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Spotify, Joe Rogan and managing misinformation on streaming services

Feb. 7, 2022

Recent events have prompted a lively discussion about if and how content on streaming platforms should be moderated. CU Boulder Today spoke with an expert in Colorado Law about Spotify, Joe Rogan and this new frontier in content moderation.

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Give blood Feb. 8–10

Feb. 7, 2022

Open to all, Staff Council's next blood drive is taking place at two locations, one on Main Campus and one on East Campus. Appointments are encouraged but not required. Explore making a difference in this way!

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Practice 'heart opening' Feb. 14

Feb. 7, 2022

Compassion practices offer a way to extend care to ourselves and others, to replenish our energy and inspiration, and to help build resilience as we grapple with the impacts of life. This virtual session includes a guided practice and group discussion.

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T9Hacks Feb. 18–19: Confidence in coding

Feb. 7, 2022

T9Hacks kicks off this year with an in-person event. The seventh-annual hackathon promotes interest in creative technologies, coding, design and making among college women, nonbinary individuals and other groups that are underrepresented in technical fields.

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Viva ‘West Side Story,’ CU Boulder cinephile says

Feb. 7, 2022

Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz, cinema studies chair—and man who’s “morally opposed” to remakes—gives a thumbs-up to Steven Spielberg’s Oscar Award-nominated version of “West Side Story.”

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Novice to expert: Immersive undergraduate research transforms students

Feb. 7, 2022

After nine weeks immersed in a research experience at CU Boulder, undergraduate students could analyze scientific papers and graphs more like experts, according to a new CIRES-led study.

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What America’s voting rights activists can learn from past movements for civil rights

Feb. 7, 2022

Digging deeply into the nation’s past can help illuminate the racial setbacks facing the U.S. today. Anthony Siracusa, senior director of inclusive culture and initiatives, shares on The Conversation.

A buffalo sculpture on the CU Boulder campus is blanketed in snow.

Analysis of campus survey responses continues ahead of April release of results

Feb. 7, 2022

Nearly 18,000 CU Boulder community members participated in the Campus Culture Survey this past fall, and university staff who administered the survey are analyzing anonymized responses from students, faculty and staff in preparation for the public release of the survey results in early April.

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Campus police responded to calls for help during Marshall Fire

Feb. 6, 2022

University of Colorado Police Department officers assisted with evacuations, road closures and more during the incredibly destructive Marshall Fire in January.

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CU student-athletes continue outstanding student success

Feb. 5, 2022

Student-athletes have continued to perform extremely well in the classroom in grade point average statistics compiled by CU’s Herbst Academic Center staff, while dealing with the many challenges all CU students have had to navigate over the past two years.

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