Faculty-Staff Edition - Aug. 4, 2022
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Research in Your Backyard
New center to allow explorations of human dimensions of environmental challenges
Bringing together social and environmental scientists, CIRES’ new Center for Social and Environmental Futures will facilitate cutting-edge research, education and outreach activities focused on the human dimensions of environmental problems.
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Black Lives Matter movement sparks composers project
A new composers project on campus encourages recommendations for scores by Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) composers. Stephanie Bonjack of the Howard B. Waltz Music Library explains.
Rare glacier research notebooks now available digitally
Over 140 documents from notebooks and reports that feature first-person accounts of glacial landscapes from the 19th and 20th centuries are now available to the public through the CU Digital Library.
Ecologist Laura Dee recognized for cutting-edge work on big environmental problems
CU Boulder Assistant Professor Laura Dee has been named an Ecological Society of America Early Career Fellow, a reflection of her contributions so far and to come.
Dan Zhang makes sure students ‘R’ prepared for a data-focused future
Professor Dan Zhang was recently honored with a teaching award for enthusiasm, engagement and his Advanced Analytics course for MBA students, which includes teachings in the R programming language.
Pedaling passion spurs new scholarship
Former arts and sciences dean Peter Spear has fused his love of cycling with his desire to help students—resulting in a new scholarship tied to the College of Arts and Sciences’ annual cycling event, which supports high-achieving students in financial need.