Community Edition - July 12, 2021
In Focus
The city of Boulder and CU Boulder jointly released a draft annexation agreement for CU Boulder South that is the culmination of years of collaboration between the city, county, university and community to achieve vital flood protection for thousands of downstream Boulder residents.
Discover What’s Here
The role of science in treating deadly diseases––a lecture July 14
Join a Distinguished Faculty Series lecture featuring Distinguished Professor Leslie Leinwand, who will discuss her journey in finding and developing treatments for genetic diseases where none previously existed.
CU Boulder experts tapped for summit on sexual misconduct
Campus experts and students from around the state helped organize the first Colorado Summit on Sexual Misconduct, coming up July 19–20, including CU Boulder employees and a student. Also, CU Boulder's Valerie Simons will give an opening address at the event.
Research in Your Backyard
Is wildfire smoke bad for your health?
With fires blazing across Colorado, California and Oregon, much of the Western United States is awash in smoke this summer. How does the smoke impact our health? Is it OK to exercise outdoors? What can we do to protect ourselves indoors? Colleen Reid has answers.
What’s next for voting rights after Supreme Court ruling?
After the Supreme Court voted to uphold restrictive voter laws in Arizona, election law expert and Colorado Law Professor Doug Spencer explains what the decision means and how it impacts the future of voter laws in the United States.
Should marijuana still be banned from sport?
In the wake of U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson's controversial pre-Olympic suspension for marijuana use, we ask cannabis researcher Angela Bryan what the science really says: Does weed really make you faster? Is it bad for you? Should it be banned from sport?
It’s outta here: The physics of baseball at a mile high
In 1998, the last time Major League Baseball's All-Star Game was held in Colorado, teams scored a record 21 runs. Engineer Peter Hamlington breaks down why we can expect balls to fly faster and farther at this year's All-Star Game at Coors Field.
Colorado business confidence remains at record high
Business leaders in Colorado expressed record confidence in the economy as recovery from the pandemic continues, according to the Leeds Business Confidence Index for the third quarter of 2021.