Community Edition - Sept. 3, 2019

Scenes from the 2019 CU Kickoff at Folsom Field. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

Scene at CU: A welcoming kick-off to the academic year

Campus has been bustling in recents weeks with everything from a tour by CU President Mark Kennedy to Fall Welcome activities for students.

Discover What's Here

CU on the Weekend lectures begin Sept. 28

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

Join us this fall for lectures about the media and politics, arctic warming, jazz in Paris and Brazilian performance featuring some of CU Boulder's most dynamic faculty.

CU Boulder Best Should Teach Lecture and Awards Ceremony

Best Should Teach Ceremony on Sept. 12 to honor outstanding faculty, graduate students, local teachers

General Events & Exhibits

The CU Boulder Best Should Teach Lecture and Awards Ceremony will celebrate excellence in teaching, recognizing five outstanding faculty members, four K-12 teachers and many graduate student teachers.

Research in Your Backyard

A child's hands as he or she does homework

Autism rates increasing fastest among blacks and Hispanics

Health & Society News Headlines

Autism prevalence, which has historically been higher among white children, is now more common among black youth in most states and climbing faster among Hispanic youth than any other groups.

Sleeping too much—or too little—boosts heart attack risk

Health & Society News Headlines

Even if you are a non-smoker who exercises and has no genetic predisposition to cardiovascular disease, skimping on sleep—or getting too much of it—can boost your risk of heart attack.

Turning trauma into learning in the classroom

Education & Outreach News Headlines

In a new book, education researcher Elizabeth Dutro lays out a road map for teachers to bring the difficult life experiences of their students into everyday classwork.

The mysterious genetics of bird migration

Environment News Headlines

A gene newly associated with the migratory patterns of golden-winged and blue-winged warblers could lend insight into the longstanding question of how birds migrate across such long distances.

In Focus

New aluminum cup for use at Folsom Field

CU Boulder, Ball introduce game-changing aluminum cup at Folsom Field

Athletics Sustainability Campus Community

Ball Corporation and the University of Colorado Boulder have announced a partnership to introduce Ball's infinitely recyclable aluminum cup to collegiate football fans at CU's Folsom Field during the 2019 season.

What We're Reading

8 Boulder-area hikes to try

CU football and soccer at home this week

Catalyze CU Demo Day showcases startups

Engineering Center first CU Building to go plastic-free for beverages

Campus Q&A: New Graduate School dean feels honored to be in role

Brainwaves Podcast

This week: the world of accessibility. On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we’ll talk to a CEO making prostheses from plastic bottles, a lawyer fighting international copyrights for disability accommodations and a PhD student working with NASA astronauts on augmented reality lenses that could one day help blind people.

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Community Edition - Sept. 3, 2019

Discover What's Here

Research in Your Backyard

In Focus

What We're Reading

Brainwaves Podcast

News Headlines

Campus Community

Events & Exhibits