Getting Involved
<p>John A. Ikard, president and CEO of FirstBank Holding Company, will deliver a talk titled "Leading an Ethical Organization in a Sometimes Unethical World" on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the Wittemyer Courtroom at the Wolf Law Building on the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ campus.</p>
<p>The ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ has announced Thomas Krannawitter, Ph.D., as a finalist for the position of Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy for the 2015-16 academic year. Krannawitter will visit the CU-Boulder campus and give a talk titled “The Problem of Slavery in the American Founding.â€� He will explore what the existence of slavery in the early days of the United States, and efforts made to end it, tell us today about the American character.</p>
<p>Up for a romantic Valentine’s Day evening? Then head to the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ’s Fiske Planetarium to <em>Relativity for Lovers – A Valentine’s Day Among the Stars</em>, for music, film and a talk on the genius of Albert Einstein.</p>- <p>The Tibetan Association of Colorado (TAC) and the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ will co-host a campus visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Oct. 20 and 21, 2015, both groups announced today.</p>
<p>A schedule of events at CU-Boulder is still being finalized. The schedule and ticket information will be announced in the months ahead.</p>
<p>The annual Geminid meteor shower could be a fun show this weekend for Coloradans weather permitting, according to a ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ astronomer.</p>- <p class="p1">On Tuesday, Dec. 9, renowned neuroscientists and psychologists will share research-based mental training techniques that have been shown to improve well-being and contribute to happiness, creativity and productivity. The community lecture is free and open to the public beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ’s Macky Auditorium.</p>
<p class="p1">The event, “Well-being Is a Skill,� will be led by Richard J. Davidson, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of psychology and psychiatry and founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.</p> - <p>A measles vaccine made of fine dry powder and delivered with a puff of air triggered no adverse side effects in early human testing and it is likely effective, according to a paper to be published November 28 in the journal <em>Vaccine. </em>The paper is now available <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X14013620">online</a>.</p>
- <p>A novel, low-cost method of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) developed at the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ and successfully used in human clinical trials in Belgium has been awarded a “Best of What’s New Awardâ€� from Popular Science magazine in 2014 in the health category.</p>
<p>Two NASA and one European spacecraft, including NASA’s MAVEN mission led by the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ, have gathered new information about the basic properties of a wayward comet that buzzed by Mars Oct. 19, directly detecting its effects on the Martian atmosphere.</p>
<p>ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ administrators have signed a memorandum of agreement to host 36 of the nation’s top high school students beginning next summer to image, measure and track near-Earth asteroids using university telescopes.</p>