Stock image of a person wearing a face mask in a supermarket

How to use ventilation and air filtration to prevent the spread of coronavirus indoors

Aug. 12, 2020

The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. Ventilation and filtration techniques hold the key to slowing the spread indoors. Mechanical engineering professor Shelly Miller shares on The Conversation.

Idea Plan meeting

CU Â鶹ӰԺ Council for Community and Inclusion convening

Aug. 12, 2020

A strategic advisory group of student leaders, faculty and staff representing all university units will convene for the first time to begin the historic work of implementing the IDEA Plan, a campus blueprint for building a more diverse and inclusive CU Â鶹ӰԺ.

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Apply for the 2020-21 University Perspective Program

Aug. 12, 2020

Participants gain firsthand knowledge of the university through meetings with senior leaders on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus and each of the other three campuses in the CU system, as well as the CU system office.

Shaz Zamore taking a selfie on a hike in the mountains.

Scientist reflects on the joys and challenges of being a Black nature lover

Aug. 12, 2020

An encounter in May now called the "Central Park birdwatching incident" ignited a national conversation about whether Black people are welcome in natural areas. It's a discussion that hit home for Shaz Zamore.

Bike racks on campus

6 things to bring to campus this fall

Aug. 12, 2020

You may have some questions about what to bring to campus and how to be ready for the coming semester. The best way to be prepared is to plan in advance. Here are some things to bring to campus this fall.

Kamala Harris

Experts available on Democratic 2020 vice presidential pick

Aug. 12, 2020

2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has now publicly announced his choice for a vice presidential running mate: Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California. CU Â鶹ӰԺ experts are available to discuss this development in the 2020 presidential campaign.

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What to know if you're teaching physics labs remotely

Aug. 11, 2020

The pandemic upended schools in the spring of 2020, sending students and faculty home. With an NSF RAPID grant, JILA Fellow Heather Lewandowski asked instructors what worked—and what didn't—as they moved their lab courses online.

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Film aficionados unite at CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s first Mimesis Documentary Festival

Aug. 11, 2020

The Mimesis Documentary Festival Aug. 12–18 is bringing together filmmakers and film buffs for an immersive week of screenings and discussions—open to the campus community and the general public.

Konrad (Koni) Steffen

Former CIRES director Konrad Steffen dies in Greenland accident

Aug. 11, 2020

Konrad (Koni) Steffen always had a smile and a kind word to say–to another scientist, a staff member, to the graduate student of a colleague. And it seemed, at times, like he could do anything: brief Congress, ford a meltwater river on a snowmachine, mesmerize journalists with tales of his time on the ice.

An empty Folsom Field

Pac-12 Conference postpones all sports until Jan. 1, 2021

Aug. 11, 2020

The Pac-12 Conference presidents and chancellors voted unanimously on Tuesday to postpone all fall sports seasons, as well as the start of winter sports seasons, until Jan. 1, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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