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Community Edition - Oct. 25, 2020

In Focus

A Protect Our Herd–face covering required sign at the entrance of Farrand Field

COVID-19 campus updates: Oct. 22 edition

Safety Campus Community
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.
Kevin and Lee Ann Lyster

In grief, family has a message: Take COVID-19 seriously

Safety Buffs Together Campus Community
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.
Lori Peek

Natural Hazards Center director recounts evacuation amid wildfires, urges preparedness

Faculty in Focus Campus Community
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."

Discover What's Here

A donkey and elephant, representing the U.S. major political parties

Candidate Q&A: Hear from the CU Board of Regents contenders on Oct. 27

General Events & Exhibits
Join the Political Science Club and Pi Sigma Alpha for a moderated discussion with the candidates for the University of Colorado Board of Regents.
Denver City Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca

Join a fireside chat with Denver councilwoman Candi CdeBaca

General Events & Exhibits
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.
Students performing on stage

Watch the chamber music showcase's performance online on Nov. 6

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

Research in Your Backyard

A person putting a ballot into a ballot box

Colorado survey shows red-blue gender divide, concerns about Election Day violence

Law & Politics News Headlines
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.
Acousto Thermal Shift Assay devices being assembled

New technology diagnoses sickle cell disease in record time

Health & Society Science & Technology News Headlines
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.
Artist's depiction of the SPRITE CubeSat orbiting Earth.

New CubeSat will observe the remnants of massive supernovas

Space News Headlines
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.
Flour beetles

Tiny beetles a bellwether of ecological disruption by climate change

Climate & Environment News Headlines
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.
PufferBot approaches a bystander with its shield extended.

Pufferfish-inspired robot could improve drone safety

Science & Technology News Headlines
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."
A pastor conducts online services from the basement of her home

COVID-19 shines a light on the millennia-old balance between public, private worship

The Conversation News Headlines
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.

What We're Reading

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CU Boulder ranks No. 2 in world for geosciences, No. 59 overall in global standings

Libraries podcast explores how to spot misinformation

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