Community Edition - Sept. 12, 2021
Discover What's Here
Black holes are fussy eaters—Learn more Sept. 15
Black holes are often regarded as cosmic vacuum cleaners, but it's actually rather hard to get them to eat. And when they do feed, they make a mess, disturbing their surroundings out to thousands or even millions of light-years. Join the Distinguished Faculty Series on Sept. 15 for more.
Attend a performance by the CU Symphony Orchestra Sept. 23
Performing a diverse repertoire, including symphonies and large-scale orchestral works by major composers, the CU Symphony Orchestra will give a free concert at Macky Auditorium and online.
CU on the Weekend's virtual fall series to begin Sept. 25, run through Dec. 4
CU on the Weekend is back for another free series featuring cutting-edge work by some of CU Boulder’s most dynamic faculty. Experts will address everything from climate communications to living with wildfire and the rights of Indigenous people.
Research in Your Backyard
Do screens really hurt kids? Not much, and they may have some benefits
Screen time may not be as harmful as previously suspected for school-aged children and may have some important benefits, according to one of the largest studies to date exlporing how screens impact youth.
Amid wildfires and a pandemic, here’s how to keep your indoor air clean
Learn about the easy and effective ways we can keep our indoor air clean from ozone, wildfire smoke and COVID-19.
Study: Banning abortion would boost maternal mortality by double-digits
A nationwide abortion ban would lead to a 21% increase in the number of pregnancy-related deaths overall and a 33% increase among Black women, according to new CU Boulder research.
Don’t throw that cloth mask away yet—it still works
New research finds that washing and drying cotton cloth masks doesn’t reduce their ability to filter out viral particles.
Overconfidence is bad for your wealth
When it comes to investing, it’s best not to trust your memory, according to a new study co-authored by Philip Fernbach at the Leeds School of Business. The study showed that investors tend to remember past investments performing better than they actually did.
In Focus

At its meeting Sept. 10, the CU Board of Regents heard an update on enrollment numbers, named a chair to lead the search for a new system president, approved changes to tuition classification for American Indian students and more.