Community Edition - Nov. 7, 2021

The CU Philharmonia Orchestra concert Nov. 15 will feature a new work by Jessica Mays, Maurice Ravel’s “Ma Mère l’Oye” and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 in D major/minor, Op. 107.

Performing high energy, tightly-knit traditional, neo-traditional and highlife dance music from Ghana, CU’s West African Highlife Ensemble is the first university ensemble in the U.S. to perform highlife music.

Thousands are now gathered for what is known as COP26, a significant international conference on climate change. Countries must decide how they will act to limit global warming to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels.

As world leaders assemble at COP26, over 30 celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Quincy Jones and Cher, launched a social campaign aiming to mobilize over 650 million followers to push for action. CU Boulder with United Nations Human Rights will host the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in 2022.

A national leader in sports sustainability, the CU Athletic Department is the first collegiate athletic department to join the Race to Zero Campaign. Core to the commitment is a pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2040. 

Student voting on campus increased a whopping 12.7 percentage points in last year’s presidential election, rising to 80.3% of eligible students in 2020 from 67.6% in 2016 and surpassing the university’s national peers.

Honnold completed the first-ever ropeless ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan. In his talk Monday night, he shared the elements required to accomplish this peak moment and how each of the challenges along the way led to his eventual success.

Other local agencies are following suit in implementing the Lethality Assessment Program to better support and connect victims of intimate partner abuse to campus and community resources.