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Thorne

Warped factors

April 13, 2017

Kip Thorne, pioneer in gravitational waves, creative force behind ‘Interstellar,’ to give 51st Gamow lecture at CU Boulder April 27.

sex ed

Let’s (not) talk about sex

Feb. 28, 2017

CU sociologist’s book examines society’s mixed messages to teens about sex In the small, rural Ohio town where Stefanie Mollborn grew up, the prevailing message to teenagers about sex was straightforward: Don’t do it, because it’s morally wrong. In wealthier, liberal places like Boulder, the message tends to be different:...

Newspaper

Scholars eye freedom in reverse

Feb. 28, 2017

With help from five graduate students, two CU Boulder professors will conduct a careful study of what happens to citizen engagement when previously liberal democratic nations become more repressive.

Sacks

Why Mendelssohn (Moses, not Felix) matters

Feb. 28, 2017

Elias Sacks, CU Boulder assistant professor or religious studies, makes a case for the contemporary relevance of an Enlightenment superstar.

Prada

Visiting aerial dance artist has silk and sensibility

Feb. 28, 2017

Ana Prada’s career has been up in the air for nearly two decades, and that’s just the way she wants it. She will be in residence at CU Boulder April 3-14.

Eagan

Former kid from Levittown boosts education, the great leveler

Feb. 27, 2017

To Christopher Eagan, growing up in Levittown, N.Y., America’s first and most famous suburb, was nirvana. But after 18 years there, Eagan was ready for a change, and he knew just where he wanted to go: the University of Colorado Boulder.

Stanton

CU Boulder family’s living history dates to 19th century

Feb. 27, 2017

Timothy William Stanton matriculated at the University of Colorado Boulder on Sept. 5, 1877, the school’s first day of classes — ever. Stanton was a senior in high school, attending a college-prep school located in Old Main, the only building on campus.

the west

West words worth writing home about

Feb. 17, 2017

Open to all CU Boulder students, Thompson Awards celebrate writing beyond the 100th meridian.

Charlotte York Irey

‘To dance is to live,’ and dance lives on at CU

Jan. 10, 2017

More than two decades after she had almost single-handedly established the first degree program in dance at the University of Colorado Boulder, Charlotte York Irey attended the dedication of the new theater named in her honor.

Zyzda

More undergrad research, yes, research, in arts and humanities

Dec. 2, 2016

There’s a reason you aren’t likely to see a Hollywood blockbuster featuring a laboratory dedicated to, say, American literature, philosophy, Italian languages or any other arts and humanities discipline: For the most part, researchers in those disciplines work as individuals, and not on laboratory teams.

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