{"id":19539,"date":"2015-09-02T16:07:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T22:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=19539"},"modified":"2018-01-15T10:56:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T17:56:46","slug":"first-cafe-scientifique-of-semester-to-gravitys-influence-on-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=19539","title":{"rendered":"First fall Caf\u00e9 Scientifique to explore gravity\u2019s influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19540\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Klaus.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19540\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Klaus-199x300.jpeg\" alt=\"David Klaus\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Klaus-199x300.jpeg 199w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Klaus-99x150.jpeg 99w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Klaus.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Klaus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While gravity is one of the four fundamental forces of nature, its effects on\u00a0living organisms are still relatively mysterious.<\/p>\n<p>At\u00a0the Sept. 8\u00a0Caf\u00e9 Scientifique, David Klaus, professor and associate chair for undergraduate studies, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, CU-Boulder, will\u00a0discuss how\u00a0astronauts orbiting Earth\u00a0offer a unique environment to study physiological and psychological effects of gravity, and the lack thereof. Klaus will also explore gravity&#8217;s effects on\u00a0bacteria, which exists\u00a0at or just below the theoretical threshold of being directly influenced by gravity.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation, entitled &#8220;Gravity\u2019s influence on the spectrum of life \u2013 from humans to bacteria,&#8221;\u00a0will start at 6:30 p.m.\u00a0at Clyde\u2019s\u00a0in the University Center.<\/p>\n<p>The UCCS Department of Public Safety will provide complementary parking for the event in\u00a0lots 222 and 224 located south of Centennial Hall and the University Center. Please note that all other parking restrictions (handicapped parking, loading zones, fire lanes) apply.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for Caf\u00e9 Scientifique is provided by\u00a0the Division of Administration and Finance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>At the Sept. 8 Caf\u00e9 Scientifique, David Klaus, professor and associate chair for undergraduate studies, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, CU-Boulder will\u00a0discuss how\u00a0astronauts orbiting Earth\u00a0offers a unique environment to study physiological and psychological effects of gravity, and the lack thereof.  <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=19539\" title=\"First fall Caf\u00e9 Scientifique to explore gravity\u2019s influence\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,12,14],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-19539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-events","category-upcoming-events","tag-administration-and-finance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Klaus-199x3001.jpeg.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-559","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19539"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19562,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19539\/revisions\/19562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}