Anna Tsouhlarakis at National Portrait Gallery

Artist transcends traditional notions of Native American art

July 9, 2024

Whether in a somber performance in the National Portrait Gallery or in her wry takes on Native humor, Anna Tsouhlarakis follows her heart.

Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964

60 years after the Civil Rights Act, ‘the activism continues’

July 2, 2024

CU Boulder scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed since 1964.

Emily Yeh and Brian Catlos

CU Boulder scholars honored as 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

June 13, 2024

Researchers Emily Yeh and Brian Catlos are recognized for prior career achievements and exceptional promise.

Julie Carr and Mud, Blood and Ghosts book cover

Ghost stories: understanding a present haunted by the past

June 7, 2024

A CU Boulder poet considers the socioeconomic and political environment of the turn of the 20th century through the history of her own family.

grizzly bear in a field

Advocating for more conservation than the bear minimum

May 21, 2024

CU researcher argues that setting minimum targets for wildlife conservation inevitably excludes other worthwhile goals, including restoration and ecosystem management.

Jesse Stommel and Undoing the Grade book cover

English alum flunks grades in new book

May 15, 2024

Jesse Stommel compiles two decades of eyebrow-raising in Undoing the Grade: Why We Grade, and How to Stop.

Erika Randall dancing

How ‘dance like nobody’s watching’ does and doesn’t describe dancers

April 29, 2024

On International Dance Day, Erika Randall, a CU Boulder professor of dance, reflects on the popular advice that can apply to both dance and life.

Earthrise over moon captured by Apolo 11

Why the first Earth Day went viral (pre-social media)

April 18, 2024

CU Boulder professors explain Earth Day’s history, impact, what it’s become and if it’s still relevant.

Top half of Ramses II stone statue

Archaeologists unearth top half of Ramesses II

April 17, 2024

Team co-led by CU Boulder classics researcher unearths the upper portion of a huge, ancient pharaonic statue whose lower half was discovered in 1930; Ramessess II was immortalized in Percy Bysshe Shelly’s ‘Ozymandias.'

Cosmic cliffs of Carina Nebula

Is there life out there? Scientists and philosophers aim to find out

April 10, 2024

CU Boulder is one of five ‘spokes’ of the Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe, charged with exploring the nature and extent of life in the universe.

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