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Pilot program sets the stage for on-campus composting

Nov. 10, 2016

Boulder has been at the national forefront of sustainability initiatives for several years and this year, a Boulder residence hall will attempt a zero-waste composting program.

Renee Cox at Tribeca Film Festival in 2008 | Photo by David Shankbone

Visiting Artist Program to feature Renee Cox

Nov. 10, 2016

Photographer and mixed-media artist Renee Cox will give a lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 15, as part of the Department of Art & Art History's Visiting Artist Program.

Q'ero tribe members in Peru

Read the stars like the Inca with 'Secrets of the Andean Skies'

Nov. 9, 2016

The Inca could see "dark constellations." The brightness of the stars in the Pleiades told them when to plant crops. Learn to read the stars like the Inca during a talk titled "Secrets of the Andean Skies," Nov. 10 and 12 at Fiske Planetarium.

TEDx

TEDx 2017 speakers wanted

Nov. 9, 2016

TEDx, an independently-organized annual TED event, is seeking speakers "who have an idea worth spreading" to apply to talk at this year's spring 2017 occurrence.

W.M. Keck Foundation

Faculty workshop: Keck Foundation Research Program

Nov. 9, 2016

This workshop will feature 's Prashant Nagpal, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering and 2014 recipient of the Keck Foundation Research Award. RSVP online by Nov. 15.

Veterans Day Ceremony

Veterans Day: Annual ceremony, memorial lounge grand opening

Nov. 3, 2016

In honor of the nation's veterans, including Boulder faculty, staff and student veterans, the university will host its annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University Memorial Center (UMC), followed by the grand opening of the newly-renovated Veterans Memorial Lounge.

Yohannese Gebremedhin, right, and Arthur Antoine, left, stand in front of a model of a rocket in the engineering center on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.

Engineering students plan large regional conference

Nov. 3, 2016

Two engineering students, Yohannese Gebremedhin and Arthur Antoine, organized the 2016 National Society of Black Engineers’ (NSBE) Fall Region 6 Conference, to be held Nov. 4–6 in Denver. The event has attracted hundreds of people from the region, and registration is still open.

'Then Comes a Wind' by R.J. Stewart

Book discussion and signing with author Ronald J. Stewart

Nov. 3, 2016

Author Ronald J. Stewart will speak about his book "Then Comes a Wind," a story about a family's struggle to homestead in 1900s Nebraska, on Nov. 10. Stewart will sign copies of his book (which will be for sale at the event) immediately following the presentation.

Robert Kaufman

Up for discussion: Obama's foreign policy doctrine diverges from precedent

Nov. 2, 2016

A finalist for the Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy position will give a talk Nov. 10 on his point of view: The president’s “dangerous doctrine” has compromised the muscular internationalism that defined U.S. national security policy after World War II.

Climate Justice Alliance protesters march for environmental justice

on the Weekend: 'Justice in a Warming World'

Oct. 31, 2016

David Ciplet, assistant professor of environmental studies, will discuss how to ensure a socially just transition to affordable and clean energy on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 9 a.m., as part of the on the Weekend lecture series.

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