Photo of the Week: Congressional Hearing

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:21:05 +0000

Photo of the Week: Congressional Hearing Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 08/01/2019 - 13:21

Representative Joe Neguse (Econ, PolSci'05; Law'09) addresses Governor Jared Polis during the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis hearing at the University of Colorado Boulder. The Select Committee's first field hearing, "Colorado's Roadmap for Clean Energy Action: Lessons from State and Local Leaders," was held Aug. 1, in the Wittemyer Court Room, Wolf Law Building. It featured testimony from Mayor Suzanne Jones of Boulder, and Hedi VanGenderen, chief sustainability officer at ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ, among others. Neguse represents Colorado's 2nd District, which includes Boulder, and is a member of the Select Committee.

Photo by Casey A. Cass

Representative Joe Neguse (Econ, PolSci'05; Law'09) addresses Governor Jared Polis during the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis hearing at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Campus News — Spring 2019

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 07:00:00 +0000

Campus News — Spring 2019 Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 03/15/2019 - 01:00

Digits: Safecracking at CU

ONE

Safecracking class offered by the ATLAS Institute

Safecracking robots designed by 11 students

Minutes robots needed to open a safe (avg.)

7,457

Possible combinations robots tried (avg.)

Minutes needed to try all possible combinations

271.3

Pounds of steel robots rendered useless

THREE

Motors burned out

Tech Tattoos for Tracking Health

In the future, tattoos may be more than just a way to express yourself.

Scientists in ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ’s Emergent Nanomaterials Lab are creating “tech tattoos” made up of tiny particles that change color in response to stimuli like heat or sunlight.

The special inks in these tattoos can alert wearers to health risks. One prototype tattoo, for example, only appears in UV light, warning of the potential for sunburn. When sunscreen is applied, the ink disappears. Someday, these tech tattoos could serve many other functions, like revealing blood sugar levels, telling you how much you’ve had to drink and storing heat to keep you warm.

Heard Around Campus

"I believe I will see people on the surface of Mars before I die."

— Allie Anderson, ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ assistant professor of bioastronautics, during a discussion at a campus screening of National Geographic's TV series Mars.

Congressional Papers (and Tweets)

Former Boulder-area Congressman Jared Polis — now Colorado’s governor — has donated his congressional papers to ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ for archiving in the University Libraries.

The social media and web portion of Polis’ records are already available in the library system’s special collections unit. They document his use of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram during a 10-year U.S. House of Representatives career that began in 2009. Polis became governor in January.

Additional congressional records — including Polis’ briefings, speeches and constituent correspondence — become available in 2050.

CU also holds the papers of former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart and other Colorado politicians.

For more details, click here.

Going to Mars, CU's Safecracking Class and the Congressional Papers (and Tweets)

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