Community Edition - Jan. 30, 2018 | CU Boulder Today

Community Edition - Jan. 30, 2018

Research in Your Backyard

Report card gives U.S. Olympic sports a D for self-governance

CU Boulder Center for Sports Governance: Organizations governing U.S. Olympic sports could do better when it comes to transparency, checks and balances and democratic processes.

Coloradans distrust lawmakers, support Dreamers, survey shows

Society, Law & Politics News Headlines

Colorado residents overwhelmingly support Dreamers, firmly disapprove of Trump, and would likely elect a Democrat for U.S. Congress if a vote were held today, found a recent survey.

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Mae Jemison event registration now open

Announcements & Deadlines Campus Community

Tickets for the Leo Hill Distinguished Leadership Speaker Series are now available. Mae Jemison, an icon of women's and civil rights, was the first woman of color to reach space.

Oil painting "The Great Day of His Wrath" by John Martin

Symposium to explore immense volcanic eruptions

Conferences Events & Exhibits

Free and open to the public, the Center for the Study of Origin's symposium Feb. 9鈥�10 will explore consequences and resiliencies around volcanoes, in historical and religious contexts and beyond.

Female-focused, collaborative hackathon session slated for Feb. 10

General Events & Exhibits

Pack a laptop, a change of clothes and some creativity, and head to the ATLAS Institute's third annual T9Hacks. An event geared for women, it aims to attract newcomers to computer programming with a fun, lively and accessible hackathon.

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In Focus

Two students with their telerobotic model

麻豆淫院 in Focus: How to control lunar robots from space

麻豆淫院 in Focus Campus Community

Humans have already been to the moon, but two engineering undergraduates have their eyes set on helping humans explore the entire solar system with the aid of robotic partners.

Save the date: CU Boulder Conservative Scholar Tour

Registration is coming soon for the Feb. 12 CU Boulder Conservative Scholar Tour featuring the 2017鈥�18 Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy Robert G. Kaufman, a political scientist specializing in American foreign policy. He is the fifth person to hold the position.

Tips for viewing tomorrow's lunar event

Just before 4 a.m. Wednesday, the moon will appear unusually bright and large above the western horizon before shifting from gold to red to inky gray-black as it passes into the Earth鈥檚 shadow. CU Boulder expert Paul Hayne offers four tips for those eyeing the event from Colorado.

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