Faculty-Staff Edition - June 6, 2024
Join CU Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano, local elected officials and community members for CU Night in Downtown Boulder, a celebration of the Boulder community and those who call it home.
Campus Community
8 Boulder-area hikes to try
Good hiking days are here to stay! If you are looking for a quick trip to nature or a stress reliever, check out these hiking spots in and around Boulder.
Apply to table at the Be Involved Fair
Meet thousands of students looking to get involved on campus. Recognized student organizations, Greek organizations, governing bodies, university departments and programs are invited to participate. The deadline to apply is Aug. 11 for the Aug. 28 event.
Need help building your summer or fall Canvas course?
The Office of Information Technology is offering trainings and office hours sessions all summer long to assist instructors with Canvas Studio, Cidi Labs and a number of other Canvas functions.
Events & Exhibits
A Juneteenth invitation: ‘Loving Blackness and Humanizing Imagination’
Students, staff and faculty are invited to a virtual address by CU Boulder Professor Danielle Hodge on June 12. Register now and plan to attend the in-person dialogue mixer at the CAAAS.
Mobile food pantries open July 25, Aug. 8
The Mobile Food Pantry is free and open to CU Boulder students, faculty and staff, as well as community members of Boulder and Broomfield counties. Attendees receive up to 30 pounds of food, while supplies last.
Research Updates
CU part of landmark legislation for green water quality infrastructure
Gov. Jared Polis has signed new legislation directing CU Boulder’s Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience and Colorado State University’s Energy Institute to identify new pathways to enhance water quality and environmental sustainability in Colorado.
6 decades later, scholar locates site of secret CIA-Tibet training camp
Professor Carole McGranahan has long studied the Tibetan perspective of China’s invasion and occupation of Tibet, and with dogged research pinpointed the exact location of the CIA’s training of Tibetan soldiers to fight Chinese invaders—once a state secret. A commemoration will be held on June 9 at Camp Hale, Colorado.
CU Boulder partners on space docking and satellite AI research
A team of industry partners and CU Boulder researchers, including the lab of Hanspeter Schaub, is trying to make it easier to dock with satellites orbiting Earth.