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With the Fourth of July approaching and a thick green carpet of fuel covering much of the West after a rainy spring, CU Boulder fire ecologist Jennifer Balch is calling on people to do their part to prevent the next megafire.

CU Boulder's International English Center is hosting 39 Fulbright grant recipients for a three-week program of instruction, cultural enrichment and community engagement. The campus community is invited to a meet-and-greet with the international scholars on July 18.

An international collaboration, including researchers from CU Boulder, has for the first time uncovered compelling evidence of what scientists call the "gravitational wave background"—enormous undulations in the fabric of space and time.

Associate Professor of Composition Jeffrey Nytch—who directs the College of Music’s Entrepreneurship Center for Music and who was recently awarded a MacDowell Fellowship—considers the application of entrepreneurial principles as essential to his creative practice.

A new Research & Innovation Office program is providing nearly $100K in combined funding to 19 projects that span disciplines, from music and art history to journalism, theater and dance.

A new study highlights the consumer psychology surrounding purchase decisions when an attention-grabbing sale item is on display.

Summertime means fun on the CU Boulder campus. This year’s events include Dead & Company concerts July 1–3 and a Fourth of July drone show, all at Folsom Field. Plan ahead for heavy traffic and crowds to get to the fun on time.

The Sphinx Performance Academy has changed the lives of thousands of young musicians, offering a curriculum that includes lessons, master classes, recitals, career enrichment sessions and mentorship. The academy will perform free, public concerts June 30–July 2.

Faculty: Prepare to apply for opportunities that may include the American Association of University Women, American Council of Learned Societies, National Humanities Center, Stanford Humanities Center, and the Guggenheim and Fulbright Scholar programs.

Antarctic ice shelves have experienced only minor changes in surface melt rates over the past four decades, unlike the rapid increase in surface melt experienced by Greenland’s glaciers during the same time period, according to new CU-led research.