Community Edition - June 26, 2018

The live album, which the CU Symphony Orchestra recorded with folk duo the Indigo Girls in April 2017 at Macky Auditorium, will be released on June 29.
Discover What's Here
Do you have a budding piano player?
The College of Music offers youth lessons. The opportunity to teach is beneficial for CU piano students, and young pianists in the area get to come to campus and learn from scholars.
See 'The Light Shines On' film at metro-area screenings through June 28
With events in Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs, join the Alumni Association for the inspiring history of CU Boulder in a new 30-minute film, Q&A with the producer, and free drinks and appetizers.
Research in Your Backyard
Researchers find last of universe's missing ordinary matter
CU Boulder scientists are part of an international team that may have answered a long-running mystery called the "missing baryon problem."
How wildfires contaminate drinking water sources
Wildfires can pollute streams and watersheds through the mobilization of sediments and other matter, straining the capabilities of downstream municipal treatment facilities.
In Focus
Leading toy maker Sphero acquires CU Boulder-bred startup Specdrums
Specdrums is a student-founded company that was CU Boulder’s 2018 New Venture Challenge champion. The technology involves app-controlled wearable rings that can turn color into sound.
Faculty in Focus: Ultrarunning scientist helps amputee athletes beat the odds
Alena Grabowski is helping a new generation of athletes imagine what's possible and address the controversial question: Should runners with prosthetic legs be able to compete alongside non-amputees?
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From the Chancellor: A statement on today's Supreme Court travel ban ruling
George King selected by Phoenix Suns in 2018 NBA draft
Bike to Work Day is around the corner
'Thanks' goes out to the community for a successful commencement
For parents: Cognitive Development Center offers fun research projects for kids
CU Boulder enhances parental leave policy, offering 6 weeks with pay
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At the regents' regular meetings last week on the CU Boulder campus, the board heard a paid parental leave update, approved a new online degree and approved new departments. The board also approved the operating budget and a head coach contract extension.