Faculty-Staff Edition - March 30, 2023
Research in Your Backyard
Amid youth mental health crisis, CU Boulder center teaches grown-ups how to help
About two-thirds of Colorado educators say they have considered leaving the field in the past year, due in part to increased challenges stemming from the ongoing youth mental health crisis. Enter the Center for Resilience and Well-Being, CU Boulder's new center focused on educating teachers, therapists and parents to support young people while first tending to their own wellbeing.
Landmark study on history of horses in American West relies on Indigenous knowledge
Indigenous peoples as far north as Wyoming and Idaho may have begun to care for horses by the first half of the 17th century, according to a new study by researchers from 15 countries and multiple Native American groups.
Beleaguered forests are losing ground
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Tom Veblen's 40-year census research finds that climate change has tripled tree mortality and forestalled regeneration.
$68M NASA contract awarded to National Snow and Ice Data Center
Under a contract valued at $68 million, the NSIDC will provide data management services focused on preserving, documenting and providing access to cryospheric data and related geophysical data. This is the seventh time the NSIDC has been selected for the work.
Events & Exhibits
April is National Poetry Month
Celebrate National Poetry Month with the University Libraries. Attend tabling events and explore this year’s theme, “We were all meant for something.”
Get involved in Graduate Student Appreciation Week April 3–7
Join faculty, staff and students in celebrating national Graduate Student Appreciation Week, which offers a variety of free events, workshops and services to CU Boulder graduate students.
Support democracy and beat back the ban April 4
Come to the University Libraries to grab a free banned book and conversation about free speech, book challenges and censorship. The libraries also have a banned books resource guide.
Campus Community
Tad Boyle named head coach of Basketball World Cup team
University of Colorado's Tad Boyle will serve as head coach of the under-19 men's team at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary, this summer.
CU Boulder faculty Paul Romaine appears on all-star jazz album
CU Boulder lecturer and drummer Paul Romaine is part of the quintet featured on the just-released all-star jazz recording Denver Sessions.