Faculty-Staff Edition - April 21, 2021
Campus Community
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ unveils names of Research & Innovation Seed Grant recipients
Totaling $700,000, the 2021 grant awards announced by the Office of the Provost and the Research & Innovation Office are going toward 16 new proposals for up to $50,000 each, including two new ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Grand Challenge projects.
Share a proposal for the Los Seis de Boulder Race and Memory Symposium
With a deadline of June 3, students, faculty, staff, performing and visual artists, and other researchers are encouraged to submit proposals for papers, panel discussions and performances.
Taking to the skies to understand wildfire, pandemic impacts
When Colorado went on lockdown last March, alumna Jessica Gilman was in her lab analyzing air samples. Gilman had spent the previous summer in a plane as part of research into wildfire smoke, its chemistry and effects on human health.
Research News
Humongous flare from sun’s nearest neighbor breaks records
On May 1, 2019, researchers observed a record-setting flare from the star Proxima Centauri—a burst of energy roughly 100 times more powerful than any similar event seen from Earth's sun.
Events & Exhibits
When Black lives don't matter: Years lost to wrongful convictions
In this virtual lecture on April 29, Clinical Professor Ann England and Anne-Marie Moyes, director of the Korey Wise Innocence Project, will examine the role of race in wrongful convictions—why they happen more to people of color, how race informs the lack of adequate reforms and more.
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