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Community Edition - Sept. 19, 2021

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Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano

You're invited to the State of the Campus event Sept. 22–23

Administration General Campus Community Events & Exhibits
Plan to watch the chancellor’s two-part State of the Campus online event. Day one will include the release of the documentary The Road Back: CU Boulder’s Response to COVID-19. Day two will include the release of a speech by Chancellor Philip DiStefano sharing his excitement and goals for the academic year.
A screenshot from a dance short film

Dancing on the edge of cinema: The Sans Souci Festival Sept. 24–25

General Events & Exhibits
See screenings of an eclectic selection of the season’s best dance cinema shorts from around the world, brought to you by the CU Department of Theatre & Dance.
Grusin Hall

CU Philharmonia Orchestra to feature 'Portrait of a Queen,' 'Capriccio Espagnol,' more

Performances & Concerts Events & Exhibits
The CU Philharmonia Orchestra, which features musicians from the College of Music performing a diverse range of repertoire for strings and full orchestra, will give a free concert Sept. 27.
A past Pendulum New Music performance

Attend Pendulum New Music, a performance Sept. 29

Performances & Concerts Events & Exhibits
Pendulum New Music presents some of CU Boulder’s best performers from all departments as they premiere original music by student composers. Plan to attend.

Research in Your Backyard

A jet at sunset

Is your body clock off schedule? Prebiotics may help

Health & Society News Headlines
New research shows that dietary compounds called prebiotics, which serve as food for good bacteria in the gut, make the body more resilient to circadian rhythm disruptions from things like jet lag or shift work.
Two female engineers

For engineers, asking for help at work is influenced by gender

The Conversation News Headlines
In the male-dominated engineering industry, where women represent only about 11% of the workforce, gender influences whom individuals turn to for answers to questions. Professors Amy Javernick-Will and Tony Tong share on The Conversation.
The Apple Fire burns north of Beaumont, California in July 2020. (Photo: Brody Hessin via Wikimedia Commons)

New report shows links between air quality, climate change

Climate & Environment News Headlines
Human-caused emissions of air pollutants fell during last year’s COVID-19 economic slowdowns, improving air quality in some parts of the world, while wildfires and sand and dust storms in 2020 worsened air quality in other places, according to a new report with CIRES co-authors.

In Focus

Jared Polis and Marlon Reis

The week in photos: CU Boulder the site of historic wedding

Scene at CU Campus Community
Colorado Governor Jared Polis and first gentleman Marlon Reis, a CU alumnus, married in a ceremony held at CU Boulder's Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre on Sept. 15. The occasion represents the first same-sex marriage of a sitting governor, according to the Associated Press.
Aerial photo of CU Boulder Campus (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

Enrollment bounces back in fall 2021

Deadlines & Announcements Campus Community
CU Boulder’s enrollment numbers bounced back this fall, according to new enrollment data published Wednesday. The campus’s fall census marked undergraduate enrollment at 29,511 students, a 1.8% increase from fall 2020.
CU Boulder Alumni Awards

Several CU community members honored with 2021 Alumni Awards

Deadlines & Announcements Celebrate Campus Community
In one of the campus's longest-standing traditions, 8 outstanding individuals, plus the campus's Pandemic Scientific Steering Committee and Science Team—including 12 individuals—are being honored with Alumni Awards for 2021.
The late Frances Draper

City Council remembers Frances Draper at public hearing on CU Boulder South annexation

Deadlines & Announcements Campus Community
Boulder City Council took the next step toward approval of the proposed CU Boulder South annexation agreement. It also honored the late Frances Draper, a longtime university employee, for her instrumental leadership and collaborative spirit.
John and Ann Harsh

Veteran scientist, educator pay it forward to future generations of health science students

Deadlines & Announcements Campus Community
John and Ann Harsh are creating a scholarship for first-generation and underrepresented students studying integrative physiology, as well as a bequest to establish the first endowed faculty chair in the Department of Integrative Physiology and directorship of the Health Professions Residential Academic Program.

What We're Reading

COVID-19 campus updates: Sept. 16 edition

Participate in the Wherever You Roam 5K

Violeta Chapin wins Polly Baca Raíces Fuertes Community Leader Award

CU Boulder College of Music unveils long-anticipated building addition

New $25 million research center to study the radio frequency spectrum

University Libraries, Cinema Studies to explore media archiving and preservation curriculum

LASP rocket flight to sharpen NASA’s study of the sun

NSIDC partners with local mural artist to illustrate Arctic sea ice decline

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