Faculty/Staff Edition - Oct. 6, 2017
Campus Community
Buffs helping Buffs: The gift of life
Needing a kidney transplant, Char Synder was running out of time. Then came the 2016 football season, when the Snyders found that the answer to their problem had been sitting in front of them.
Staff in Focus: Contributing to Hurricane Irma response efforts
Deon Pfenning, emergency management plans program manager, deployed to south Georgia for eight days in September to help manage disaster response after Hurricane Irma.
Among the countless contributions and achievements faculty represent, several were recognized at the 12th annual faculty convocation honoring recently tenured or promoted members of the community, as well as teaching professors.
Events & Exhibits
Conference to explore social implications of technological change
Via this no-cost, open keynote and panel discussion Oct. 18, participants will consider how the telegraph parallels the modern rise of social networks and more.
A cosmic meditation on the nature of sound and space Oct. 13, 14
Join composer and shakuhachi player Aidan Patrick Cook for a bold new performance experience. Sprawl out on a cushion and sink into a tableau of sound unlike anything you've heard.
Experts to discuss time period leading up to a 'habitable solar system' Oct. 12
For millenia, the origin of life has been a topic of fascination, debate and investigation. Leading thinkers in the fieldÌýwill synthesize what we know, don't knowÌýand where we're headed.
Research News
New JILA atomic clock can outperform all predecessors
Physicists have created an atomic clock that reaches the same level of precision as its predecessors but is more than 20 times faster, promising dramatically improved measurements and more.
NIST adds nearly $2 billion in economic contributions to Maryland and Colorado
The National Institute of Standards and Technology added nearly $2 billion in combined economic contributions across Maryland and Colorado in fiscal year 2016, a Leeds School study has found.
The future of Colorado's energy explored in upcoming talks
Balancing energy resources, effectively communicating climate science and developing renewable technologies take center stage in this fall lecture series starting Oct. 14.
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