Community Edition - Oct. 15, 2019 | CU Boulder Today

Community Edition - Oct. 15, 2019

Families converged on the CU Boulder campus for the 2019 Family Weekend festivities on Oct. 4, 2019. (Photo by Casey Cass/University of Colorado)

Scene at CU: Fall convocation, family fun and fluffy flakes

Recent weeks have been busy at CU Boulder, including everything from the 2019 fall convocation celebrating faculty to Family Weekend and the first snowflakes of the fall semester. Check out a collection of photos highlighting these events and more!

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Colorado's Taylor Kornieck about to kick the ball against Oregon

Colorado soccer is home on Saturday

Sports & Recreation Events & Exhibits

On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Colorado soccer team will play a home game against Arizona State.

A tour of LASP during Research and Innovation Week

Expert panels, student showcases to headline Research & Innovation Week Oct. 14鈥�18

General Events & Exhibits

Join this free and open event including everything from expert panels to TED-style talks, film screenings, poster sessions, lightning talks and performances.

Check out surplus property, equipment at the campus auction Oct. 19

General Events & Exhibits

Items will include computers, furniture, lab equipment, athletics equipment and more, with preview opportunities available for departments on Oct. 17 and for the public on Oct. 18.

Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich to speak at CU Oct. 24

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

Kasich, currently a CNN senior political contributor, will speak at CU Boulder鈥檚 Macky Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 24. He is being hosted by the student-led Cultural Events Board.

Research in Your Backyard

Halloween: Why we get joy from fear

Brainwaves Health News Headlines

Why do we get such a kick out of jumping out of our skin? In this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we talk to horror writer Stephen Graham Jones. Plus, we find out how the Halloween business works with Greg Reinke, a costume shop owner.

A woman seen through facial recognition software

Facial recognition software has a gender problem

Health News Headlines

Facial analysis software is becoming increasingly prevalent for marketing and security, but new research shows it gets the gender of trans men wrong nearly 40% of the time and misgenders nonbinary individuals 100% of the time.

In Focus

kids create book in the Literacy and Media Lab

Colorado kids use digital tools to make old stories new again

Education & Outreach News Headlines

A new partnership between CU Boulder and a local school district is helping kids to tell stories using digital tools鈥攁nd they鈥檙e having fun re-imagining old fairy tales in the process.