Faculty/Staff Edition - April 17, 2017
Campus Community
Hallett Hall will be new Social Justice Living Environment come fall
In fall 2017, Hallett Hall will be transformed into a Social Justice Living Environment with the addition of a peer mentorship program and two new Living and Learning Communities (LLCs).
Student issued summons for false robbery report
After sending a safety email to the campus and investigating a student-reported March 2017 crime, the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Police Department determined that the student made up the story and the crime never occurred.
Beyond Boulder: Retired ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä professor was first American woman to earn PhD in Japanese history
Joyce Chapman Lebra became increasingly aware of ethnic and class distinctions as a child in the Territory of Hawaii, which provided the impetus for her life's mission to give a "voice to the voiceless" as a historian, author and educator.
Events & Exhibits
Veblen to lecture on human, climate impact on forests and wildfires
Professor Thomas T. Veblen will deliver a Distinguished Research Lecture titled "Wildfire regime shifts in Patagonian-Andean forest ecosystems:ÌýFeedbacks and consequences in the face of climate and land-use changes" April 25.
Kip Thorne, pioneer in gravitational waves, to give 51st Gamow lecture
Kip Thorne, pioneer in gravitational waves and creative force behind ‘Interstellar,’ will give the 51st Gamow lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at Macky Auditorium.
Research News
New era of western wildfire demands new ways of protecting people, ecosystems
Current wildfire policy can’t adequately protect people, homes and ecosystems from the longer, hotter fire seasons, new ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder research has found.
Yukon glacier retreat triggers 'river piracy'
The retreat of a massive Yukon glacier a mile up its valley has redirected meltwater from one river basin to another in the first modern case of "river piracy," according to a new analysis co-authored by ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder researchers.
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