Faculty-Staff Edition - Sept. 16, 2020
Campus Operating Status
3 Things to Know Today

The Los Seis de Boulder sculpture installed on the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ campus last year will remain at CU as part of the permanent collection in the University Libraries’ Special Collections, Archives and Preservation department.
Campus Community
Get help for remote learner facilitation in Zoom
OIT’s technology copilots assist instructors in remote-capable classrooms by, among other things, facilitating the use of Zoom and the participation of remote learners.
Music grad’s solution to expensive college auditions: A recording studio in a box
College of Music graduate Nora Barpal wants to break down barriers that can keep young music students from becoming professional musicians. To that end, she's partnered with another alum to launch a coalition that provides high-quality recording equipment to low-income high schools.
Events & Exhibits
Graduate student government to host regent candidate Callie Rennison
The Graduate and Professional Student Government is hosting a forum with Callie Rennison, a candidate for CU regent, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 21. Participants may submit questions ahead of time.
CRDDS introduces new workshop series
The Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship is hosting all learning opportunities online this semester, including a new workshop series called Method of the Month.
Research News
How music of past pandemics can predict human behavior now
Austin Okigbo, an associate professor of ethnomusicology, studies South African music created during epidemics. According to Okigbo, certain themes reverberate through periods of widespread illness.
Humans behind almost all fires threatening homes
People are starting almost all the wildfires that threaten U.S. homes, according to an innovative new analysis combining housing and wildfire data.
Scientists identify gene family key to unlocking vertebrate evolution
New ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ-led research finds the traits that make vertebrates distinct from invertebrates were made possible by the emergence of a new set of genes 500 million years ago.
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