminders.
Play outside! Outdoor fitness options for a Boulder-based summer
Boulder offers a plethora of outdoor activities to improve your physical and mental fitness. Whether you prefer solo or group activities, here’s a list of some of the many fitness-based activities you can do outside this summer.
Discover What’s Here
Juneteenth celebration with Alice Faye Duncan set for June 19
In celebration of Juneteenth, world-renowned author Alice Faye Duncan will present a reading from her book "Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free." The multimedia presentation, which is free and open to the public, also includes acapella singing and is meant to spread the joy of music as it educates and offers an understanding of American history.
Let’s learn about plastic: CU Wizards season finale June 24
Join Professor Wei Zhang for this family-friendly event, a hands-on show all about plastics. Learn about the past, present and future of the sustainable recyclability of plastics. Last chance to take part in the CU Wizards 2022–23 season!
Research in Your Backyard
When it comes to treating resistant breast cancer, 2 drugs may be better than 1
New research shows that cancer cells can adapt in as little as one to two hours to new drugs called CDK2 inhibitors. The good news: Adding a second, widely available drug disables this workaround, squelching tumor growth.
Why must we protect nature? Because we can, philosopher says
In the book “The Wild and the Wicked,” philosophy professor Benjamin Hale argues that because people have the unique capacity to care for the environment, they have a moral obligation to do so.