Faculty-Staff Edition - Aug. 19, 2021
The campus community can get details on the CU vaccination requirement (deadline Sept. 15), prize giveaways, masking on campus, contact tracing and more in this week’s COVID-19 campus update.
Campus Community
Ways to support yourself and each other through a traumatic event
For many of us, trauma can be challenging to define and even more challenging to talk about. Here are some ways you can support yourself and your fellow Buffs.
Noah Fierer's unexpected passion for soil and microbes
In the latest podcast episode of Buff Innovator Insights, evolutionary biologist Noah Fierer delves into how soil and microbe research can help us understand and improve the health of our environment and ourselves.
CU alum Flora Duffy adds page to comeback story with historic Olympic win
CU Boulder aluma Flora Duffy took first place in the Tokyo Olympics women’s triathlon, securing Bermuda’s first gold medal in Olympics history.
News Headlines
What the pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan means for the nation’s women
Geography professor Jennifer Fluri discusses what has changed for women in Afghanistan in the past 20 years and what’s at stake for women's education, as well as women's roles in politics, public life and the economy in light of current events.
Paleontologists discover 3 new species of primitive ungulates
The new species, mouse- to cat-sized ancestors of today's hoofed animals like cattle and deer, offer scientists a new window into what the American West looked like just after the extinction of the dinosaurs.