Jonathan Templin

'From research to the classroom (and back),' a lecture Sept. 29

Sept. 27, 2017

Jonathan Templin, awarded the inaugural Robert L. Linn Memorial Lecture held alternately at CU Boulder and UCLA, will discuss bettering assessment practice and policy on Friday at Old Main.

Mountain landscape in the Western United States

CIRES kicks off fall lecture series with talk on drought in the Western U.S.

Sept. 27, 2017

Benjamin Cook, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, presents his CIRES Distinguished Lecture "The past and future of drought in the Western United States" at 3 p.m. Sept. 29.

Canyon landscape

Academic dialogues to look at human-land interplay; relationships between human, animal debates

Sept. 27, 2017

The Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy presents "Science, Religion, and Land: the West and the Rest" on Oct. 9 and "Animals, Fetuses, and Morality" on Oct. 10.

Virginia Ferguson in an engineering lab.

Colloquium Sept. 28 to explore UROP best practices

Sept. 26, 2017

Faculty and staff are invited to explore innovative approaches to creating a culture supportive of undergraduate research, as well as Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program funding.

Jonathan Lippman

New York's former chief judge to discuss access to justice Sept. 26

Sept. 22, 2017

Jonathan Lippman, former chief judge of New York and a pioneer in addressing access to justice, will deliver the sixth John Paul Stevens Lecture, "Changing the Dialogue on Access to Justice."

Protestors with fists raised

Why are people irrational about politics?

Sept. 19, 2017

On Sept. 21, Professor Michael Huemer will discuss why people are especially irrational about politics, and how and why they adopt the beliefs they want to adopt. The bad news? You're probably being irrational, too.

Truck drives on flooded street in Key West, Florida

CU Boulder experts to discuss disaster preparedness Sept. 26

Sept. 19, 2017

Three faculty experts will speak on the complexity of preparing, gender inequalities in disasters, and the principles and challenges of using insurance to manage catastrophic risk.

Historian and Georgetown University professor Michael Kazin

Puzzled and perplexed by populism? An evening of expert guidance

Sept. 18, 2017

Historian and Georgetown University professor Michael Kazin will join Patty Limerick Sept. 21 for a conversation about the changing meanings and practices of populism in American history.

Clouds loom over green grass, pond

Distinguished lecture on the constitutional right to a stable climate system

Sept. 15, 2017

Professor Mary Wood will discuss the Atmospheric Trust Litigation in the context of climate urgency and the federal government's policy to spur production of fossil fuels at the Getches-Wilkinson Center's Distinguished Lecture.

Brian Deese, former climate/energy advisor for the Obama administration

Former Obama advisor on climate, energy to give lecture Sept. 28

Sept. 14, 2017

Brian Deese will provide an insider's view on science and technology policy research at the event commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.

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