A hand hovers over a smart phone with apps. (Rob Hampson/Unsplash)

Should you delete your period-tracking apps? A look at data privacy post-Roe

Sept. 8, 2022

In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to eliminate the constitutional right to an abortion, some fear law enforcement agencies or private citizens could use data from apps, Google searches or social media posts as evidence of a crime in places where abortion is illegal. Colorado Law data privacy expert Margot Kaminski offers her take.

Campus community members clean up along Boulder Creek

9 things to do this weekend: Observatory open house, cycling, more

Sept. 8, 2022

This weekend brings guided meditation, the Just CAAAS Conversation, rock climbing for beginners, a new art exhibition, Bike Film Night, a Boulder Creek cleanup project and more.

Healthcare worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine during a campus clinic

3 things to know about COVID in 2022

Sept. 8, 2022

As the global pandemic has stretched on into its third year, many local governments and local health agencies have loosened health restrictions. While life has started to get back to normal in some ways, it’s important to keep yourself informed.

Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

CU on the Weekend to return Sept. 17

Sept. 8, 2022

CU on the Weekend returns this fall, welcoming attendees both in person and virtually. Always free and open to the public, the first lecture will be “America’s Broken Political Process and the Path Forward.â€

Emily Nocito (left) and Virginia Weiskopf (right) at a Greenpeace event

CU Boulder students defend the high seas

Sept. 8, 2022

Senior Virginia Weiskopf and doctoral candidate Emily Nocito, both in environmental studies, headed to the United Nations to research marine conservation.

iPhone apps

12 free apps to help you make the most of this year

Sept. 8, 2022

Whether you're looking to improve your finances, relationships, mental health or well-being, here are some free apps to try this year.

Uplift program meeting

Grad students organize STEM research experiences for underrepresented undergrads

Sept. 8, 2022

In 2021, a new research scholarship program, Uplift, was launched by the graduate student organization STEM Routes to provide mentored research experiences specifically catering to the challenges faced by underrepresented and underprivileged undergraduates at CU Boulder.

Flooding in eastern Kentucky on July 29, 2022.

7 takeaways about flooding, infrastructure and climate change

Sept. 8, 2022

Across the country this summer, flooding has damaged national parks, cities and communities—and left hundreds of thousands of people without clean water in Jackson, Mississippi. Two CU Boulder engineering experts discuss the state of our infrastructure and the impacts of climate change.

Volunteers distributed bottled water after Jackson, Mississippi’s water treatment plant failed

Intense heat waves, flooding are battering America’s aging infrastructure

Sept. 7, 2022

A heat wave that pushed California’s power grid to the limit and the water system failure in Mississippi are just two examples of how a growing maintenance backlog and increasing climate change are creating a golden age of infrastructure failure. CU expert Paul Chinowsky shares on The Conversation.

Philip DiStefano, Chancellor of the University of Colorado Boulder, gives the State of Campus speech at the University Memorial Center Glenn Miller Ballroom on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

State of the Campus event to return in person Sept. 13

Sept. 7, 2022

Chancellor Philip DiStefano will hold the annual State of the Campus event in person for the first time in three years. Plan to attend, hear his address and enjoy a buffet breakfast following the talk. A livestream option will be available as well.

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