Faculty/Staff Edition - June 6, 2017
Reaching out statewide to tell our story on such a personal level to alumni, donors, newspaper editors, business and government leaders is one of the most gratifying things I do all year.
Campus Community
Traffic, parking impacts from summer concerts at Folsom Field
Dead & Company are returning to Folsom Field for two shows, June 9 and 10. The campus community should plan accordingly for parking, traffic and transit impacts, with closures beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 9.
Calder, Lacerenza and Mwaffo awarded postdoctoral fellowships
Jeremy Calder, Christina Lacerenza and Violet Mwaffo have been selected from over 100 applicants as recipients of the 2017 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Kirshner receives Chase Faculty Community Service Award
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder professor Ben Kirshner has been awarded for improving the lives of young people in Colorado and beyond through his teaching, research and volunteerism.
Two alumni featured in Venice Biennale 2017
Two bodies of work exhibited in an official satellite site of Venice Biennale 2017, the oldest and arguably most prestigious visual arts event in the world, share close ties to ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder.
Research News
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder researchers explain mystery of 'banging' galaxy clusters
Two galaxy clusters in the process of merging created a layer of surprisingly hot gas between them that ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder astronomers believe is from turbulence caused by banging into each other at supersonic speeds.
SpaceX launches ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-built heart, bone health experiments to space station
A SpaceX rocket launched two ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder-built payloads to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida, delivering equipment to look at changes in cardiovascular stem cells in microgravity and study a new bone-building drug.
Global wind-mapping project commences in Portugal
An international team that includes ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder researchers has begun the world's largest wind-mapping project in Portugal, in hopes of better understanding wind behavior across the globe.
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