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As Paris preps for Olympics, Coloradans still feel ambivalent about hosting

June 11, 2024

In the 1970s, Denver became the first and only city to be named an Olympics host, then later back out. A new study shows that Colorado’s feelings about the Games remain complicated today.

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In historic first, Mexico is poised to elect female president

May 31, 2024

On June 2, Mexico’s election day, a woman will almost certainly win the presidential election. However, CU Boulder scholar Lorraine Bayard de Volo notes that electing a female president may not guarantee a more feminist mode of governing.

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Afghanistan did not have to be Vietnam 2.0, says former intelligence advisor

May 31, 2024

Gail Nelson, a career intelligence officer and CU Boulder alumnus, advised Afghan military intelligence leaders after the United States drove the Taliban from power.

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Violence underpins American life, sociologist contends

May 28, 2024

In a new book, CU Boulder researcher Liam Downey argues that different forms of violence produce both consent to the social order and divisions among subordinate social groups, which help to maintain the power and wealth of economic and political elites.

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No shot: Why we won’t pull the trigger on gun control

May 20, 2024

Following years of high-profile shootings, communications expert and researcher Chris Vargo expected to find rising public salience around gun control. He didn’t.

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From ‘Yellow Peril’ to COVID-19: New book takes unflinching look at anti-Asian racism

May 20, 2024

CU Boulder professor Jennifer Ho, editor of a new collection about global Anti-Asian racism, shares insights on what’s driving it and how communities are fighting back.

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How tea may have saved lives in 18th century England

May 20, 2024

A CU economics professor used historical records to quantify how tea, once it became popular and affordable, saved lives around England—not due to the herbs, but rather, due to the boiling of the water.

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CU scholar wins support for research on political polarization

May 8, 2024

Associate Professor Seema Sohi is one of 28 Andrew Carnegie fellows who will receive stipends of $200,000 each for research that seeks to understand the polarization of society and how to strengthen democracy.

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Weinstein, #MeToo and why social movements matter

May 1, 2024

Harvey Weinstein’s overturned conviction has #MeToo back in the headlines. The dean of Colorado Law explains why #MeToo still matters as a social movement. She contrasts it with another contemporary social movement, Black Lives Matter, and considers how the two relate.

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Is communication around climate change just hot air?

April 22, 2024

A researcher’s experience in advertising, marketing and public relations gives her a unique angle to study organizational communications and policy around climate impact and awareness.

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