Faculty-Staff Edition—Aug. 25, 2025
Campus Community
Get in on fall trainings with Human Resources
Learn about allyship, the Buff Way, Crucial Conversations and more. Sign up for professional development opportunities this fall before seats fill up.
Faculty Takes
AI is headed back to school
Leeds professor and AI-in-education expert Jeremiah Contreras explains how classrooms are using artificial intelligence and what the rest of us can learn from it.
Research Corner
Robot regret: New research helps robots make safer decisions around humans
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder aerospace engineer Morteza Lahijanian is creating new algorithms that help robots complete tasks while keeping the humans in their midst safer.
Video games don't rot your brain—they train it
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder scientists have found that playing video games comes with small but significant cognitive benefits.
ESPN launches a new era
Launching a new direct-to-consumer service and inking a recent deal to control National Football League Media, the ESPN network continues evolving as the dominant force in sports media.
Colorado's subalpine wetlands may be producing a toxic form of mercury
Subalpine wetlands in the Rocky Mountains are warming, creating the perfect conditions for producing methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin, which is a concern for downstream water supplies. Read from Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØexpert Eve-Lyn Hinckley on The Conversation.
Events & Exhibits
Spike Lee's 'Highest 2 Lowest'—join a screening Aug. 27
The Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts and the International Film Series are proud to host a free screening, including a post-film Q&A with screenwriter Alan Fox and Producer Jason Berman, moderated by Lionsgate President of Worldwide Television & Digital Distribution (and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØalum) Jim Packer.
Faculty Tuesdays: Oboist Peter Cooper and friends Sept. 2
An upcoming concert features Teaching Professor of Oboe Peter Cooper collaborating with four of the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØCollege of Music's artist-faculty.
Fall into service: Campus blood drive set for Sept. 9–11
While the leaves are turning and the season is changing, the need for blood donations remains constant. Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Staff Council, in collaboration with longtime partner Vitalant, will host a September blood drive—open to faculty, staff and students.
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