Faculty-Staff Edition - March 11, 2024
The Buffs came back from a 51-point deficit for the title, the program’s first championship in nine years, and successfully pulled off the second-largest final-day comeback in NCAA ski history.
Campus Community
Test of alert system set for March 12: What you need to know
Campus officials will conduct a CU Boulder alerts test, checking the university’s systems for sending text messages, emails, social media posts, computer desktop alerts and website announcements in the event of emergencies. Learn more.
Faculty assembly hosts faculty senate in March meeting
The Boulder Faculty Assembly’s March meeting included updates on accreditation, the Buff Undergraduate Success project, information technology decision-making and more.
Faculty Takes
US companies have to start talking about climate change under new SEC rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new climate risk disclosure rules, requiring some of the country’s biggest companies to report emissions data and other climate-related risks. Asaf Bernstein, a former adviser to the SEC, gives his take.
Research Updates
Water in the West: Documenting the change
RJ Sangosti and Elliot Ross, former and current Ted Scripps Fellows at CU Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism, use photography to show immediate and long-term water concerns through the rapidly changing Western landscape.
Early childhood health interventions have ‘big, multi-generation impacts,’ research finds
Associate Professor Tania Barham’s research suggests that it doesn’t take much to help give impoverished people a better start to life.
‘Missing’ houses offer a new perspective on Britain’s Roman period
A population estimate considering now-decomposed wooden houses suggests that Silchester, England, may have been typical of towns across the Roman Empire, CU Boulder researcher finds.
Pollution to production: Student startup transforms CO2 into aerospace hardware
Spencer Dansereau, a doctoral student in aerospace at CU Boulder, is building a business that could turn air pollution into a useable product.
Events & Exhibits
The economic and societal impacts of space weather—March 13
In this talk sponsored by the Retired Faculty Association, Daniel Baker of LASP will discuss space weather impacts and their economic and societal costs.
New Venture Challenge showcase April 17 at Boulder Theater
Join this event and see who will win the 17th annual New Venture Challenge, where CU Boulder’s top student, faculty and staff startups will pitch their ideas to a panel of esteemed judges and a live audience.