Dan Doak in the field

50 years on, Endangered Species Act a noted success

Jan. 24, 2024

Dan Doak, CU Boulder professor of environmental studies who has studied threatened and endangered species for decades, reflects on a half century of species protection.

Author Kelly Sears and cover art for her new animated short

Filmmaker sees familiar images in unfamiliar ways

Jan. 18, 2024

CU Boulder Associate Professor Kelly Sears is premiering her short animated feature ā€œThe Lost Seasonā€ at the Sundance Film Festival.

Monique LeBourgeois

In memoriam: Monique LeBourgeois

Jan. 10, 2024

Monique LeBourgeois, a pioneering sleep researcher at CU Boulder, helped answer questions about sleep disruptions in children, knowledge that has been helpful to parents.

Snow-covered buffalo statue on campus

New scholarship celebrates, supports ā€˜ANDersā€™

Jan. 5, 2024

The College of Arts and Sciences uses ā€œandā€ as a verb, and a new scholarship aims to support students who do, too. Students who are passionate about ā€œANDingā€ are encouraged to apply for the scholarship by March 15.

A scene from A Muppet Christmas Carol

Even after 180 years, ā€˜A Christmas Carolā€™ is no humbug

Dec. 21, 2023

CU Boulder Victorian literature scholars discuss why Charles Dickensā€™ classic is still retold and probably will be retold in Christmases yet to come.

Eric Vance with students and colleagues at IPB University in Indonesia

Crunching numbers isnā€™t enough; you also have to explain results

Dec. 21, 2023

CU Boulder researcher Eric Vance recently won the W.J. Dixon Award for Excellence in Statistical Consulting, in recognition of his work to help statisticians and data scientists become better communicators.

Abby Hartley

Grad pondered black-hole phenomena, found a lifeā€™s work

Dec. 20, 2023

College of Arts and Sciences outstanding graduate Abby Hartley embraces the complementary relationship between science and art.

Chinese art

Isnā€™t it strange? That human is actually an animal

Dec. 18, 2023

CU Boulder researcher Antje Richter studies early medieval Chinese records of the strange to understand how literature explores what it means to be human.

a single Nepali woman holding a small child

Legal rights and legal reality diverge for single women in Nepal

Dec. 18, 2023

CU Boulder doctoral candidate Tracy Fehrā€™s research examines the intersecting identities limiting Nepali womenā€™s access to disaster relief funds following the devastating 2015 earthquakes.

Wild horses in South America

Anthropologist finds South American cultures quickly adopted horses

Dec. 18, 2023

Assistant Professor William Taylorā€™s new study sheds light on how the introduction of horses in South America led to rapid economic and social transformation in the region.

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