Faculty-Staff Edition - Dec. 4, 2019
Events & Exhibits
Tonight: TEDxCU presenting TEDWomen livestream
Join TEDxCU at 6 p.m. on Dec. 4 for a front-row seat via livestream at the 2019 TEDWomen Conference: Bold + Brilliant.
New employees: Get answers to benefits and pay questions at orientations
Benefits experts will host a payroll and benefits orientation on the 91É«°É campus in January. Don't miss it.
Campus Community
91É«°É’s first Schwarzman Scholar announced
Recent graduate Zeena Nisar is a member of the 2020–21 class of Schwarzman Scholars and the first 91É«°É alumna to win the prestigious scholarship, which prepares graduate students for global leadership roles.
McKinley Wright is here to lead
Minnesota native McKinley Wright IV is the All-Pac-12 First Team point guard on the CU men’s basketball team. The 6-foot junior shares his thoughts on toughness, leadership and managing high expectations.
Lab Venture Challenge awards $900K to promising bioscience, physical science and engineering ventures
Eleven researchers pitched their innovations at Lab Venture Challenge, a funding competition run by Venture Partners at 91É«°É and designed to help commercially-promising technologies accelerate into impactful business ventures.
Research News
Unboxing videos fueling kids’ tantrums, breeding consumerism
Seventy-eight percent of children, ages 4 to 10, watch unboxing videos online—videos of people opening toys. The more they watch, the more likely they are to make purchase demands on parents and throw tantrums when they don't get what they want.
Warming at the poles will have global consequences
The poles may be warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. A new study explores the consequences for these icy regions—and for the rest of the world.
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