Student Edition - April 12, 2017
Campus & Community
Chem-E-Car team wins 2017 regional competition
A team of engineering students, using their 4.5-pound vehicle propelled entirely by chemical reactions, won the regional Chem-E-Car competition on April 1 and will advance to the national competition.
Healthy Buffs: Let’s talk about marijuana
Marijuana and its active components (THC and CBD) exist in many forms and strengths and can affect people differently. Learn more.
Q&A: Colwell on cracking the biodiversity code
Robert Colwell, adjoint curator in entomology at the Museum of Natural History on campus, has a paper published today in Methods in Ecology and Evolution on using novel mathematical approaches to estimate the number of fish species on coral reefs. We caught up with him to discuss his lifelong fascination with the Earth’s biodiversity, and his latest research, which could be applied to any species.
Events & Exhibits
State legislators to host in-person town hall meeting
On April 18, Colorado State Representative and House Majority Leader KC Becker, State Senator Steve Fenberg and State Representative Edie Hooton will give a brief update on the 2017 legislative session.
Rothgerber Conference to explore range of issues related to law and lies
Join Colorado Law for the 25th annual Ira C. Rothgerber Conference, "Truth, Lies, and the Constitution," on Friday, April 14. For Colorado attorneys seeking CLE credit, this conference has been approved for 5 general credits.
'A House for Every Daughter' ethnographic photography exhibit
Emeritus Professor Dennis McGilvray's photography exhibit in the Anthropology Department reflects his research on the marriage and dowry practices of Tamil-speaking Hindus and Muslims in the eastern region of Sri Lanka.