Noah and Valerie

Science, education experts recognized for groundbreaking work

Oct. 19, 2023

CU Boulder professors Noah Finkelstein of physics and Valerie Otero of education have won the 2023 Svend Pedersen Award and Lecture from Stockholm University.

Tibetan prayer flags and snowy Himalayas

Preserving culture by learning an endangered language

Oct. 17, 2023

An online beginning Tibetan language course offered at CU Boulder allows learners worldwide to access contemporary resources for a less-frequently taught language.

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Making it so鈥攁n evening with Patrick Stewart

Oct. 12, 2023

鈥淪tar Trek鈥 hero, and Shakespeare thespian Patrick Stewart shared his wit and wisdom with attendees at CU Boulder鈥檚 Glenn Miller Ballroom as part of a national book tour.

Celeste Montoya

baby直播app鈥檚 Latina legislators giving voice to their communities

Oct. 3, 2023

In a newly published chapter, CU Boulder researcher Celeste Montoya demonstrates how social movements have influenced Latina legislative leadership in baby直播app.

Podcast host Erika Randall and June Gruber recording an episode

Studying the best of humanity, even the darkest parts

Oct. 3, 2023

CU Boulder researcher June Gruber is kicking off a new season of 鈥淭he Ampersand鈥 podcast in a conversation about all the feelings, not just the positive ones.

Flag flying atop Old Main building framed in red autumn leaves

From molecule movement to coastal flooding, CU scientists push boundaries

Sept. 29, 2023

CU Boulder researchers Andr茅s Montoya-Castillo and Julia Moriarty have been named U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Researchers, receiving multiyear funding.

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Budding philosopher makes a (qualified) defense of monogamy

Sept. 28, 2023

In a recently published paper, CU Boulder doctoral student Kyle York highlights some of the benefits of being in a monogamous relationship, for those who are so inclined.

Samuel Ramsey dons a beekeeper suit to remove a sample of honeycomb

鈥榊ou can鈥檛 be what you can鈥檛 see鈥

Sept. 26, 2023

Samuel 鈥淒r. Sammy鈥 Ramsey shares how embracing all sides of himself, from his skin color and whom he loves to his beliefs and background, helped him fight to save the honeybee鈥攁nd prove the naysayers wrong.

The One Ring lying on a map of Mordor, part of J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional Middle Earth

An English author鈥檚 Nordic sources

Sept. 21, 2023

As a philologist, J.R.R. Tolkien鈥攁uthor of 鈥淭he Hobbit鈥 and the 鈥淟ord of the Rings鈥 trilogy鈥攄rew extensively from Nordic language and mythology when creating the world of Middle Earth, notes CU expert Avedan Raggio, who teaches a popular course on the topic.

Flatirons

Shemin Ge elected as fellow of American Geophysical Union

Sept. 21, 2023

CU Boulder geological sciences Professor Shemin Ge is an expert on 鈥渋nduced seismicity,鈥 when earthquakes are triggered by energy development.

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