Community Edition - Sept. 18, 2022

Registration is now open for virtual and in-person attendance at the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit. The first-of-its-kind summit will bring thought leaders, youth activists, scientific, political, educational, cultural and industry experts from around the world to campus.
Discover What's Here
Ways to participate in Banned Books Week Sept. 18–24
Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community in shared support of the freedom to seek and express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. Join the University Libraries.
Distinguished professor series kicks off Sept. 21 with David Korevaar
The CU Boulder Retired Faculty Association's distinguished professor series kicks off with pianist David Korevaar in a performance that can be enjoyed in person or virtually.
Beginning Sept. 21, seminar series to explore nexus of art, activism
Kicking off with two days on hip-hop and social justice, the new Art, Activism and Engaged Humanities series will boast everything from musical performances to poetry, printmaking and speeches throughout the year—a cross-disciplinary effort to make the humanities more accessible to the public.
Renée Crown Wellness Institute grand opening Oct. 14
You're invited to an open house celebrating the grand opening of the Renée Crown Wellness Institute. Enjoy interactive experiences and refreshments. Families and kids are welcome.
Tribal courts and Indian country justice the topics of Oct. 18 lecture
Join Colorado Law as Angela Riley, chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma and professor at UCLA, discusses Native nations as the “third sovereign,” marking the 11th John Paul Stevens Lecture.
Research in Your Backyard
Why it took so long to recognize the airborne transmission of COVID-19
Millions of people died of the coronavirus because institutions and people took too long to recognize it was primarily airborne, and a new study traces back that deadly resistance.
How TikTok has changed the music industry
TikTok has become a go-to platform for discovering new music, but many musicians say the app interferes with their artistic integrity. CU instructor and musician Mike Barnett discusses how TikTok has changed the music industry, for better and for worse.
To study impacts of longer, hotter summers, ecologists haul 5,000 pounds of sand up a mountain
An annual experiment based out of CU Boulder’s century-old Mountain Research Station aims to measure the effects of warming temperatures and faster snowmelt on alpine ecosystems by coating snowpack with thousands of pounds of black sand.