Graduate Student Edition - May 29, 2025
Events & Exhibits
Meet the speakers—Voices for climate justice
Get ready to hear from powerful voices at the intersection of climate change and human rights. The Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit returns on June 5, and these are the speakers.
Lab Venture Challenge info session set for June 10
Pitch your innovation to win a grant of up to $125,000. If you want to apply this year or just see what the Lab Venture Challenge is about, join this information session on eligibility, the application and the competition.
Campus Community
Ann Huff Stevens named provost
CU Boulder Chancellor Justin Schwartz has named Ann Huff Stevens as the next provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Faculty Takes
What 'no tax on tips' really means for service workers—and everyone else
A plan to eliminate federal taxes on tips is moving forward, but the benefits may be smaller than they sound. Nicole Lazzeri walks through the policy proposal and what workers and taxpayers should know.
Golden Dome: Aerospace engineer explains proposed nationwide missile defense system
President Donald Trump has set aggressive goals to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, but many parts of the system already exist. Read more from Iain Boyd on The Conversation.
Research Corner
CIRES researchers find elevated levels of mercury in Colorado mountain wetlands
Climate change is increasing sulfate runoff, likely causing soil microbes to produce the most toxic form of mercury.
A gem of the collection: Sister Mary Dominic Ray
When Taylor Howard dove into research on Sister Mary Dominic Ray, she was expecting to find the nun's biography, books she annotated or articles she wrote. Instead, she unlocked a highly varied collection of documents that left Sister Mary a mystery.