Community Edition - June 26, 2022

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STEM camps for middle, high schoolers coming July 18–22

Including a new machine learning class offered in Spanish, the Innovation Center of the St. Vrain Valley Schools is collaborating with CU Boulder, Northrop Grumman and IBM to offer high-quality STEM camps in Longmont. Students can choose from several tracks.

Host a reunion this Homecoming

Getting Involved Campus Community

Were you part of a special group of people at CU Boulder? Host a reunion with them during Homecoming Oct. 27–29. Reunions registered with the Alumni Association by July 1 receive marketing and event support and CU swag.

Research in Your Backyard

People wave LGBTQ+ flags in front of the U.S. Capitol Building

From 'Don’t Say Gay' to bathrooms and sports: How debates over LGBTQ+ rights impact kids

Education & Outreach News Headlines

Elizabeth Meyer has spent her career working with teachers and students to study how school policies can help or harm LGBTQ+ youth. In this Q&A, she weighs in on the wave of legislation around the country targeting the rights of transgender and nonbinary kids.

In Stanley Cup final, an avalanche of demand sends ticket prices soaring

Business & Entrepreneurship News Headlines

With the National Hockey League's playoffs in the final round, an analytics expert with the Leeds School of Business says teams’ box-office strategies are “leaving a lot of money on the table” for resellers.

Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone

Science & Technology News Headlines

The Living Materials Laboratory is scaling up the manufacture of carbon-neutral cement as well as cement products, which can slowly pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it.

Newly documented population of polar bears sheds light on species’ future

Climate & Environment News Headlines

A new population of polar bears documented on the southeast coast of Greenland use glacier ice to survive, despite limited access to sea ice. This small, genetically distinct group of polar bears could be important to the future of the species in a warming world.

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Konrad Steffen with ice covering his mustache

Glacier named for Konrad Steffen, former CIRES director

Climate & Environment News Headlines

The Greenland Place Name Committee has named a glacier “Sermeq Konrad Steffen” after the late Konrad Steffen, former director of CIRES, who made exceptional contributions to Greenlandic society and science.

What We're Reading

CU regents approve 2022–23 budget

Federal Pell Grants mark 50th anniversary

Despite pandemic, students open doors

Major gift to enhance diversity of life-science researchers

CU to participate in mission to explore moon’s mysterious Gruithuisen Domes

From the Archives

On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision on Roe v. Wade, triggering laws in multiple states that will make abortion illegal in most circumstances. Take a look back at recent expert insights from CU Boulder researchers, addressing potential impacts of the decision, how religions around the world approach abortion and more.

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Community Edition - June 26, 2022

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