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Community Edition - Sept. 6, 2020

In Focus

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

COVID-19 campus updates: Sept. 3 edition

Safety Campus Community
Through the fall semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates, including stats and items of note. In this issue: dashboard revisions, expected increase in cases, student conduct and more.
Old Main

Boulder City Council receives update on CU COVID-19 response

Administration Campus Community
CU Boulder leaders updated Boulder City Council members about campus initiatives underway to ensure the health, safety and well-being of students, faculty, frontline employees and other staff—and the broader Boulder community.
student wearing mask on campus outside

Even outdoors—why face coverings are important

Safety Buffs Together Health & Society Campus Community News Headlines
CU Boulder Today chatted with Jose-Luis Jimenez, chemistry professor and CIRES fellow, about why it’s so important to wear a face covering—even when you’re outdoors.
A student studying in the Engineering Center on the first day of the Fall 2020 semester. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

Helping students boost individual, community wellness in a pandemic

Students in Focus Inclusive Excellence Campus Community
In a new course, designed in part by students, participants delve into the interrelationship between COVID-19 and systemic racism. Anthony Fauci will be a special guest speaker.

Discover What's Here

Wolf Law Building

Colorado Law talk: Pursuing citizenship in the enforcement era

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits
On Sept. 17, join Professor Ming Hsu Chen, who will elaborate on the concept of pursuing citizenship, drawing from her new book, Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era.
A piano onstage at Grusin Music Hall

Student music recitals happening in September

Performances & Concerts Events & Exhibits
The stars of tomorrow are on stage today at CU Boulder. The students of the College of Music are presenting works old and new for their degree-qualifying recitals. Tune in and enjoy.

Research in Your Backyard

White House Coronavirus Task Force

How has science shaped COVID-19 policy? New global project seeks to find out

Health & Society News Headlines
A new initiative seeks to understand the role scientific advice played, or did not play, in driving COVID-19-related policies in at least seven countries. Researchers hope the project helps improve communication between scientists and policymakers.
Dust sticks to the boots of Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell in 1971.

Researchers develop dustbuster for the moon

Space News Headlines
Future moon astronauts may one day be able to step into an electric-beam shower to clean sticky dust off of their spacesuits and equipment.
Forest stream

New grant supports interdisciplinary research on ‘the critical zone’ and the future of Western water

Climate & Environment News Headlines
Three CU Boulder faculty are principal investigators on a new five-year, $6.9 million National Science Foundation grant to study the “critical zone”—from Earth’s bedrock to tree canopy top—in the American West.
An image of aurora borealis from the ISS

CIRES scientists awarded $5.3M for space weather research

Space News Headlines
NASA and the National Science Foundation have awarded two CU Boulder space weather scientists more than $5M to lay the groundwork for faster and more robust space weather forecasts.
professor teaching class

English center classes for international graduate students, professionals to begin Sept. 15

Academics Campus Community
International graduate students and professionals in the community are invited to enroll in courses through the International English Center to help polish their communication skills.

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