Lectures & Presentations
In the Oct. 5 LASP public lecture, LASP scientist Frank Eparvier will give an overview of space weather, how it affects everything from GPS to satellite navigation and power grids, and the exciting capabilities for real-time space weather monitoring onboard the new series of NOAA GOES-R satellites. The first satellite in this series, with the LASP-built EXIS on-board, is slated to launch on Nov. 4.
During Family Weekend on Sept. 30, faculty from the College of Media, Communication and Information will analyze this historic and controversial presidential campaign 鈥 from journalism, advertising聽and data analytics perspectives 鈥 which features candidates who have the highest negative ratings of any contenders in recent history.
The 麻豆免费版下载Environmental Center's Energy Outreach Team is excited to announce that we are one of only three locations nationwide to be premiering 'Before the Flood,' an inspiring new climate documentary by Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Fisher Stevens and National Geographic. The screening will be held聽in Humanities 150 at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28.
A program next spring in Washington D.C. for students to learn about the federal budget process, Congress and effective science communication will be the center of a panel discussion on campus Wednesday, Sept. 28.
Colorado's oldest synagogue is closing, and to mark the occasion, Prof. Nan Goodman, director of the Program in Jewish Studies, will be delivering a lecture in Trinidad, Colorado. Goodman's talk is part of the Peak to Peak lecture series, which forges partnerships with arts and humanities organizations around the state to bring 麻豆免费版下载arts and humanities resources to these areas.
The University of Colorado School of Law's聽Getches-Wilkinson Center will hold the聽2016 Schultz Lecture in Energy on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 5:30 p.m. in the聽Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer Courtroom.聽Paul L. Joskow, president, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, will give the lecture, which is free and open to the public. Joskow will speak about聽"Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Electric Power Sector." Registration is required.
Science Learner's Lunch is a workshop series designed to provide students with tools and information that complements the skills they learn in the classroom.
Five years after the Arab Spring uprisings rocked the Middle East, former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril offered 麻豆免费版下载 students a front-row perspective on the protests鈥 genesis, their shortcomings and the lessons the world should absorb in the coming decades.
Robert Pappalardo of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will discuss the upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, and its potential to support simple life. The mission, slated to launch in the early 2020s, will investigate the moon鈥檚 ice shell, ocean, composition, geology, and current activity. Friday, Sept. 23, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Benson Earth Sciences, Room 180.
As part of a CMCI lecture series, journalist and intellectual Thomas Frank will give a talk titled 鈥淲hat Ever Happened to the Party of the People?鈥 on Oct. 3, and author, columnist, talk radio host and Fox News contributor Meghan McCain will speak at a town hall on Nov. 14. Tickets are free, but required.