Faculty-Staff Edition - Nov. 16, 2021
Conversations with the Chancellor features Alex Honnold, world-renowned climber and environmentalist who visited CU Boulder on Nov. 1. He and Chancellor Philip DiStefano discuss what it takes to push the limits, achieve the unthinkable and address one of the biggest challenges facing humanity: climate change.
Campus Community
CU Boulder named Innovation Award winner by APLU
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities named CU Boulder a 2021 Innovation Award winner. CU Boulder earned the organization's innovation and economic prosperity designation in 2019.
Buffs in action this week: Basketball, volleyball and football
CU volleyball returns home after the final road weekend of the season. Women’s basketball starts their home season with three non-conference matchups, while CU football closes out their home slate against Washington.
News Headlines
COP26: How this climate summit was different, and what needs to happen next
The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties recently came to an end, and participants came away with the Glasgow Climate Pact––a rulebook for complying with the 2015 Paris Agreement. Leaders must now follow through.
Can startups be the vessel for solving climate change?
A new study out of the Leeds School of Business shows that small businesses focused on climate-friendly goods and services may be more effective at addressing climate change because they can bridge the political divide by offering climate solutions.
Pacific Ocean, not ice sheet, shifted West Coast storms south
A new CIRES-led study shows that ocean temperatures, not ice sheets themselves, were directly responsible for the southward shift in West Coast precipitation patterns during the last Ice Age.