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The Mimesis Documentary Festival Aug. 12–18 is bringing together filmmakers and film buffs for an immersive week of screenings and discussions—open to the campus community and the general public.

Konrad (Koni) Steffen always had a smile and a kind word to say–to another scientist, a staff member, to the graduate student of a colleague. And it seemed, at times, like he could do anything: brief Congress, ford a meltwater river on a snowmachine, mesmerize journalists with tales of his time on the ice.

The Pac-12 Conference presidents and chancellors voted unanimously on Tuesday to postpone all fall sports seasons, as well as the start of winter sports seasons, until Jan. 1, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Provost Russell L. Moore announced that S. James Anaya will not seek a second term as dean of Colorado Law and will continue as a member of the faculty when his term ends.

The University Libraries have reopened the Gemmill Engineering, Math and Physics Library as of Aug. 10. Gemmill Library will be open to CU Boulder affiliates from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

This new collaborative program between the two institutions looks to ultimately improve teaching across the state.

A new partnership among CU Boulder, the Jeffco Schools Foundation, The Ball Foundation and other industry and individual donors will leverage Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative funding to provide more than $860,000 in scholarships.

As CU Boulder faculty adapt to the ongoing challenges of teaching in the COVID-19 era, they can take heart that they are not alone. CU Boulder’s Center for Teaching & Learning is taking center stage as a teaching partner, offering an array of resources.

For 31 years, Rob Drugan has taught a course on behavioral medicine at Brown University and the University of New Hampshire. Last year, he decided to take his course—which focuses on the benefits of exercise—across the continental U.S., traveling by bike with Connie Eppich.

New research identifies fertilizer and pesticide applications to croplands as the largest source of sulfur in the environment—up to 10 times higher than the peak sulfur load seen in the second half of the 20th century, during the days of acid rain.