Faculty-Staff Edition - July 11, 2023
Folsom Field, long regarded as one of the best and most intimate settings in college football, will celebrate its 100th season in 2023 as the Deion Coach “Prime” Sanders era begins for the Colorado Buffaloes.
Events & Exhibits
Lab Venture Challenge: Join the info session July 25
Join an information session about the application, eligibility and competition requirements. If you are looking to apply this year or just want to see what the Lab Venture Challenge is all about, this opportunity is for you!
CU Night in Downtown Boulder slated for Aug. 2
Join Chancellor Philip DiStefano, local elected officials and community members to learn about issues at the intersection of town and gown, and enjoy food, exhibits and Band on the Bricks at CU Night in Downtown Boulder.
Campus Community
Teaching a Summer Session course?
Canvas trainings are available all summer long, including sessions on designing more engaging Canvas pages, adding interactive video content and streamlining how you add content to your course with MultiTool.
Police, researchers use grant to develop new tools to better assess the risk of targeted violence
As students return to campus in late August, CU Boulder Police and the Center for the Prevention and Study of Violence will be adding a new tool to their violence prevention toolkit called the Targeted Violence Lethality Assessment Protocol, or TV-LAP.
Research in Your Backyard
Why new facial-recognition airport screenings are raising concerns
At least 25 U.S. airports now use facial recognition software to determine you are who you say you are, but some fear the artificial intelligence systems will exacerbate discrimination. Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, an AI ethicist, explains why people are concerned.
Threads surging, but mass migration from Twitter likely to remain an uphill battle
Twitter’s move on July 1 to limit the number of tweets users can see in a day was the latest in a series of decisions that has spurred millions of users to sign up with alternative microblogging platforms. Read more from CU Boulder’s Casey Fiesler on The Conversation.