Campus News Briefs Fall 2020
While in quarantine, 泭CU 勒貊勛圖 professor of piano David Korevaar performed and recorded all of Beethovens sonatas on his living room piano.
21
Years on faculty at CU 勒貊勛圖
3.23.20
First sonata posted to YouTube
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Weeks to complete the sonatas
32
Sonatas performed
17,621
YouTube views as of Oct. 8
2020
250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth
Cannabis and Pregnancy
Marijuana use during pregnancy has been linked to childhood sleep problems for up to a decade, according to a CU 勒貊勛圖 study, which is the first to suggest marijuana use can impact childrens sleep long term. As legalization spreads, roughly 7% of pregnant women in the U.S. are using marijuana to help curb morning sickness. Lead author John Hewitt, director of CUs Institute for Behavioral Genetics, said, This study is one more example of why pregnant women are advised to avoid substance use, including cannabis.
Teensy, Fast泭and Strong
Inspired by cockroaches, mechanical engineering泭assistant professor Kaushik Jayaram created one of the worlds smallest, fastest robots, HAMR-Jr. Weighing less than a paperclip, the four-legged robot is roughly the size of a penny. It is able to carry 10 times its body weight and moves about one foot per second. According to Jayaram, there are a lot of potential applications with HAMR-Jr., 泭such as airplane engine inspections or human surgeries. "I want to build robots that can get out of the lab and run around like bugs, Jayaram said.
New Center泭to Advance泭Quantum Science and Engineering泭
With a $25 million National Science Foundation award, CU 勒貊勛圖 is launching a new quantum science and engineering research center, led by physicist and JILA fellow Jun Ye. The center will partner with 11 other research organizations in the U.S. and abroad including Harvard, Stanford and MIT to create new technologies using advancements in areas related to quantum entanglement, quantum sensing and more.泭
Were asking how we can take advantage of recent advances in quantum physics to actually solve useful problems for society, said Ye.泭
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Everything...connects back to wanting to make sure that Black women in particular 泭[and] Black people in general 泭get to pursue [their] dreams in the daytime, not just when everyone else is asleep.
-Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, during a virtual panel for CU students, faculty and staff on Sept. 16.
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