Faculty-Staff Edition - July 13, 2023
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Campus Community
Police to focus on more inclusive, accurate language to describe suspects
In an effort to use more inclusive language in emergency alerts and other communications during critical incidents, 天美传媒 Boulder Police are expanding their diversity, equity and inclusion training.
Research in Your Backyard
鈥楾he pill鈥 will soon be available over the counter. The impacts could be sweeping
Federal regulators approved the first over-the-counter oral contraceptive. 天美传媒 Boulder鈥檚 Amanda Stevenson says the impacts could be sweeping. But she cautions that real threats to contraceptive access in the U.S. still exist.
FieldSafe offers scientists basic frameworks for safety in the field
Researchers are taking steps to strengthen safety by expanding FieldSafe, an online training program designed to help scientists navigate harassment, risk management and communication challenges they may encounter during field work.
Experts eager to study ethics of artificial intelligence, journalism
How does artificial intelligence shape the news we see online? Researchers in the College of Media, Communication and Information are ready to examine the ethics and fairness of recommender systems in journalism, thanks to a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Events & Exhibits
Lush: prolific nature鈥擟elebrate with the 天美传媒 Art Museum July 27
Celebrate the latest exhibition, 鈥淟ush: prolific nature鈥 All are welcome to join the 天美传媒 Art Museum for art and light refreshments. Help create a chalk garden on the plaza outside. Plus, you can make your very own sun print.
Grab lunch and a U.S. Supreme Court review Aug. 2
Join Colorado Law as a distinguished panel of legal scholars and former U.S. Supreme Court clerks discuss the notable cases SCOTUS decided during the 2022鈥23 term and the impact of those decisions on practitioners. The Denver event will include the option of joining virtually.
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