Community Edition - Feb. 26, 2023 | CU Boulder Today

Community Edition - Feb. 26, 2023

Graphic illustrating several bands and musicians popular in the 1970s

From Aretha Franklin to Grateful Dead, presenters to explore music of 1970s

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

The March 4 installment of CU on the Weekend will explore influential trends in Black power and soul music, punk, jam bands and Jewish soul. Jay Keister, Reiland Rabaka, Micheal Sebulsky and Jeremy Smith, guided by moderator Keith Waters, will discuss the musical and cultural legacies of several artists and groups.

In Focus

From the Chancellor: Resources to navigate emergencies

Leadership Corner Campus Community

Two unsettling gun-related incidents in Boulder this week have impacted our campus and generated a high level of concern among members of our community, myself included.

麻豆视频 What's Here

Liberated prisoners of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, May 1945

Child survivor of concentration camp to give testimony Feb. 28

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

Judith Winkel is a child survivor of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp. This virtual event is co-organized by the Program in Jewish Studies and the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History.

Be part of Buffs All In March 8, CU Boulder鈥檚 first-ever day of giving

General Events & Exhibits

For 24 hours, Forever Buffs will team up during the campus鈥檚 inaugural day of giving to support areas they value most. Donors will have the opportunity to support CU Boulder鈥檚 people, programs and trailblazing spirit through a number of featured funds.

Taylor Raven and Max Hosmer from the 2015 production of Cinderella

Cendrillon opera March 17鈥�19 an interpretation of the classic Cinderella

Performances & Concerts Events & Exhibits

Good opera doesn鈥檛 always have to be about spurned lovers and bitter betrayal. Take in a tale of magic, wonder and hope with CU Presents and the Eklund Opera Program. Single-ticket discounts are available for youth, CU students and employees, and others.

Graduates sit on Folsom Field during commencement ceremony

CU Boulder commencement set for May 11

General Events & Exhibits

Thousands of degrees will be awarded at commencement on May 11. The tradition-filled ceremony is designed for the campus community, families and friends to honor the remarkable graduates. Alumni who graduated during winter conferral in December of 2022 are invited to attend as well.

Research in Your Backyard

Marina Nieto-Caballero assesses the infectious potential of airborne murine coronavirus using computer aided microscopy

Tend to get sick when the air is dry? New听research helps explain why

Health News Headlines

CU Boulder researchers have found that airborne coronavirus remains infectious for twice as long in drier air鈥攊n part because saliva serves as a protective barrier around the virus, especially at low humidity levels.

Excess weight, obesity more deadly than previously believed

Health News Headlines

New CU Boulder research finds that overweight populations have a 22% higher mortality risk than those of healthy weight, while obese populations have as much as double the risk. The study found that about 1 in 6 adult deaths in the U.S. are related to excess weight or obesity.

Robot with the letters "CUU" on its chest on the CU Boulder campus

5 burning questions about ChatGPT, answered by humans

Science & Technology News Headlines

Artificial intelligence has reached an "inflection point," according to technology experts from CU Boulder. New tools like ChatGPT, which rolled out late last year, are poised to transform offices, high school classrooms and more鈥攊n potentially good and bad ways.

Artist's depiction of James Webb Space Telescope

Webb telescope spots super old, massive galaxies that shouldn鈥檛 exist

Space News Headlines

In a new study, CU Boulder astrophysicist Erica Nelson and her colleagues spotted six "fuzzy dots" of light in images from the James Webb Space Telescope. The candidate galaxies may have existed just 500 to 700 million years after the Big Bang and contain almost as many stars as the Milky Way.

James Wilson and Rodger Kram carry a log from their heads using tumplines with the Boulder Foothills in the background

Scientists may have solved a Chaco Canyon mystery by hauling logs with their heads

Society, Law & Politics News Headlines

Roughly 1,000 years ago, ancient peoples carried more than 200,000 heavy timbers entirely on foot to a site in the modern-day Four Corners region called Chaco Canyon. CU Boulder researchers think they know how such a feat of human endurance may have been possible.

What We're Reading

A conversation with Molly Bloom, author of Molly鈥檚 Game

Teacher preparation programs receive praise, full reauthorization by state

Unique bioaerosol lab, dedicated students made COVID research possible

Search