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History of Coyote Valley zeroes in on RMNP ecology

History of Coyote Valley zeroes in on RMNP ecology

April 27, 2016

Andrews鈥 鈥榓ccidental鈥 book paints history of little known corner of Colorado鈥檚 high country When Ben Bobowski, chief of resource stewardship at Rocky Mountain National Park, went looking for someone to write a detailed report of the Kawuneeche, or Coyote, Valley, in the less-visited western reaches of the park, Thomas G...

When regulators rule, are citizens fully apprised?

When regulators rule, are citizens fully apprised?

April 27, 2016

When politicians actively seek to gum up or slow down the legislative works in an effort to throw up obstacles to governors or presidents, they often increase the power of executive-branch bureaucracies or courts to make the rules. The result can be a less-informed citizenry, researchers find.

Water-expert alumnus swims into current affairs

Water-expert alumnus swims into current affairs

April 27, 2016

Think of Robert R. 鈥淏ob鈥 Crifasi as a kind of Zelig or Forrest Gump when it comes to water in Boulder, Denver and northern Colorado鈥攈e spent a quarter century getting his hands wet, both literally and figuratively, in countless ways. Crifasi, who earned bachelor鈥檚 degrees in geology and chemistry and master鈥檚 degrees in geology and environmental science from CU-Boulder, has served on the boards of鈥攁nd often, pitchforked weeds, trash and the occasional dead skunk for鈥11 Boulder County ditch companies.

CU-Boulder heads off Shakespeare fear...with fun

CU-Boulder heads off Shakespeare fear...with fun

April 20, 2016

Does your stomach experience toil and trouble at the memory of a pinched and scolding high-school English teacher peddling Bardic cod-liver oil? Does the idea of seeing a Shakespeare play threaten to put you to sleep, perchance to dream? Well, 鈥淵ou haven鈥檛 seen 鈥楬amlet鈥 until you鈥檝e seen a 10-year-old do 鈥楬amlet.鈥欌

Female researcher

In science, many are blinded by gender stereotype

April 7, 2016

Feminine and 鈥榓ttractive鈥 women deemed less likely to be scientists In her leading role for the 1993 blockbuster science-fiction movie, 鈥淛urassic Park,鈥 actor Laura Dern played a brilliant paleobotanist who looked as you might expect for someone who pokes through steaming piles of dinosaur poop 鈥 hiking boots, khaki shorts,...

What Rousseau didn鈥檛 know

What Rousseau didn鈥檛 know

Feb. 17, 2016

Economic inequality is a hot topic in a presidential election year. Economists, politicians and journalists are all weighing in 鈥 but what, exactly, can an archaeologist bring to the discussion? Sarah Kurnick, a Chancellor鈥檚 Postdoctoral Fellow at CU-Boulder, is glad you asked.

Climate change

Prof finds reasons for climate hope

Feb. 17, 2016

When Peter Blanken flew to Paris for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in December, he had somewhat low expectations. But the CU-Boulder geography professor was heartened to see and hear that the 200 countries attending COP21 agreed on the urgency to act. 鈥淭here was a strong sense that if we don鈥檛 do something in these two weeks (of the conference), it will be too late.鈥

the carcass of a dead animal lies next to the limestone quarry that borders the site of a 1970 trichloroethylene spill near Le Roy, Photographs by Donna Goldstein.

鈥楬ysteria鈥 theory short on science

Feb. 17, 2016

In 2011, 12 high-school girls in upstate New York began to exhibit strange neurological symptoms: tics, verbal outbursts, seizure-like activity and difficulty speaking. The diagnosis was 鈥渃onversion disorder.鈥

A petroglyph of an eclipse is seen with a wide-angle lens in a photograph at Chaco Canyon, where CU-Boulder researchers captured a rare Aurora Borealis in the southern night sky. Photo courtesy of Fiske Planetarium.

A digital look at ancient skies gets a showing at Fiske

Feb. 17, 2016

Having captured the summer solstice and a week鈥檚 worth of sunsets, sunrises and their lunar equivalents from the vantage point of ancient Chacoan people in southwestern Colorado, using parabolic video technology, a multi-disciplinary team from the University of Colorado Boulder counted its June 2015 trip a success.

The Gardens of Adonis, an 1888 painting by John Reinhard Wkeguelin depicts women bearing the container-grown plants and festal rose garlands to dispose of in the sea, as part of the festival of Adonis.

Prof sees a 鈥榮ubversive critique鈥 in ancient Greece

Feb. 17, 2016

A CU Boulder classicist argues that the festival of Adonis was actually a 鈥渄issent and a critique of important cultural practices.鈥

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