Faculty-Staff Edition - April 16, 2018
Campus Community
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä labs: Join the international freezer challenge
If your lab uses refrigerators, freezers or cold rooms, compete with other ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder labs by participating in the International Laboratory Freezer Challenge going on now through May 1.
New email security measures coming April 18
The new measures will perform a threat assessment of inbound messages and temporarily quarantine any large quantities of incoming suspicious messages. Learn more.
From Student Affairs: Spring cleaning and sustainability tips
Is your office feeling cluttered? Looking to implement sustainable and environmentally friendly habits? The Environmental Center shares tips in celebration of Earth Month.
Food for Fines returns to Parking Services
Faculty, staff and students can pay their outstanding ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder parking citations with canned food instead of cash during Parking Services’ Food for Fines, Jan. 28 through Feb. 1.
What's going on this week for faculty and staff? Opportunities to turn in your outreach award proposal, join a bone marrow registry, attend the next update session on the Diversity, Inclusion and Academic Excellence Plan and more.
Research Roundup
Opioids after surgery can, paradoxically, prolong pain
Giving opioids to quell pain after surgery can prolong pain for more than three weeks and prime specialized immune cells in the spinal cord to be more reactive to pain, a study found.
New quantum method develops really random numbers
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder have developed a method for generating numbers guaranteed to be random by quantum mechanics.
Events & Exhibits
Join Holocaust remembrance events this week
Holocaust remembrance events taking place this week on campus and at Hillel of Colorado will include a keynote lecture on "Hitler's Furies," a film screening and more.
A celebration of campus's favorite poems: Public reading April 18
Celebrating poetry's role in our lives, the University Libraries invite the community to a reading of 15 of ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's favorite poems, submitted by the campus.
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