Graduate Student Edition - Feb. 18, 2021
Through the spring semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates. In this issue: Updates on testing locations and hours; the status of wastewater testing; expanded building access; and more.
Campus Community
How computers see us: Doctoral student working to curb discrimination by artificial intelligence
Facial recognition technology is now embedded in everything from our phones and computers to surveillance systems at the mall and airport. But it tends to misidentify certain populations and can be used to discriminate. Microsoft Research Fellow Morgan Klaus Scheuerman wants to change that.
Student explores assumptions in financing for urban water utilities in low-income countries
Anna Libey, a doctoral student in environmental engineering at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ, is the lead author on a new paper that compares utilities around the world and advocates for more subsidization in utility operations to provide clean water.
Fiscal resilience builds flexibility to engage ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ mission
As ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ carries out its academic mission amid the COVID-19 pandemic and takes important steps to advance diversity, equity and inclusion, the university remains committed to a third priority—fiscal resilience—that supports the entirety of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ mission.
Get to know ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ police: Dispatch
The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Police Department is a full-service police department, and that service starts when you call 911. In fact, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ is one of four Boulder County agencies staffing their own dispatch center.
Grad students: Apply to join an art and humanities cohort
The Engaged Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Scholars program provides up to $2,000 for professional development and support for a community-engaged scholarship project focused on arts and humanities. Apply by March 2.
Events & Exhibits
Weathering the emotional storm of colleagues, co-workers or classmates
In this Ombuds Office "lunch and learn" on Feb. 23, participants will discuss how to help others through hard times, as well as the benefits of having compassion and providing support without ending up depleted and emotionally drained.
How CU Built This—an event Feb. 25
Hear from CU’s very own entrepreneurs (and alumni of the New Venture Challenge) about fostering innovation, undergoing the startup journey and how higher education is transforming to support original thinking.
Take part in the virtual Womxn’s Leadership Symposium March 3
Through engaging sessionsÌýand TED-style talks, the 2021 symposium on March 3 seeks to explore theÌýtheme Cultivating Growth Through Resistance and Resilience.
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