Graduate Student Edition - Feb. 19, 2025
Campus Community
Coroner identifies body of CU student
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ is saddened to learn that the county coroner has identified the individual who was recently recovered in Boulder Canyon as Megan Trussell. The sheriff’s office released an additional update stating it does not believe there is or was a threat to the community.
Just For Grad Students
New postpartum support group for graduate students
Counseling and Psychiatric Services has designed a new postpartum support group to help graduate student parents navigate postpartum during the first three years after birth.
Events & Exhibits
Academic freedom in 2025: Addressing evolving challenges and new realities
Exploring the evolution of academic freedom in the face of political polarization, social movements and global challenges—join this conversation on Feb. 26.
University Libraries, the CAAAS to celebrate year-long fellowship March 10
A program supporting graduate research in African, African American and African diaspora studies will hold a special lunchtime event to mark the culmination of its first year-long fellowship program supporting graduate research. Open to the campus community, registration is required.
Faculty Takes
What DOGE’s recent Department of Education cuts could mean for researchers, educators
Recent cuts have targeted the Institute for Education Sciences, the main research arm of the Department of Education, which collects data and funds research on what works in education.
Research Updates
Grad student researching 3D printing and ultrasound for medicine
Lily Mortensen is advancing research at the leading edge of biomedicine, working on new ways to improve human health.
New sensor can take any gas and tell you what’s in it
A new laser-based device can scan almost any sample of gas and detect its molecular ingredients down to concentrations in the parts per trillion—not unlike an expert sommelier taking a sniff of a glass of wine.
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