Rachel Sauer

  • dancers wearing black and yellow emulating bee movements
    Asia Kaiser, a bee researcher and ecology and evolutionary biology PhD candidate, is named social sciences category winner in the international Dance Your PhD contest sponsored by the journal Science.
  • two animated beavers from film Hoppers
    CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß alumna Emily Fairfax shared her scientific expertise as the beaver consultant on the new Pixar film Hoppers.
  • people sitting at tables listening to speaker at brewpub
    The March 9 event at Rayback Collective in ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß, open to all, invites scientists and non-scientists to gather for discussions of climate research.
  • painting of older Black man embracing younger Black man
    Multimedia Takin’ Up Space performance Feb. 21 at Fiske Planetarium will highlight historical, cultural, environmental and social justice narratives as an act of reclaiming Black spaces.
  • MacKenzie and Tanner Zurfluh in Fiske Planetarium
    For Fiske Planetarium off-site education lead and CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß astrophysics alumna MacKenzie Zurfluh, the famed dome isn’t just where she works, but where she found love.
  • illuminated tent and campfire at sunset
    The world of campsite reservations is increasingly cutthroat, so why are so many campers not showing up? CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß economist Jon Hughes applies numerical modeling to understand campground no-shows.
  • close-up of Wollemi pine tree branches
    CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß alumni Judy and Rod McKeever donate a tree once considered extinct to the EBIO greenhouse, giving students a living example of modern conservation.
  • Four people standing on dais holding big checks
    Undergraduate students Josiah Gordon and Miles Woods formed a nonprofit to provide scholarships for students at their former high school, determined to make positive change in their community.
  • CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß students in traditional Balinese garb
    Bali Global Seminar in Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship helps students see real-world work to balance tourism with environmental and cultural preservation.
  • narrow slices of movie posters from 1975
    The films of 1975, currently featured in CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß’s International Film Series, reflected the times and the culture in ways that hadn’t been seen before, says film scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.
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