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Cameron Keith is a consummate word guy. He鈥檚 also 10 years old. Cameron made it to the semifinals in the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee and was poised to advance to the finals when he was asked to spell 鈥渘oncompos.鈥�

Scott G. Bruce has been hanging around ghouls and the graveyard, literally and figuratively, for a long, long time. The CU Boulder historian is indulging his fascination for restless spirits with a collection of translated ghost and zombie stories written between the time of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, and teaching History 4803, 鈥淕host Stories in the Western Tradition from the Romans to the Renaissance鈥� this semester.

Medieval literature is a treasure trove of weird linguistic surprises that defy classification and explanation, and University of Colorado Boulder English professor. Tiffany Beechy delights in these linguistic curiosities, even if she can鈥檛 quite explain why they鈥檙e all there.

In what may be a first-ever exhaustive health study of intercollegiate student-athletes, a team of CU Boulder researchers will gauge not only athletes鈥� fitness but also their general well-being.

Dale Grant鈥檚 career and travel have spanned the world鈥攁nd included jobs in eastern China and Saudi Arabia鈥攁nd now his geology training helps quickly alert the world where, how big and how damaging severe earthquakes are. Now, the man who says he鈥檚 鈥渁lways been a Buff鈥� has moved to establish a significant scholarship for geological sciences students with his estate.

Statistically speaking, you wouldn鈥檛 expect Alma Hinojosa to do a study-abroad program in Israel while studying English at CU Boulder and working to become a lawyer dedicated to improving the U.S. public-education system. She was born in Durango, Mexico, and reared in Aurora, Colo. She was brought here at age 4 by parents who 鈥渆very day invest sweat and tears鈥� to give their daughters a shot at the American Dream.

Legendary political-science Professor Edward Rozek was born in Poland, fought with the British against the Nazis, immigrated to the United States, went to Harvard, became a conservative icon at CU Boulder and passed away in 2009. He lives on in the newly renovated Ketchum Building.

As part of her graduate studies, CU Boulder alumna Jamie Pledger performed psychological testing and provided counseling for international refugees. Her observations do not fit neatly into popular narratives about refugees from war-torn places like Iraq

Gail Nelson has advice for anyone pondering a career in intelligence in an extraordinarily complex 21st-century global landscape: Read, read, and then read some more, particularly classical literature and foreign-intelligence histories. And while you鈥檙e at it, become an expert in the geopolitics and cultures of one region in the world, says Nelson, who earned his PhD in political science in 1979 and has had a distinguished career in the intelligence community.

Margot Hirsch believes that Americans should be able to buy guns equipped with 鈥渟mart-gun鈥� technology鈥攚eapons that include a safety feature that allow them to fire only when activated by authorized users鈥攁nd the CU Boulder alumna now leads a nonprofit organization dedicated to this free-market strategy.

Teju Ravilochan wants to solve the world鈥檚 biggest problems, one entrepreneur at a time, and he has helped create a global enterprise to advance that mission. The University of Colorado Boulder graduate is CEO and co-founder of the Unreasonable Institute, a non-profit international training center that provides business programs for early stage entrepreneurs focused on creating positive social and environmental change.

CU Boulder alumna Jade Cooley begins her science talks to students throughout Washington by saying, 鈥淢y name is Jade, and I once set off explosives in Antarctica for science. Now I鈥檓 going to tell you about glaciology.鈥� Cooley, a physics graduate, spent six weeks conducting research and camping on Antarctica鈥檚 Ross Ice Shelf last November.

Tina Goldstein, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and a CU Boulder alumna, has won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Goldstein is one of a select group of researchers chosen by President Barack Obama to receive this honor.

Scholar Deepti Misri explores gender violence in post-colonial India in Kayden Award-winning book. In many cases, she argues, anti-minoritarian violence intends to convey a message.

Valerio Ferme, professor of Italian and associate dean for the arts and humanities at CU Boulder, believes that a liberal arts education not only prepares students to adapt to a constantly shifting economic landscape, but also enriches their human experience.

CU Boulder graduate art students Benjamin McQuillan and Carissa Samaniego took home honorable mentions this summer for their sculptures from the International Sculpture Center鈥檚 2016 Outstanding Student Achievement competition.

Francis Beckwith, the 2016-17 Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, is now on campus teaching courses, arranging the appearance of guest speakers on campus. Beckwith fielded five questions about his book, his appointment and the state of political discourse.

The Center for Humanities and the Arts at CU Boulder has been awarded one of 28 National Endowment for the Humanities planning grants to explore 鈥淭he Next Generation Humanities PhD.鈥�