Faculty-Staff Edition - Oct. 10, 2022
Murderers, ghosts and dead monarchs—Shakespeare’s creepiest characters have sprung from his pages and trapped him in a prison cell while they run amokin this immersive campus performance.Get your ShakesFear tickets!
Events & Exhibits
Faculty funding workshops to include seed grant info, writing seminars, more
There are still plenty of opportunities this fall to get help toward funding your research, scholarship and creative work. Join the Research & Innovation Office’s faculty webinars and workshops.
Social science, sustainability tech the subjects of Oct. 21 workshop
From food technology to the politics and policies of energy transition, this workshop will explore developing and deploying sustainability technologies at scale—a complex social, political and engineering challenge. Attend and hear from a number of leaders, including CU Boulder faculty.
CU opera brings Puccini’s beloved ‘La Bohème’ to the stage Oct. 21–23
Visit the Latin Quarter of Paris, where an idealistic poet falls for a frail but resolute “gaia fioraia.” This timeless, sweeping taledepicts the exuberant lives of struggling young artists in the throes of love, envy, betrayal and heartbreak.
‘Braiding Sweetgrass’author Robin Wall Kimmerer to speak Dec. 1 in Boulder
This free event at the Boulder Theater is part of Buffs One Read, a campuswide program produced by the University Libraries and Student Affairs that builds community through the shared reading of one book.
Campus Community
Honoring Indigenous Peoples Day: Land acknowledgments and why they matter
As part of Indigenous Peoples Day, Andrew Cowell addresses the new campus land acknowledgment, the history of land acknowledgments across the Americas, and how—when accompanied by meaningful actions—such recognition can raise awareness and lead to greater support for Native communities.
Bear safety tips: Mind your trash, more
Black bears are common in Colorado, including in the Boulder foothills and, on rare occasions, campus. With winter approaching, they are out filling up on calories before hitting their dens for hibernation.
Right Here, Right Now
Changed landscape, lost traditions: One Nepali woman’s search for Indigenous solutions to climate change
Pasang Dolma Sherpa cherishes any time she can spend in Nepal’s mountainous region, where she grew up in a Sherpa village. But the scenery has changed significantly. Learn about Dolma Sherpa, one of several panelists at the campus's Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in December.