Faculty/Staff Edition - Oct. 14, 2016

Campus & Community

Students ride on a Homecoming float and wave to the crowd

Brews, barbecue and Buffs on parade for Homecoming

Announcements & Deadlines Campus Community

Alumni and the campus community are encouraged to celebrate their CU pride at Homecoming this weekend. In keeping with CU tradition, the annual parade and pep rally will begin at 7 p.m. Friday on Pearl Street. Come watch colorful student-built floats make their way down the street and then join in the festivities as the CU Spirit Team and Marching Band perform during the pep rally at the courthouse lawn.

Excellence in Procurement Award goes to CU for the second year

Announcements & Deadlines Campus Community

The National Procurement Institute Inc. (NPI) has announced the University of Colorado as one of the recipients of their 2016 Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) awards.

Sen. Bernie Sanders on campus for Amendment 69 event Monday

General Events & Exhibits

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will visit campus on Monday to advocate for Amendment 69, which would create a new state health-care system. The event, co-sponsored by ColoradoCare and the campus student organization College Democrats, starts at 5 p.m. on Farrand Field.

Michael Adkins watches from the sidelines

Life more than football: Michael Adkins II

Athletics Campus Community

Growing up in San Diego, California, Michael Adkins II always wanted to be a businessman. He sold pistachios for a dime to classmates in elementary school and an individual Starburst for a quarter in middle school, turning a profit on both. "I was in elementary school and they had a vending machine," he said. "I just figured I could sell these individually and make money off the situation."

In focus

Zuri Juarez-Delgado poses in a classroom on the CU Boulder campus

Finding a home, and a purpose, on campus

Academics Getting Involved Campus Community

On her way to class, amid a crowd of other students, Zurisadai Juarez-Delgado felt alone. She believed her experiences were so different from most other students that she became withdrawn, thinking no one could possibly relate to her. But Juarez-Delgado found a place where she could feel at home on campus, the inclusive community of the Education Diversity Scholars program at CU Boulder. As a result, she has discovered a career path that is changing the trajectory of her life.

Research news

an illustration depicting a superradiant laser

Superradiant laser may boost atomic clocks, create ‘rulers’ for space

Science & Technology News Headlines

JILA physicists have demonstrated a novel laser design that could be stable enough to improve atomic clock performance a hundredfold and even serve as a clock itself, while also advancing other scientific quests such as making accurate “rulers” for measuring astronomical distances.

Taylor Valley in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Credit: Dave Haney, NSF

Season of intense melting in Antarctica offers insights into continent's future

Climate & Environment News Headlines

Scientists and students working with the National Science Foundation, including Associate Professor Michael Gooseff of environmental engineering and INSTAAR, have authored a series of papers on how a single season of intense melting in Antarctica in 2001-02 may affect the continent’s ecological future, including its potential impact on global climate change.