Faculty-Staff Edition - Sept. 24, 2021

Originally scheduled for Oct. 11–15, CU Boulder's Research & Innovation Week will not be held in 2021 but will return to campus in October 2022.

Shuo Sun, an assistant professor of physics and fellow at JILA, a joint institute of CU Boulder and the National Institute for Standards and Technology, will lead a $2.5 million collaboration among universities, national labs and private industry.

In an award-winning paper, Assistant Professor Gloria Urrea looks at how virtual volunteers help organizations make social impact through the use of online volunteering platforms—a topic scarcely studied until now.

The cottonwoods and aspens are changing colors, the weather is cooling down, and Halloween is around the corner. From seasonal favorites to fun events, see what's happening around Boulder this fall.

Carrying a pregnancy to term is riskier than having an abortion, especially for non-Hispanic Black women. Sociology Professor Amanda Stevenson shares on The Conversation.

For years, many scientists didn't think that CubeSats, or unusually small spacecraft, could take on serious science questions. Now, for the first time, a NASA-funded CubeSat mission will explore planets orbiting far-away stars.