CU Boulder English Professor Adam Bradley

Professor Adam Bradley wins 2020 Hazel Barnes Prize

April 15, 2020

English Professor Adam Bradley has been named the 2020 recipient of the Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the university.

Betty Johnson, right, and family

Environmental Design instructor donates homemade masks

April 15, 2020

Betsy Johnson, an environmental design instructor, is making masks with her family to donate to Boulder Community Health

Casey Fiesler

Fanfiction writers create new worlds where they feel at home

Feb. 25, 2020

Once an obscure literary genre, fanfiction is now giving a voice to the voiceless and inspiring a new, more diverse generation of computer scientists.

CMCI's Nathan Schneider

Seeding scholarship across popular and academic writing

Feb. 17, 2020

In this interview about community-engaged work, find out how CMCI's Nathan Schneider involves community partners in his research that focuses on cooperative enterprises.

Pieter Johnson, the 2019 Hazel Barnes Prize winner

Pieter Johnson: Why the best scientists are students

Jan. 28, 2020

Pieter Johnson, the 2019 Hazel Barnes Prize winner, discusses his teaching philosophies and student involvement in research. Johnson's lab studies everything from emerging infections on coral reefs to parasites that castrate snails and flukes that induce deformities in frogs.

Tom Cech

Faculty in Focus: Tom Cech looks back on Nobel Prize in chemistry

Oct. 8, 2019

On the 30th anniversary of being awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemistry, CU Boulder Distinguished Professor Tom Cech shares his thoughts on a distinguished career.

Jill Harrison

Faculty in Focus: Environmental justice for all

Oct. 3, 2019

Low-income and minority families still bear the brunt of toxic pollutants. Jill Harrison wants to know why.

An image of the Red Cross combing the aftermath of the Ludlow Massacre. (Photo via History Colorado)

Faculty in Focus: Immigration is central issue for new state historian

Sept. 6, 2019

The topic is timely and important, but discussions about it are mired in ideology and falsehoods, says William Wei, CU Boulder and state historian.

Scott Adler and his corgi

Campus Q&A: New Graduate School dean feels honored to be in role

Aug. 30, 2019

Scott Adler came to CU Boulder in fall 1996, when he joined the faculty as a professor of political science. He became dean of the Graduate School in June of 2019.

Three dancers and a chair

Creative Expression: Dancer turns everyday experiences into art

July 29, 2019

With her seemingly inexhaustible reservoir of ideas, Michelle Ellsworth leaps over creative boundaries. Recognized for her distinctive and compelling artistic works in contemporary dance, Ellsworth is a winner of a 2019 Doris Duke Artist Award.

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