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Community Edition - Sept. 20, 2020

A person walks by the Los Seis de Boulder sculpture on the CU Boulder campus.

Los Seis de Boulder sculpture to remain at CU as part of university archives

Deadlines & Announcements Inclusive Excellence Campus Community
The Los Seis de Boulder sculpture installed on the CU Boulder campus last year will remain at CU as part of the permanent collection in the University Libraries’ Special Collections, Archives and Preservation department.

In Focus

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

COVID-19 campus updates: Sept. 17 edition

Safety Campus Community
Through the fall semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates, including stats and items of note. In this issue: a new testing site, isolation space on campus, city action and more.

Discover What's Here

A scene from Boys State, the documentary

Watch Boys State, a virtual screening by A24 at CU Boulder

Arts & Culture Events & Exhibits
On Sept. 24, see the documentary that takes an entertaining and revealing look into a week-long annual program in which a thousand high school seniors gather for an elaborate mock exercise to build their own state government.
Women's liberation

University Libraries celebrating centennial of 19th Amendment

Exhibits Inclusive Excellence Events & Exhibits
The ratification of the 19th Amendment secured and protected women’s right to vote. The University Libraries held a panel discussion and is providing an online exhibit of archives.
Arctic researchers with the Mosaic expedition

Tune in to the MOSAiC webinar series

Lectures & Presentations Education & Outreach Events & Exhibits News Headlines
Learn more about virtual educational resources created around the epic MOSAiC Arctic climate research expedition and how you can integrate these resources into your teaching.

Research in Your Backyard

Girl listening to music with mask

How music of past pandemics can predict human behavior now

Arts & Humanities News Headlines
Austin Okigbo, an associate professor of ethnomusicology, studies South African music created during epidemics. According to Okigbo, certain themes reverberate through periods of widespread illness.
Choral performance

Singing unmasked, indoors spreads COVID-19 through aerosols, new study confirms

Health & Society News Headlines
Singing indoors, unmasked, can swiftly spread COVID-19 via microscopic airborne particles known as aerosols, confirms a new peer-reviewed study of a March choir rehearsal that became one of the nation’s first superspreading events.
The Slink Fire burning east of Modesto, California, in September 2020. (Photo: U.S. Forest Service)

Humans behind almost all fires threatening homes

Climate & Environment News Headlines
People are starting almost all the wildfires that threaten U.S. homes, according to an innovative new analysis combining housing and wildfire data.
Sea lamprey

Scientists identify gene family key to unlocking vertebrate evolution

Climate & Environment News Headlines
New CU Boulder-led research finds the traits that make vertebrates distinct from invertebrates were made possible by the emergence of a new set of genes 500 million years ago.

What We're Reading

Free COVID-19 testing available in Boulder through Oct. 2

Gate arms to limit vehicle traffic through central campus

CU President Mark Kennedy convenes panel discussion on importance of the Constitution

CU in the Media: Legislative News

Gardner, Markey, Tillis and Peters applaud Senate committee passage of bipartisan legislation to provide relief for research workforce and institutions

Perlmutter’s space weather bill passes house; Speech on C-SPAN

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