Science & Technology

  • <p>CU Theatre & Dance continues its 2015-16 season with "The Otherland," an MFA dance concert created by Bailey Anderson and Rosely Conz. Their show—which runs Oct. 16-18 at the Charlotte York Irey Dance Theatre on the CU-Boulder campus—explores through contemporary dance what it means to be a stranger in one’s everyday world. </p>
  • <p>Look. Up in the sky it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a "supermoon" and it’s disappearing. That’s because Sunday evening for the first time in 32 years a "supermoon," a moon that appears larger due to its close orbit to the Earth, and a total lunar eclipse are happening at the same time. But don’t worry about missing it, says Doug Duncan, a CU-Boulder astrophysicist and director of the Fiske Planetarium on campus.</p>
  • <p>A Computing by Design symposium aimed at helping educators weave computer science principles throughout the K-12 curriculum will be held Monday, Sept. 28, at the STEM-focused <a href="http://tpk8.svvsd.org/"><span class="s2">Timberline PK-8</span></a>, 233 E. Mountain View Ave., in Longmont.</p>
  • <p>Toku Kawata, a third-year piano performance doctor of musical arts candidate, spent a month in Paris this summer to research "En Vers" by Japanese composer and sometime Paris resident Akira Miyoshi. He shared his experience with CU-Boulder's <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/music/">College of Music</a>. </p>
  • <p>CU-Boulder's <a href="http://ccar.colorado.edu/pages/axelrad.html">Penina Axelrad</a>, professor and chair of the Department of Aerospace Sciences, received the 2015 Aerospace Educator Award from the <a href="http://www.womeninaerospace.org/">Women in Aerospace</a> association.</p>
  • <p>As far as careers go, jazz pianist Stephen Thurston is hitting all the right notes. Since graduating from the CU-Boulder College of Music with a bachelor’s degree in jazz piano in 2013, Thurston has been growing roots in the Denver jazz scene, playing an average of one show per day—often two.</p>
  • <p>One of the largest research studies of it kind in the state is now underway at the ÂĚñ»»ĆŢ to look at the effects of physical activity on the quality of life in older adults, including social, emotional, financial and cognitive function.</p>
  • <p>Kicking off the 2015-16 CU Theatre & Dance season, “[UN] W.R.A.P.: Undoing Writing, Research and Performance” explores the complexity and evolution of “Black Dance.” The three-day symposium, held Sept. 18-20 at the Irey Theatre, will look at the historical impact and ongoing contributions of African American choreographers.</p>
  • Waleed Abdalati
    <p>Waleed Abdalati, professor of geography at the ÂĚñ»»ĆŢ and director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), will co-chair a <a href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/SSB_166359">prestigious national committee</a> charged with developing U.S. priorities for observing Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land surfaces by satellite.</p>
  • <p>The ecological complexity of many emerging disease threats—interactions among multiple hosts, multiple vectors and even multiple parasites—often complicates efforts aimed at controlling disease. Now, a new paper co-authored by a ÂĚñ»»ĆŢ professor is advancing a multidisciplinary framework that could provide a better mechanistic understanding of emerging outbreaks.</p>
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