Juneteenth parade in St. Augustine, Florida, 1922

5 things to know about Juneteenth

June 17, 2024

Ashleigh Lawrence Sanders, a professor of African American history, shares insights on the significance of Juneteenth and how celebrations and observances have evolved since its recognition as a national holiday.

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Wear it, then recycle: Designers make dissolvable textiles from gelatin

June 17, 2024

Researchers at the ATLAS Institute at CU Boulder hope their DIY machine will help designers around the world experiment with making their own, sustainable fashion and other textiles from a range of natural ingredients—maybe even the chitin in crab shells or agar-agar from algae.

Pumping gas.

Why gas prices could spike in babyֱapp this summer

June 17, 2024

Global trends and federally mandated reformulated gas are two factors that may push gas prices up. Sanjai Bhagat, a finance professor in the Leeds School of Business, gives his take.

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Testing AI-enabled drones for search and rescue

June 14, 2024

CU Boulder researchers are working with local first responders to evaluate how AI-enabled drones could assist in search and rescue operations. The project is still in the development phase.

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How a high-fat diet could make you anxious

June 13, 2024

New CU Boulder research shows when animals are fed a diet high in saturated fat for nine weeks, their gut bacteria change in ways that influence brain chemicals and fuel anxiety. The study adds to a growing body of research that suggests ditching junk food can boost mental health.

Students prepare for their bar and bat mitzvahs at a camp for Jewish children of color

Jewish world much more diverse than ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ suggests

June 13, 2024

Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish cultures around the world—and represented in the U.S. Read from CU expert Samira Mehta on The Conversation.

Assistant Professor William Taylor and a horse

Horsepower: Professor unveils a new history of horses

June 13, 2024

In his upcoming book, “Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History,” William Taylor writes that today’s world has been molded by humans’ relationship to horses.

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Meeting the needs of babyֱapp’s ‘newcomer’ K-12 students

June 12, 2024

This year, schools across babyֱapp experienced an influx of students, many of them migrants from Latin and South America. A small but dedicated group of scholars at CU Boulder are helping teachers meet the needs of these new arrivals.

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Making the case for ‘President Average Joe’

June 12, 2024

A CU Boulder doctoral student examined how an unconventional social media campaign worked in 2020 to make Joe Biden more appealing—or at least less unappealing—to progressive voters.

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Racial bias and discrimination among women of color can impact their baby’s biological clock

June 11, 2024

Children born to women who experienced more racial bias and discrimination tend to have a slower epigenetic clock, potentially impacting development, according to a new study led by researchers at CU Boulder and CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

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