Student Edition - Dec. 8, 2021
Health & Wellness
Mental health is doing the best you can
As our schedules fill up and we hunker down for finals week, self-care may be one of the last things on our minds. Regardless of what your finals look like this semester, here are a few tips to help you make it through the week.
Campus Community
Hear planets sing as you ‘walk’ through space in new solar system model
For about 35 years, the Colorado Scale Model Solar System has delighted campus visitors by shrinking Earth's cosmic neighborhood down to a short walk. Now the exhibit is getting a new update and an interactive smartphone app.
Students, staff ready to operate NASA’s new IXPE mission to study black holes
Years of preparation will culminate this week when LASP students and staff assume control of the nearly $200 million IXPE mission just after it lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Celebrating CU’s Bruce Jakosky and his dedication to the MAVEN mission to Mars
The word “maven” means an expert or connoisseur, an appellation that also appropriately describes Bruce Jakosky and his knowledge of––and affinity for––the planet Mars. He has dedicated the last 18 years to making the MAVEN mission to Mars a success.
Limelight Hotels, CU Boulder partnering to develop on-campus conference center hotel
The Little Nell Hotel Group and CU Boulder have entered into an agreement to develop a Limelight-branded conference center and hotel at the northwest corner of campus that will be a destination for high-profile events and experiences linking the university, research, business and nonprofit communities in Boulder.