Community Edition - Oct. 25, 2020

Through the fall semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates, including stats and items of note. In this issue: A town hall to address spring semester plans; the new Buff Pass health check-in system; and more.

The unfathomable struck the Lyster family six months ago: Their son and brother, Cody, became the youngest person in Colorado to die from the coronavirus. Kevin Lyster, a sergeant in the CU Anschutz Police Department, and his family have a message to share.

The director of CU Boulder's Natural Hazards Center speaks from personal experience as an evacuee of the Calwood Fire when she warns others: "the time is now to make provisions for whatever risks you may face."

Join the Political Science Club and Pi Sigma Alpha for a moderated discussion with the candidates for the University of Colorado Board of Regents.

Join the University of Colorado Law School on Oct. 29 for a virtual fireside chat with Candi CdeBaca, who is known as a prominent voice in social justice issues such as the criminalization of poverty, environmental racism and the displacement of Denver's Black and brown communities.

The CU Boulder chamber music program will present small student ensembles in concert for an unforgettable performance of classic and modern chamber works.

Joe Biden and John Hickenlooper hold high single-digit leads in Colorado, according to the new Colorado Political Climate Survey released by the American Politics Research Lab at CU Boulder. The poll found that while the state's women are leaning overwhelmingly blue, Donald Trump holds a slight lead among Colorado men, and male voters are split evenly on the U.S. Senate race.

Diseases of the blood, like sickle cell disease, have traditionally taken at least a full day, tedious lab work and expensive equipment to diagnose, but researchers have developed a way to diagnose these conditions with greater precision in only one minute.

A new space mission will seek to better understand a time in the early universe when the first stars lived fast and hard, burning out and going supernova in the span of a few million years.

New research shows that as species across the world adjust where they live in response to climate change, they will come into competition with other species that could hamper their ability to keep up with the pace of this change.

Drone crashes are becoming more common than ever before. Engineers at the ATLAS Institute have built a robot that comes with its own inflatable "airbag."

During the pandemic, the practice of faith has moved to being a more personal one for many. Assistant Professor Sam Boyd, scholar of the Judeo-Christian tradition, discusses on The Conversation.