Faculty-Staff Edition—Aug. 15, 2025
Campus Community
Register for free employee group fitness classes
WorkWell hosts various group fitness classes for staff and faculty at The Rec. Fall semester opportunities include free yoga and cardio/strength classes. All levels are welcome and registration is required.
CU engineering center renamed in honor of Campos Foundation's $5M gift
The BOLD Center is getting a new name—the Campos Student Center—and will continue its mission of broadening engineering student opportunities, community and leadership.
Events & Exhibits
Spike Lee's 'Highest 2 Lowest'—join a screening Aug. 27
The Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts and the International Film Series are proud to host a free screening, including a post-film Q&A with screenwriter Alan Fox and Producer Jason Berman, moderated by Lionsgate President of Worldwide Television & Digital Distribution (and CU alum) Jim Packer.
Research Corner
A positive influence
A new textbook edited by Erin Willis, associate professor in the College of Communication, Media, Design and Information, aims to show how scholars can think about disability in their own research.
Human emissions drove the megadrought in the western US
New research revealed that changes in the Pacific Ocean are driving the unrelenting dry spell in the American Southwest, and it might not let up for the next three decades.
How to save a satellite: Student team races the clock to study a hazardous region of space
Over several white-knuckle months, an operations team at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics brought a small satellite back from the dead—just in time to explore a region of space known as Very Low Earth Orbit.
The Conversation
Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought
The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that natural phenomenon. Read from CU expert Pedro DiNezio and a colleague on The Conversation.
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