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BuffsUnited to host teach-in on engaged citizenship Feb. 14

Feb. 8, 2017

On Feb. 14, BuffsUnited will host Engaged Citizenship: A Teach-In, where faculty from across the campus will speak on a variety of issues including immigration law, free speech, government speech, the responsibility of the media, historical and contemporary racism, and environmental protections.

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Visiting professor to speak on writing affect, composing precarity

Feb. 3, 2017

On Thursday, Feb. 9, Kathleen Stewart, chair and professor at University of Texas at Austin, will speak on affect: the ordinary, the senses, and modes of ethnographic engagement based on curiosity and attachment.

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Law School to host panel discussion on environmental policies under Trump

Feb. 3, 2017

Join University of Colorado Law School on Tuesday, Feb. 7, for a discussion with environmental leaders and law faculty about the challenges and opportunities facing environmental organizations under the new administration.

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Experimental architectural design with visiting artist Jenny Sabin

Feb. 1, 2017

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m., CU's Visiting Artist Program will feature a lecture by architect Jenny Sabin, whose work is at the forefront of a new direction for 21st-century architectural practice.

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Gates to share new results on supersymmetry in CU Café seminar

Jan. 30, 2017

On Feb. 1, the latest CU Café seminar series will feature Jim Gates, professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, as he discusses a recent derivation of a supersymmetrical QM representation spectrum.

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Visiting journalist tracks investigative reporting from Obama era to Trump

Jan. 27, 2017

The CWA along with CMCI will host journalist Lee Fang on February 2nd in a discussion titled "Investigative Journalism: From the Obama Era to Trump."

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Johnson to lecture on climate change, evolution of humans

Jan. 26, 2017

On Friday, Jan. 27, the Distinguished Lecture Series will feature Richard Johnson, MD. The lecture, titled "Climate Change and the Evolution of Humans," discusses a mutation in uric acid metabolism that likely occurred in Europe as a survival advantage for apes living there.

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Surprising solar flares: Studying the sun as a star

Jan. 26, 2017

In this Feb. 1 talk, LASP Solar Scientist and Associate Director Tom Woods will discuss our understanding of solar flares and coronal mass ejections, based on more than two decades of observations of the sun as a star.

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CU on the Weekend begins Feb. 11

Jan. 26, 2017

Some of the campus's most dynamic faculty members will address topics ranging from animal evolution to wrongful convictions, Mayan life and Chinese and American views on the media during this semester's CU on the Weekend, a free lecture series.

Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox

Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox to speak Jan. 25 at CU Boulder

Jan. 12, 2017

Laverne Cox, an Emmy-nominated actress best known for her role in the Netflix series "Orange is The New Black," will speak at CU Boulder’s Macky Auditorium on Jan. 25. The speech is co-hosted by the university’s student-run Cultural Events Board and Distinguished Speakers Board.

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