Lectures & Presentations
- One of "MIT Technology Review's" 35 Top Young Innovators of 2011 and founder of Pakistan's largest startup incubator, Umar Saif will lecture on leveraging technology for human need.
- For those who are involved or interested in business, the outlook gives the pulse on the national economy, as well as the state's industries, from construction to leisure and hospitality, natural resources and more.
- Photographer and mixed-media artist Renee Cox will give a lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 15, as part of the Department of Art & Art History's Visiting Artist Program.
- TEDxCU, an independently-organized annual TED event, is seeking speakers "who have an idea worth spreading" to apply to talk at this year's spring 2017 occurrence.
- This workshop will feature CU's Prashant Nagpal, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering and 2014 recipient of the Keck Foundation Research Award. RSVP online by Nov. 15.
- Author Ronald J. Stewart聽will speak about his book "Then Comes a Wind,"聽a story about a family's struggle to homestead in 1900s Nebraska, on Nov. 10. Stewart聽will sign copies of his book (which will be for sale at the event) immediately following the presentation.
- A finalist for the Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy position will give a talk Nov. 10 on his point of view: The president鈥檚 鈥渄angerous doctrine鈥 has compromised the muscular internationalism that defined U.S. national security policy after World War II.
- David Ciplet, assistant professor of environmental studies, will discuss how to ensure a socially just transition to affordable and clean energy on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 9 a.m., as part of the 麻豆免费版下载on the Weekend lecture series.
- This Thursday, Nov. 3, Boulder Campus Staff Council and 麻豆免费版下载Student Government will host a town hall debate on Amendment 69, also known as ColoradoCare. The debate will be held from 5聽to 6:15 p.m.聽in the Abrams Lounge in the Center for Community (C4C).聽Ron Vejrostek, a spokesperson for ColoradoCare, and Michael Cooke, campaign manager for Coloradans for Coloradans (a group opposed to Amendment 69), will debate the amendment and its impact on Colorado residents. A question-and-answer session will follow.
- Postponed until December: Chris Moody, VP of Data Strategy at Twitter,聽joins the聽CWA Speaker Series聽on聽Thursday, Nov.聽3,聽at聽6:30 p.m.聽in Old Main.聽Moody聽is considered a pioneer in the social data industry and has worked closely with leading social platforms such as Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, WordPress, Disqus and more to formulate and execute their data strategies.