$2 million endowed chair in Jewish history bolsters fast-growing CU-Boulder program

May 4, 2011

To honor a father who stoked their love of history and respect for civil rights, Boulder sisters and University of Colorado Boulder alumnae Midge Korczak and Leslie Singer Lomas have donated $2 million to endow the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History at CU-Boulder.

CU-Boulder student Shane Baldauf wins national Udall Scholarship

April 22, 2011

Shane Baldauf, a sophomore in architecture and planning at the University of Colorado Boulder who is dedicated to ‘green' and affordable housing, has been awarded a prestigious Udall Scholarship.

Works of Stan Brakhage, film pioneer and longtime CU professor, preserved in new center

March 2, 2011

Stan Brakhage loved poetry and befriended poets but dubbed himself a failed poet. Many experts disagreed. He was, they said, a consummate poet -- one who spoke in the language of film and measured his meter in frames.

CU's Glenn Miller Archive acquires one of world's best Big Band Era collections

Feb. 21, 2011

The Glenn Miller Archive at the University of Colorado Boulder American Music Research Center has acquired one of the world's most significant collections of Big Band Era recordings and memorabilia.

Major faculty exhibition opens at CU Art Museum on Jan. 21

Jan. 20, 2011

The CU Art Museum at the University of Colorado Boulder opens the largest faculty exhibition to date on Friday, Jan. 21, at 10 a.m.

Music and Caroling an Important Part of Holiday Celebrations, Says CU Professor

Dec. 13, 2010

During the holidays, no matter how you celebrate or what your beliefs, music is almost always an important part of the celebration, according to Thomas Riis, a musicologist and director of the American Music Research Center in the University of Colorado at Boulder's College of Music.

Donation of 19,000 Volumes of Jewish-American Literature to CU Hailed as Signal of 'Effervescence'

Oct. 28, 2010

Brian E. Lebowitz has a deep fondness for used books and bookstores, a keen interest in Judaica and the acumen to amass a collection of 19,000 works of 20th century Jewish-American Literature. He is donating this collection to the University of Colorado at Boulder, and faculty members say the gift will enhance the university's stature.

CU-Boulder's New Center for Community Building a One-Stop Shop for Student Services

Aug. 11, 2010

Anchored by a 900-seat street-market style dining hall offering freshly prepared food in nine specialty dining stations, including sushi, Italian, Brazilian and Persian dishes, the nearly completed Center for Community at the University of Colorado at Boulder is set to open for students this fall.

CU Prof Uncovers First Holocaust Liberation Photos, Highlights Overlapping Narratives

July 1, 2010

Soviet photojournalists working for the country's most important newspapers were among the first to document the unfolding Holocaust in their homeland, and they were also witnessing and recording the slaughter of Soviet citizens who, like the photographers themselves, were Jewish.

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