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CU Boulder College of Music unveils long-anticipated building addition

Sept. 17, 2021

The CU community gathered to celebrate the opening of a state-of-the-art, $57-million addition to the Imig Music Building that will enhance the College of Music’s standing as a national leader in comprehensive music education, performance, composition and research.

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Directed energy weapons shoot painful, non-lethal beams––are similar weapons behindÌýHavana syndrome?

Sept. 17, 2021

Electromagnetic beams of the right power and wavelength can cause pain and zap electronics. Could they also be used to disrupt a person’s nervous system? Professor Iain Boyd shares on The Conversation.

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Call for graduate student mentors

Sept. 17, 2021

The McNair Scholars Program is designed to prepare undergraduate students for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. Mentors will be matched one-to-one with an undergraduate scholar.

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Participate in the Wherever You Roam 5K

Sept. 17, 2021

Run or walk 3.1 miles with CU Boulder in mind as part of Family Weekend and Homecoming. Your entry fee for the 5K will include a Forever Buffs T-shirt, commemorative medal, race bib and CU stickers. Plus, $10 from each entry supports student scholarships.

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Benson Center launches Free Mind podcast

Sept. 17, 2021

The new Free Mind podcast explores topics in Western philosophy, politics, literature and history with adventurous disregard for academic fashions and intellectual trends.

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CU Boulder postdocs, faculty mentors to be honored during National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week

Sept. 17, 2021

As part of the nationwide celebration of postdocs and faculty mentors Sept. 20–24, CU Boulder’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is offering virtual and in-person activities Monday through Friday.

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Several CU community members honored with 2021 Alumni Awards

Sept. 16, 2021

In one of the campus's longest-standing traditions, 8 outstanding individuals, plus the campus's Pandemic Scientific Steering Committee and Science Team—including 12 individuals—are being honored with Alumni Awards for 2021.

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Data humanities class wins NSF grant

Sept. 16, 2021

A new humanities course on how to make sense of data and apply it to real-world problems has just been awarded $300,000 from the National Science Foundation. The grant was awarded to Eric Vance, associate professor of applied math, and David Glimp, associate professor of English.

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Choose your libraries study space by view

Sept. 16, 2021

Sometimes you just need a change of pace. The University Libraries have great study spaces across five campus libraries, so pick the room with a view of your liking.

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Violeta Chapin wins Polly Baca Raíces Fuertes Community Leader Award

Sept. 16, 2021

Congressman Joe Neguse announced Professor Violeta Chapin as the winner of the 2021 Polly Baca Raíces Fuertes Community Leader Award in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

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