Faculty-Staff Edition - Nov. 13, 2019 | CU Boulder Today

Faculty-Staff Edition - Nov. 13, 2019

Research News

Sens. Orrin Hatch, left, and Chuck Grassley, right, seen during a U.S. Senate hearing.

In congressional hearings, some are more equal than others

An analysis by CU Boulder linguist Chase Raymond and others has found that U.S. Senate chairpersons can add bias to hearings through how much they speak during hearings.

Want to know your mental health status? There鈥檚 an app for that

Health News Headlines

CU Boulder researchers have developed a new mobile app that categorizes mental health status based on speech patterns. Ultimately, it could be used as an adjunct for in-person therapy or to help monitor patients from afar.

Karl Linden looks at a bacterial culture in his lab.

Engineering a world of safer water

Climate & Environment Health News Headlines

Karl Linden believes that wherever you are in the world, you should be able to turn on a tap and receive clean drinking water. He's working on new ways to make that happen.

Campus Community

Bob Seger performing at Folsom Field in 1977, photographed by Dan Fong.

Rockin鈥� collection of photos goes to CU Boulder

Announcements & Deadlines Campus Community

The University Libraries have acquired more than 140 photos from premier photographer Dan Fong鈦犫€攊mages of concerts at Norlin Quad and Folsom Field including the Doobie Brothers, the Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Country Joe McDonald and Mountain.

A small green worm in the palm of a person's hand

CU Boulder team awarded Mellon grant for environmental futures seminar

Announcements & Deadlines Celebrate Campus Community

A team at CU Boulder is working to expand the conversation around environmental futures and has been awarded $225,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of the effort.

Elementary school students document change at Norlin Library

Academics Campus Community

Earlier this semester, third-grade students from University Hill Elementary School visited Norlin Library鈥檚 STEAM Gallery to participate in a community engagement event weaving together art and science in a variety of forms.

Events & Exhibits

Faculty Teaching Excellence Program spring workshops announced

Workshops & Seminars Events & Exhibits

The Faculty Teaching Excellence Program鈥檚 lineup for spring symposia have been announced. The topics range from enhancing learning motivation to addressing student mental health issues in the classroom, bringing research into the classroom and more.

Tour the CU Boulder supercomputer

General Events & Exhibits

Did you know CU Boulder has a supercomputer on campus? Come and join Research Computing for snacks and a tour on Dec. 6.

Diversity Engagement Survey

On Oct. 28, all four campuses in the CU community were invited to participate听in a system-administered survey designed to assess CU鈥檚 learning and working environments. The deadline is Nov. 15.听

Accreditation Town Halls

Join Senior Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Assessment Katherine Eggert to discuss the issues at CU Boulder that apply to accreditation and prepare for the site visit by the Higher Learning Commission.

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