Faculty-Staff Edition - July 3, 2024
New federal and state funding will support Elevate Quantum, of which CU Boulder is a key partner, in its efforts to create more than 10,000 jobs and educate 30,000 workers over the next decade.
Research Updates
60 years after the Civil Rights Act, ‘the activism continues’
Sixty years later, the Civil Rights Act is still considered a landmark of U.S. legislation, but does it mean today what it did in 1964? CU Boulder scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed in the decades since the act was signed into law.
Balancing fraught history and modern collaboration in America’s ‘best idea’
America’s national parks have a fraught history, being created in part to dispossess Native peoples of their homelands, says Brooke Neely. Her new book explores pathways to uphold Native sovereignty at these sites.
New approach to aerial ground penetrating radar for Mars research
Sean Peters is leading a $2.45 million initiative to develop power efficient passive radar systems that could peek under the surface of Mars.
Separating gases is hard but might get easier, researchers find
In a newly published study, CU Boulder chemist Wei Zhang details a new porous material that is less expensive and more sustainable.
Women of color disproportionately targeted by book bans, study finds
The first comprehensive analysis of recent book bans in the U.S. reveals that characters and authors of color are more likely to be targeted by book bans than their white counterparts.
Campus Community
Fortepiano refurb is a labor of love
Piano Technician Mark Mikkelsen—who supports the care and maintenance of the College of Music’s fleet of 160 pianos, two harpsichords and an organ—used ingenuity to rebuild, refurbish and restore a donated fortepiano.