Conferences

The first-ever Big Data Blitz, which will take place on March 23, is intended to foster connections across disciplines that intersect with big data. NSF Senior Advisor Chaitanya Baru will provide opening remarks.

On March 10 and 11, the Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC) is hosting the 11th annual TRANSforming Gender Conference in an effort to educate the community on issues facing gender-diverse people and encourage advocacy and support.

The 2017 Colorado WASH Symposium will gather industry leaders in Boulder on March 7 and 8 to discuss the challenges of improving global access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities.

What do lawyers, military experts, poets, artists and ethicists and scientists have to say about drones? Find out at the March 3-4 “Policy, Ethics and the Future of Drones” symposium. It's free and open to the public.

The Bioneers network event Front Range Eco-Social Solutions will return to CU Boulder Feb. 3 and 4. The event, produced by the CU Environmental Center, brings together progressive thinkers of the region to address both global and local issues.

In July, the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education will host the 2017 Summer Institute "From the Past into the Future: Equity, Justice, and Diversity." The conference is designed for K-12 teachers and administrators to build knowledge and skills about the education of diverse learners.

Two engineering students, Yohannese Gebremedhin and Arthur Antoine, organized the 2016 National Society of Black Engineers’ (NSBE) Fall Region 6 Conference, to be held Nov. 4–6 in Denver. The event has attracted hundreds of people from the region, and registration is still open.

With 2,250 people resettled in Colorado in 2015, a Leeds School summit on Wednesday, Oct. 26 – which is free and open to the public – will examine how business schools, businesses, nonprofits, governments and others can help integrate refugees into local economies.

We've got you covered with 12 questions to ask law school representatives at the 2016 Colorado Law Fair! Plus, we've included a checklist for upcoming pre-law seniors.

The CU Faculty Council committees on LGBTQ+ issues and Ethnic and Minority Affairs are co-hosting a collaborative, day-long symposium entitled "Intersections: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Research and Teaching" on the CU Boulder campus on Friday, Nov. 11, in the University Memorial Center.