Community Edition - March 12, 2019
Discover What's Here
CU brings brain awareness events to campus, community
From brain-related research talks to a Community Brain Expo Day, the Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium is hosting a week of free events March 10–19 to raise awareness of brain health.
Recent challenges and threats to human rights, a discussion March 14
Anna Spain Bradley’s talk will focus on the connection between America’s civil rights movement and the promotion of human rights under international law, challenges and the deepening of relationships among communities.
Irish leader to discuss ‘Brexit’ impacts at CU Boulder event
A prominent member of the Irish government will discuss the impact of “Brexit” in a presentation March 15 on campus. The event is free and open to all, but registration is required.
Were the ancient Maya space pilots? Not even close, prof says
“Pseudo-archaeology” will be the subject of an anthropologist’s CU on the Weekend talk on March 16.
Zap! CU Wizards explores electricity and magnetism March 16
Physics professors Alysia Marino and Daniel Bolton reveal the magic of electric charges and magnets. What is going on inside an electric circuit? Come see this and more for yourself.
Research in Your Backyard
Arctic change has widespread impacts
As the Arctic warms faster than the rest of the globe, permafrost, land ice and sea ice are disappearing at unprecedented rates.
In Focus

For a display recognizing International Women's Day, University Libraries put out the call, and the campus community responded. The question: Who are your favorite female storytellers?
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Brainwaves Podcast
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Brainwaves is CU Boulder's new podcast exploring big ideas, from what is love to cheating in sports. This week, we're talking about artificial intelligence and "teaching computers to be good people." Google's Abigail Posner chimes in on the future of artificial intelligence, some of its limits and when ethics cross the line.