Community Edition - Nov. 19, 2019
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Action-packed weekend ahead for Colorado Athletics
Colorado volleyball, football and women’s basketball are all home this week. Get details and tickets.
‘The Government’s Speech and the Constitution’ featured in Dec. 3 event
The 45th annual Austin W. Scott Jr. Lecture will feature Professor Helen Norton discussing the uses and abuses of the government’s expressive powers through the lens of constitutional law. Register now.
Tour the CU Boulder supercomputer
Did you know CU Boulder has a supercomputer on campus? Come and join Research Computing for snacks and a tour on Dec. 6.
Cyberinfrastructure expert to speak at Norlin Library on Nov. 20
This month, the Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship will host John Kozubik, systems designer and network engineer of rsync.net.
Research in Your Backyard
Mantis shrimp vs. disco clams: Colorful sea creatures do more than dazzle
Pow! These underwater animals can punch through glass and create underwater shockwaves. And we’re studying them on campus.
Climate may have helped crumble one of the ancient world’s most powerful civilizations
New research suggests it was climate-related drought that built the foundation for the collapse of one of the most powerful civilizations in the ancient world—the Assyrian Empire, whose heartland was based in today’s northern Iraq.
Climate change already damaging health of world’s children
A new report finds that children are at serious risk from a number of climate change impacts, including crop failures and worsening air quality.
In Focus
Josh Tacca, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, worked with prosthetists in Quito, Ecuador, last summer making prosthetic sockets using a 3D scanner and recycled plastic bottles.