Faculty-Staff Edition - June 11, 2024
Campus Community
What to know about the recent student email migrations
OIT is wrapping up the latest wave of migrating student email from Gmail to Microsoft Exchange. How can students find their incoming email and set up desktop and mobile versions of Outlook? Get details.
Faculty Takes
It could cure the incurable, revolutionize vaccines and immortalize cells: RNA explained
In “The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets,” Nobel Laureate Tom Cech explores how DNA’s long-overlooked sibling could revolutionize medicine.
Research Updates
As Paris preps for Olympics, Coloradans still feel ambivalent about hosting
In the 1970s, Denver became the first and only city to be named an Olympics host, then later back out. A new study shows that Colorado’s feelings about the Games remain complicated today.
What ChatGPT deals with media outlets mean for the future of news
When it comes to OpenAI’s deals with national media providers, CMCI’s faculty experts have questions—expecting more agreements like this in the future.
Modern water management approaches on tap during USAID visit
Professor Edith Zagona provided technical and advisory services during a U.S. Agency for International Development-sponsored visit to Armenia, where rural communities are running out of water due to uncontrolled use by fish farms and pollution caused by untreated mining tailings.
The Conversation
Inside the rise and fall of one of the world’s most powerful writing groups
In its bankruptcy filing, the Romance Writers of America blamed “disputes concerning diversity, equity and inclusion” for its membership declining by an astounding 80%. Read from CU expert Christine Larson on The Conversation.