Community Edition - Oct. 11, 2020

Former CU Boulder postdoc Jennifer Doudna smashes glass ceiling with historic Nobel win

Deadlines & Announcements Campus Community

Thirty years after beginning her training as a postdoctoral scholar in the CU Boulder lab of Nobel laureate Thomas Cech, biochemist Jennifer Doudna won her own Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the co-development of the revolutionary genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9.

In Focus

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COVID-19 campus updates: Oct. 8 edition

Safety Campus Community

Through the fall semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates, including stats and items of note. In this issue: a return to in-person and hybrid classes; new public health orders; a change to the hours at one testing site; and more.

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CU Boulder to participate in Colorado Free Application Day Oct. 13

Deadlines & Announcements Campus Community

In a statewide effort to reduce barriers to higher education, all 32 public universities in Colorado—including CU Boulder—and several private colleges will waive admissions application fees for state residents on Oct. 13.

Redesigned website showcases outreach programs

Deadlines & Announcements Education & Outreach Campus Community News Headlines

The Office for Outreach and Engagement has recently redesigned the CU Boulder Community Outreach and Engagement Programs website, which showcases nearly 200 outreach and engagement programs from every college and school.

Discover What's Here

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Music and the HIV/AIDS crisis: A pandemic discussion on Oct. 12

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

This public and interdisciplinary discussion will look at the intersection of music and the HIV/AIDS crisis in light of the global coronavirus pandemic.

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Boulder, Chicago graduate students launch forum to discuss 2020 election

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

A new series with events through Dec. 11—Talking Politics: Anthropologists and Linguists Analyze the 2020 Election—brings together experts to share their perspectives on political communication in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

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Streamlined Research & Innovation Week goes virtual Oct. 12–16

General Events & Exhibits

The 2020 streamlined edition will feature three virtual events that you’ll only be able to find at CU Boulder. Take a look at this year's events, which are free and open to the public.

Oct. 14 webinar addresses COVID-19’s effect on children, families, college students

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

Leading experts in psychology at CU Boulder, CU Anschutz and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are hosting a panel and Q&A about the profound impact the pandemic has had on the mental health of children, family and college students.

Carnival’s compliance journey: A talk on Oct. 14

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

Hear the inside story of the world’s largest cruise line operator. Peter Anderson, the corporation's ethics officer, will discuss overhauling ethics and compliance amidst a history of environmental crimes, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.

What keeps law firm leaders up at night? Learn more Oct. 14

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

Join the University of Colorado Law School for a virtual lecture presented by Amy DeVan, executive director of Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP. DeVan will elaborate on ethical issues related to the practice of law.

TEDxCU presents Countdown on Oct. 17

General Events & Exhibits

TED Countdown is a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action. Learn more about the Oct. 17 event.

Date change: On free speech and cancel culture–A talk Nov. 19

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

Join former New York Times opinion writer and editor Bari Weiss and Benson Center Director Daniel Jacobson in a presentation and discussion about free speech and today's cancel culture. Previously slated for October, this event has been rescheduled for Nov. 19.

Research in Your Backyard

Artist's depiction of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swooping toward Bennu to collect a sample of material from the asteroid's surface.

Scientists peer inside an asteroid

Space News Headlines

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft rendezvoused with the asteroid Bennu in late 2018. Now, researchers think they know what this chunk of space debris is like on the inside.

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Scholars aim to unlock mystery of the Mesoamerican collapse

Arts & Humanities News Headlines

A global team of researchers led by a CU Boulder professor has received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to study the classic-period collapse in Mesoamerica.