Community Edition - Oct. 15, 2019

Recent weeks have been busy at CU Boulder, including everything from the 2019 fall convocation celebrating faculty to Family Weekend and the first snowflakes of the fall semester. Check out a collection of photos highlighting these events and more!
Discover What's Here
Colorado soccer is home on Saturday
On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Colorado soccer team will play a home game against Arizona State.
Expert panels, student showcases to headline Research & Innovation Week Oct. 14–18
Join this free and open event including everything from expert panels to TED-style talks, film screenings, poster sessions, lightning talks and performances.
Check out surplus property, equipment at the campus auction Oct. 19
Items will include computers, furniture, lab equipment, athletics equipment and more, with preview opportunities available for departments on Oct. 17 and for the public on Oct. 18.
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich to speak at CU Oct. 24
Kasich, currently a CNN senior political contributor, will speak at CU Boulder’s Macky Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 24. He is being hosted by the student-led Cultural Events Board.
Research in Your Backyard
Halloween: Why we get joy from fear
Why do we get such a kick out of jumping out of our skin? In this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we talk to horror writer Stephen Graham Jones. Plus, we find out how the Halloween business works with Greg Reinke, a costume shop owner.
Facial recognition software has a gender problem
Facial analysis software is becoming increasingly prevalent for marketing and security, but new research shows it gets the gender of trans men wrong nearly 40% of the time and misgenders nonbinary individuals 100% of the time.
In Focus

A new partnership between CU Boulder and a local school district is helping kids to tell stories using digital tools—and they’re having fun re-imagining old fairy tales in the process.