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Beloved Community Day Feb. 14: You're invited to participate in acts of kindness

Feb. 11, 2022

The Center for the Study of the Prevention of Violence, Naropa University and the city of Boulder invite the community to create a ripple of hope, love and care that reminds us why it is good to be alive, to be human, to be here now.

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Regents honor distinguished professors, get culture survey updates, more

Feb. 10, 2022

On the first day of its two-day meeting, the CU Board of Regents recognized distinguished professors, approved plans for phase two of renovations to the Fleming Building and received preliminary data from the Campus and Workplace Culture Surveys. Read details.

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Music Professor Rebecca Maloy to deliver Distinguished Research Lecture March 8

Feb. 10, 2022

Rebecca Maloy, a professor of musicology and the director of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, will deliver her in-person Distinguished Research Lecture, “Constructing Sanctity Through Sound in Early Medieval Iberia.”

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Inclusive Sports Summit set for Feb. 16

Feb. 10, 2022

Free and open to the entire campus community, this summit is designed for participants to learn about equity and how it impacts athletes, being an ally, addressing inequities and connecting with campus resources for support. Register now and plan to attend!

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2 physicists win prestigious NSF CAREER Awards

Feb. 10, 2022

CU Boulder's Andrew Lucas and Bethany Wilcox have been awarded the Early Career Development Program, one of the NSF’s most prestigious awards, to improve the teaching of quantum mechanics to students and to search for new kinds of fluids.

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Student Will Loughlin is a rare walk-on scholarship winner

Feb. 10, 2022

Will Loughlin, a senior in computer science, went from being a lacrosse player with a passion for intramural basketball to being a walk-on for the CU's men's basketball team—the first time this has happened in at least 12 years.

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The path one alumnus took from mechanical engineer to heart surgeon

Feb. 10, 2022

Michael Lewis took an interdisciplinary education to the next level. After graduating with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and working at Boeing for a year, he discovered another way to help people—through medicine.

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After 2-year delay, international student team set to launch satellite into space

Feb. 10, 2022

鶹Ժ from the United States and five other countries will be cheering when a small satellite called INSPIRESat-1 lifts off from a rocket pad in India on Monday, Feb. 14.

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What Super Bowl ads can teach us about ourselves: Q&A with Kelty Logan

Feb. 10, 2022

From Coke's “I'd like to teach the world to sing” in 1972 to Apple's iconic launch in 1984 to this year's raucous, carefree humor, Super Bowl ads reflect who we are as a culture—or what we'd like to be. Take a look back and forward with advertising industry veteran Kelty Logan.

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Connecting through trauma: How social media can support survivors

Feb. 10, 2022

Samira Rajabi, assistant professor of media studies, spent years battling a brain tumor. Her experience of trauma and finding support through social media inspired research she hopes will help others.

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