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Republic of Palau

Alum takes 鈥榮kylarking鈥 advice to nation鈥檚 high court

March 1, 2013

The remote Republic of Palau in the Pacific Ocean can thank the late Kurt Vonnegut for the newest member of its supreme court. But give the lion鈥檚 share of credit along the way to a couple of professors at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Person running on treadmill

鈥楻ebranding鈥 exercise with an app

March 1, 2013

People who focus on the oft-cited and indisputable physical and physiological benefits of exercise are less likely to continue an exercise regime than people who simply feel good after sweating a bit and value those effects on their quality of life.

Protester gather at an anti-Qaddafi demonstration in Cairo, Egypt.

Arab Spring spawns some hope, progress, prof says

March 1, 2013

A quarter of a century ago, most of the world鈥檚 鈥渦nderachievers鈥 in terms of human development鈥攎easured by such things as life expectancy, education, guaranteed human rights and political freedom鈥攚ere Muslim countries. Human development might be considered a way to gauge how 鈥渞ich鈥 or 鈥減oor鈥 a country is beyond traditional measures...

Arielle Silverman, graduate student in social psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Photo by Noah Larsen.

Unless it鈥檚 coerced, self-affirmation actually works

March 1, 2013

In the 1990s, comedian鈥攏ow U.S. Sen.鈥擜l Franken made the line, 鈥淚鈥檓 good enough, I鈥檓 smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!鈥 part of the national lexicon with the creation of the fictional 鈥淒aily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley鈥 on Saturday Night Live. Easy to mock, to be sure, in Stuart鈥檚...

Hana Dansky, who graduated from CU-Boulder with a degree in philosophy and environmental biology in May 2011, is the co-founder of Boulder Food Rescue. Photo By Noah Larsen.

Rescuing food and people as efficiently as possible

Dec. 1, 2012

Boulder Food Rescue sounds like the name of an organization dedicated to providing food to people who need it. And that鈥檚 what it is.

Omid Safi, professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Progressive Muslim scholar challenges stereotypes

Dec. 1, 2012

Faced with a sharp question from a critic following a talk about progressive Islam at the University of Colorado Boulder in early November, Omid Safi was ready. The professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill nodded as the speaker read from the Koran鈥檚 Surah 95,...

Jeffrey Zax

Lawmakers eye CU students for economic analyses

Dec. 1, 2012

The men and women elected to the Colorado General Assembly (the state Legislature) may have a wealth of life experience as lawyers, ranchers or business owners. But when it comes to economics, most of them could use a little help鈥攆rom undergraduate University of Colorado Boulder economics students. That鈥檚 the idea...

Ben Hale, assistant professor of philosophy and environmental studies at the University of Colorado Boulder

Philosopher turns video lens toward 鈥榣ab鈥 of climate

Dec. 1, 2012

Ben Hale doesn鈥檛 do 鈥渁ir quotes鈥 when he uses the word 鈥渓aboratory鈥 to describe his Committee on Environmental Thought, or ComET, but he does laugh a little. Ben Hale, assistant professor of philosophy and environmental studies at the University of Colorado Boulder 鈥淥bviously we don鈥檛 have an actual lab,鈥 says...

A 1981 Osborne I computer. Photo by Noah Larsen.

Where old computers don鈥檛 go to die

Dec. 1, 2012

A palpable air of digital decrepitude pervades Lori Emerson鈥檚 time-warped laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder. Geriatric relics of the computer revolution with names like Vectrex, Kaypro and Commodore Amiga exude the strange pungency of aged electronics, vaguely musty with tart plastic undertones.

Brian Talbot

A strategy to deal with moral relativism in students

Oct. 1, 2012

In certain political and religious circles, the notion of moral relativism 鈥 that there is no objective 鈥渞ight鈥 or wrong, only individual opinions 鈥 is not just anathema, not merely abhorrent. It is the very root of decadence and the collapse of civilization. 鈥淲hat鈥檚 right for you may not be...

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