Community Edition - Oct. 22, 2019
Discover What's Here
Trailblazer in public interest communications to visit, speak at CU Boulder
Ann Christiano of the University of Florida will be on campus Oct. 23 to present "The Science of Making People Care," an interactive talk at 1:30 p.m. at Old Main Chapel.
What’s the devil got to do with us today?
Elaine Pagels, a scholar who argues that early Christians invented the devil, will discuss the origins of Satan in Christianity and Satan’s role in humanity’s social history at an event on Oct. 24.
Classic holiday film gets Heggie and Scheer’s operatic treatment
Esteemed composer Jake Heggie and renowned librettist Gene Scheer’s brand new opera “It’s a Wonderful Life” returns home to the Eklund Opera Program and Macky Auditorium after being workshopped at CU NOW in 2016.
Research in Your Backyard
Study finds no link between youth contact sports and cognitive, mental health problems
Adolescents who play contact sports, including football, are no more likely to experience cognitive impairment, depression or suicidal thoughts in early adulthood than their peers, suggests a new study of nearly 11,000 youth followed for 14 years.
Playing through pain: Keeping musicians in the game
Student-athletes aren’t the only ones on campus who can be felled by injury. CU Boulder’s College of Music is leading the charge to treat and—more importantly—to prevent repetitive injuries to musicians.
Daylight saving time: How the time switch could be killing you
We fall back to standard time pretty soon, the first weekend of November. But time might be up for daylight saving time.
Burning up: CU researchers use unique tunnel to study wildfires
Researchers are using computations and experiments in a new sloping wind tunnel to study how wildfires form and move across different landscapes.
In Focus

CU Boulder and NOAA scientists joined a panel discussion Thursday night following a screening of Ice on Fire, an HBO documentary.