Faculty-Staff Edition - Jan. 30, 2023
Campus Community
Joint statement from Boulder County law enforcement agencies on death of Tyre Nichols
The CU Boulder police join the Boulder police, Louisville police, Lafayette police, Longmont Public Safety, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and district attorney’s office in a statement about the sickening and disheartening actions of the Memphis police officers and fire medics involved in the death of Tyre Nichols.
Join the Mindful Campus Program 8-week series
Join in mindful community to reset, care for your mind and body, learn accessible techniques to promote wellness and just be. Offered by the Renée Crown Wellness Institute, cohorts are available for students, graduate students, international students and CU Boulder staff.
5 tips for managing conflict with students
The ideal classroom, lab or lecture fosters thoughtful discussions between you and your students. That being said, classroom conflict is inevitable. Here are some strategies to support students and promote conflict resolution.
Events & Exhibits
Rubén Donato to deliver Distinguished Research Lecture Jan. 31
All are invited to Professor Rubén Donato's in-person lecture “An Elusive Quest: Mexican American Resistance to School Segregation in the United States.” Donato is an American educational historian and specializes in the history of Mexican American education in the U.S.
Three Minute Thesis competition to return Feb. 2
Join this annual event to see graduate students distill their nine-hour theses down to three minutes each. The eleven competitors will be judged by a panel, including University of Colorado President Todd Saliman.
Treat yourself to live music by the Branford Marsalis Quartet Feb. 11
In the Grammy-nominated “The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul,” the Branford Marsalis Quartet performs its most emotionally wide-ranging and melody-driven collection of music to date. CU students and employees get 25% off tickets.
Research in Your Backyard
CU research team moves one step closer to printing models of life-like 3D organs
A model of your very own kidney made entirely from soft and pliable polymers? Researchers at two CU campuses are on the cusp of 3D printing realistic replicas of human anatomy.
When Indigenous communities have legal land rights, this Brazilian forest benefits
A CU Boulder-led study shows that between 1985 and 2019 in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, deforestation decreased and reforestation increased on lands where Indigenous communities had been able to complete a legal process to receive formal recognition of their ancestral lands.
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