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<p>When the conversation turns to global warming, many Americans are inclined to turn away. And why not?</p>
<p>After all, it’s a vast and complicated subject. Truly understanding it seems to require specialized knowledge most people don’t possess. And perhaps most notably, it’s become such a hot-button political issue that it easily inflames passions.</p>
<p>The trick is figuring out how to reach people without turning them off.</p>
<p>Using the arts to inspire an emotional connection to and a deeper understanding of a difficult subject is the idea behind a series of events at ������ý-Boulder Oct. 1-6.</p>

<p>The ������ý will host a conference that explores the phenomenon of slavery from a global, historical perspective on Sept. 27-28.</p>
<p>The event will include scholars specializing in the study of slavery in ancient, medieval and modern contexts and in global regions that include Western, pre-Columbian, African, Asian and Muslim. Titled “What is a Slave Society: an International Conference on the Nature of Slavery as a Global Historical Phenomenon,” the event will be held in the British and Irish Studies room of Norlin Library.</p>

<p>������ý Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the formation of a search committee to lead a national search for a new dean of the College of Music. John Stevenson, dean of the Graduate School, will chair the committee.</p>

<p>������ý-Boulder music graduates Joel Schut and Allegra Boggess are helping bring music back to the war-torn central Asian nation.</p>

<p>Aspiring artists at ������ý-Boulder can learn some of what it takes to become a successful artist in the real world by rubbing shoulders with working professional artists through the <a href="http://cuart.colorado.edu/programs/visiting-artistvisiting-scholar/">Visiting Artist Program</a>.</p>

<p>������ý Provost Russell Moore today announced the appointment of James Austin as interim dean of the College of Music effective July 1.</p>
<p>Austin, a professor of music education, joined ������ý-Boulder’s College of Music in 1994. He has served as associate dean of undergraduate studies since 2006. He was the music education chair from 1997 to 2007. In 2004, the college awarded Austin the Richard Bern Trego faculty fellowship.</p>

<p>In fall 2012, Matthew Greenwald presented his "Paperless Pilot" idea to ENVD faculty, and now as he is set to graduate, his idea is gaining momentum.</p>

<p>������ý System news release</p>
<p>Three University of Colorado professors, including two at ������ý-Boulder, have been chosen as 2013 President’s Teaching Scholars, educators who have skillfully integrated teaching and research at a high level throughout their careers at ������ý.</p>

<p>After 20 years as dean of the ������ý College of Music, Daniel P. Sher will step away from the post in June — but he isn’t going quietly.</p>
<p>First, student musicians at the college will dedicate their performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver on May 1 to the outgoing dean.</p>

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<p>Jeannie and Jack Thompson have made an unprecedented commitment to the Jazz Studies program at the ������ý -- building $1.6 million in combined gifts to trigger a new $2 million program endowment.</p>
<p>To honor and recognize this transformational gift, the program will be renamed the Thompson Jazz Studies Program, as announced at yesterday’s annual Spring Swing big band concert. It is ������ý-Boulder’s first named program.</p>