Community Edition - April 3, 2022 | CU Boulder Today

Community Edition - April 3, 2022

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keynote panel at the 2019 Conference on World Affairs

Conference on World Affairs: Make your plan for April 6鈥�9

The full schedule of sessions is available. The free conference app is primed for downloading. Find your interests among more than 100 panel discussions, performances and keynote events, and plan to attend this renowned CU Boulder tradition, in person or virtually.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Conversation April 4 to explore MLK鈥檚 radical vision for interracial democracy

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits

Join Anthony Siracusa, senior director of inclusive culture, and Reiland Rabaka, professor of Africana studies and director of the Center for African and African American Studies, for a conversation about Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision on a day commemorating his legacy 54 years after his assassination.

Community members line up outside Boulder Theater for the 2019 New Venture Challenge championships

Support student, faculty ventures at New Venture Challenge championships April 12

General Events & Exhibits

The season's top six student and faculty teams will pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges and a live audience for tens of thousands of dollars in prize money. Come and support the next big innovation at our first in-person championship event in two years.

Child interacting with a project at the Engineering Expo

Explore amazing new inventions and technologies April 22

General Events & Exhibits

Everything CU Boulder engineering students learn culminates in capstone design projects presented at the annual Engineering Projects Expo. Campus community members, K-12 students and prospective CU engineers are encouraged to attend.

Children participating in a Shakespeare camp

Shakespeare camps: Kids, teens invited to study theater on campus

Workshops & Seminars Events & Exhibits

Unlock the magic of Shakespeare鈥檚 language with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival鈥檚 wildly popular summer acting programs: Camp Shakespeare (ages 9鈥�18) and Shakespeare鈥檚 Sprites (ages 6鈥�9).

Research in Your Backyard

Why permanent daylight saving time is a bad idea

Health News Headlines

A new bill that recently passed in the U.S. Senate would make daylight saving time permanent. But many in the scientific community are calling for the opposite approach鈦犫€攎aking standard time permanent. CU Boulder sleep researcher Ken Wright explains why.

CU Boulder campus with Flatiron mountains in the background

Economic optimism slips but still positive, business leaders say

News Headlines Business & Entrepreneurship

The latest Leeds Business Confidence Index shows the Russia-Ukraine war and inflation, among other factors, are top concerns for Colorado business leaders.

Interactive map gets closer to pinpointing African origins erased during slave trade

Science & Technology News Headlines

When the transatlantic slave trade began in the early 19th century, there was no record of where in Africa enslaved individuals originated. Now, CU Boulder historians and statisticians are going back in time to better understand where these individuals lived before they boarded slave ships.

In Focus

New grant supports students in finishing their degrees

Announcements & Deadlines Campus Community

CU Boulder was recently awarded a $3.1 million grant to help students finish their studies. The grant, provided by the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative, funds a program that helps Colorado residents economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic return to school to earn their degrees by 2025.

Community college students to get leg up on degrees in mechanical, civil engineering

Education & Outreach News Headlines

CU Boulder and the Colorado Community College System have signed an agreement that streamlines the transfer process for engineering students. CU Boulder is the first in the state to offer a civil engineering transfer program.

A field of yellow under a bright blue sky harkens the Ukranian flag.

Get resources for understanding the Russia-Ukraine war

Mind & Body Campus Community

Librarians and archivists are providing a variety of suggestion to help the community process the events unfolding in Ukraine. Each suggestion is either an item available to check out, a rare or distinct item accessible in one of the five libraries on campus or a media recommendation that鈥檚 openly available to access.

What We're Reading

CUPD earns grant; Campus embarks on security audit, upgrades

Grad programs among nation鈥檚 best in 2023 US News and World Report rankings

Win-wins in environmental management hard to find

CU Boulder awarded major Department of Defense research grant for hypersonics

Notion of intimacy between rivals sparks basis for novel

CU鈥檚 symbol is male, but the first version highlighted a female

In rap music, alumnus pens lyrical prophecies

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