This weekend brings Feel Good Fridays, a dialogue on reducing polarization,听Homecoming events,听ATLAS Research Showcase,听TEDxCU's global TED Countdown event and more.
Friday, Oct. 16
Noon Virtual
麻豆免费版下载brings you this engaging mini-lecture series featuring world-renowned 麻豆免费版下载professors speaking on their cutting-edge research. Featured faculty will inspire you, inform you of the amazing work currently happening on campus and remind you that we鈥檙e all part of the same amazing community. This week, join Danny Dig, associate professor of computer science.听
Noon to 1 p.m. Virtual
Please join a group of students, staff and faculty in collaboration with the 麻豆免费版下载Dialogues Program听for a series of discussions aimed at building empathy and understanding across political and other divisions.听We welcome all viewpoints and perspectives and fundamentally aim to better understand the issues and where each of us is coming from, not to "win" a debate on any particular topic.
12:15 p.m. Virtual
Join this weekly workshop to learn about a work of art and then participate in a related mindfulness practice. The powerful, guided meditation can undo stress, soothe the nervous system听and help you feel relaxed and revitalized. No need for past experience with meditation. Registration is required.
2 p.m.听 Zoom
Inspired by the current discussions revolving around equity and access in music education, Sarah Minette takes an approach to music education that is grounded in culturally sustaining and anti-racist pedagogy. In this talk, Minette offers contemplations on the necessity to consider 鈥渨hat if,鈥� 鈥渨hy鈥� and 鈥渨ith whom鈥� and the implications these ponderings have for the future of music education.
3鈥�4:30听辫.尘.听 Zoom
Take a virtual open lab tour and learn about the ATLAS Institute's inventive exploration and interdisciplinary research in fields such as human-robot interaction,听wearable technologies,听game design and more. Opening remarks by ATLAS Director Mark D. Gross will be followed by lightning talks by researchers and designers. During the breakout sessions that follow, visitors are invited to take a deeper dive into the work of individual labs and studios.
Saturday, Oct. 17
11 a.m. Virtual
As a Buff Family, you can connect virtually to other families in your area during Homecoming and Family Weekends Wherever You Roam. Meetups are scheduled for the East Coast, Chicagoland area, the Midwest, Texas/South, the Pacific Coast, Rocky Mountain Region and International Families.
3鈥�5:30 p.m. 听窜辞辞尘
TED 鈦燙ountdown is a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action. The goal: to build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 in the race to a zero-carbon world鈥攁 world that is safer, cleaner and fairer for everyone.鈦� TEDxCU's Countdown event will feature talks shared at TED Countdown, in addition to our own panel and discussion focused on local solutions.
Sunday, Oct. 18听
10 a.m. (MDT)听听窜辞辞尘
No matter where in the world you are right now, join the International Festival committee for conversation, games and a cultural escape room. Students must log in with their IdentiKey.
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2鈥�3 p.m.听听窜辞辞尘
Seeing Systems: Peace, Justice and Sustainability connects the dots between three of society鈥檚 most pressing challenges and helps participants find pathways for powerful change in our everyday lives. Join this discussion hosted by the Environmental Center to talk more about this compelling topic.听
