Community Edition - Oct. 13, 2023

We are horrified and saddened by the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. We stand against all acts of violence and human suffering, and recognize the profound effects of the crisis on people living in the region, as well as Israeli and Palestinian scholars and students here in Colorado and around the world. Read the full statement.

Longstanding conflicts and the latest Israel-Hamas war have recent and deep historical roots. Hilary Falb Kalisman gives her take on how things escalated, political and regional contexts, policy implications and more.

How did so many Hamas missiles penetrate Israel’s state-of-the-art air defense system? CU Boulder aerospace engineer Iain Boyd explains on The Conversation.

Osi Sladek from Slovakia, whose family later settled in Israel, will give testimony about his and his parent’s suffering and survival in the Holocaust in the Slovak-Hungarian-Polish borderlands. The program will be followed by a Q&A and a book signing.

The CU Boulder School of Education and the Boulder Book Store invite teachers, students, families, librarians and all who enjoy children’s literature to join free events featuring authors, illustrators and more.

Associate Justice Sabrina McKenna will address the historical and continued importance of state constitutions in the protection of civil, criminal and environmental rights, especially considering the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision and the existential threat of climate change. This talk is free and open to the public.

Comedian, actor and musician Vir Das will speak at CU Boulder at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom.

During a panel at Science Writers 2023, CU researchers warned the Dobbs decision, which repealed the constitutional right to an abortion, could also limit access to birth control.

A study of century-old bones from an Ohio museum reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the deadly influenza pandemic, like COVID, hit the frail the hardest.

Atmospheric scientist Joost de Gouw tackles the public’s ‘need to know’ following the Marshall Fire with scientific evidence related to air quality in a talk at ScienceWriters 2023 at CU Boulder.