Faculty-Staff Edition - June 15, 2023
Events & Exhibits
Juneteenth celebration with Alice Faye Duncan set for June 19
In celebration of Juneteenth, world-renowned author Alice Faye Duncan will present a reading from her book "Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free." The multimedia presentation, which is free and open to the public, also includes acapella singing and is meant to spread the joy of music as it educates and offers an understanding of American history.
Campus Community
Play outside! Outdoor fitness options for a Boulder-based summer
Boulder offers a plethora of outdoor activities to improve your physical and mental fitness. Whether you prefer solo or group activities, here’s a list of some of the many fitness-based activities you can do outside this summer.
Charles Wilkinson was a trailblazer for justice, the Earth and American Indian law
The University of Colorado Law School and the Getches-Wilkinson Center communities mourn the profound loss of Charles Wilkinson, the Moses Lasky Professor of Law Emeritus and a distinguished professor. Wilkinson passed away surrounded by family on June 6.
Confronting history with action
Andrew Cowell is a CU Boulder linguistics professor specializing in language documentation and linguistic anthropology. In 2003, he, along with faculty and students in the linguistics department, began documenting the Arapaho language to revitalize it for current and future members of the Arapaho nation.
Unlocking the monsoon mystery and its impact on society
Balaji Rajagopalan grew up in a small railroad town near Hyderabad, India, in a home without running water. Now a professor of civil engineering and an expert in hydrology, climatology and water resources, Rajagopalan was recently honored with a Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship and an opportunity to make a difference in his native country.
Research in Your Backyard
When it comes to treating resistant breast cancer, 2 drugs may be better than 1
New research shows that cancer cells can adapt in as little as one to two hours to new drugs called CDK2 inhibitors. The good news: Adding a second, widely available drug disables this workaround, squelching tumor growth.
Why must we protect nature? Because we can, philosopher says
In the book “The Wild and the Wicked,” philosophy professor Benjamin Hale argues that because people have the unique capacity to care for the environment, they have a moral obligation to do so.
Following the pandemic, CIRES students venture out
One professor decided it was time to get her doctoral students in environmental science real-life experience by taking them on a four-day field trip to a remote research station up high in Colorado’s mountains.