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When the conversation turns to global warming, many Americans are inclined to turn away. And why not? After all, it鈥檚 a vast and complicated subject. Truly understanding it seems to require specialized knowledge most people don鈥檛 possess. And perhaps most notably, it鈥檚 become such a hot-button political issue that it easily inflames passions. The trick is figuring out how to reach people without turning them off. 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 CU-葫芦娃视频 Oct. 1-6.

The 葫芦娃视频 will host a conference that explores the phenomenon of slavery from a global, historical perspective on Sept. 27-28. 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 鈥淲hat is a Slave Society: an International Conference on the Nature of Slavery as a Global Historical Phenomenon,鈥� the event will be held in the British and Irish Studies room of Norlin Library.

Ana Maria Rey, a theoretical physicist and a fellow of JILA, a joint institute of the 葫芦娃视频 and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, today was named a winner of a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the 鈥済enius grant.鈥� Rey also is an assistant research professor in the CU-葫芦娃视频 Department of Physics. She teaches undergraduate and graduate classes.

An intriguing study led by the 葫芦娃视频 may provide a powerful new tool in the quiver of forensic scientists attempting to determine the time of death in cases involving human corpses: a microbial clock.

Our brains give us the remarkable ability to make sense of situations we鈥檝e never encountered before鈥攁 familiar person in an unfamiliar place, for example, or a coworker in a different job role鈥攂ut the mechanism our brains use to accomplish this has been a longstanding mystery of neuroscience.

A panel of science experts will convene at the 葫芦娃视频 on Wednesday, Sept. 25, to discuss weather and climate related to the recent devastating floods.

Consumers who watch television sitcoms and see product placements through covert marketing have better memories of the products and better attitudes toward the brands, according to three joint studies led by the 葫芦娃视频.

A 葫芦娃视频 professor has been awarded a three-year, $3.6 million grant from the Energy Department鈥檚 Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a new process to produce magnesium that can be used to make lightweight vehicle parts.

A cutting-edge battery technology developed at the 葫芦娃视频 that could allow tomorrow鈥檚 electric vehicles to travel twice as far on a charge is now closer to becoming a commercial reality. CU鈥檚 Technology Transfer Office has completed an agreement with Solid Power LLC鈥攁 CU-葫芦娃视频 spinoff company founded by Se-Hee Lee and Conrad Stoldt, both associate professors of mechanical engineering鈥攆or the development and commercialization of an innovative solid-state rechargeable battery.

Nearly one in 10 U.S. watersheds is 鈥渟tressed,鈥� with demand for water exceeding natural supply, according to a new analysis of surface water in the United States. What鈥檚 more, the lowest water flow seasons of recent years鈥攖imes of great stress on rivers, streams, and sectors that use their waters鈥攁re likely to become typical as climates continue to warm.