CU alum Ivan Orkin in one of his Tokyo ramen restaurants. Photo by Sam Verkaik.

Alumnus uses degree to combine passions for food and Japanese

Sept. 9, 2015

Ramen restaurateur, chef and author Ivan Orkin has used his degree in Japanese Language and Literature (’87) almost every day since graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder. Initially, he thought it was “crazy” to follow his wife’s suggestion to open a ramen shop. Now he’s succeeding in Tokyo and New York.

Laura DeLuca, assistant professor adjunct in anthropology and and director of CU-Boulder’s Global Seminar in Tanzania, is shown here in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo courtesy of Laura DeLuca.

Anthropologist’s book honoring CU-Lost Children connection wins attention and awards

Sept. 9, 2015

Laura DeLuca published a young adult novel that tells the often-overlooked story of one of the Lost Girls of Sudan and shines a light on the inadvertently competitive nature of asylum-seeking; it won a 2014 Colorado Book Award and was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of its top 2014 book picks.

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Mexican immigrants in '20s tended to be wealthy

March 16, 2015

U.S.-Mexico border manifests from the 1920s indicate that Mexicans migrating to the United States then tended to be healthier, wealthier and more productive than those who did not migrate, according to CU-Boulder researchers. Their results suggests that U.S. migration policy in the early 1900s created an environment that drew “economically strong” Mexicans to migrate to the United States, and they say the findings have implications for contemporary policy.

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Stealth Gender-Based Abuse eludes college radar

Oct. 6, 2014

While numerous studies published since the 1970s have documented gender-based violence against college women, much nonviolent gender-based abuse goes unreported by victims and unaccounted for by experts, University of Colorado Boulder researchers report.

Linguistics Professor Andy Cowell discusses fieldwork with Jonnia Torres, a first-year graduate student in linguistics at CU-Boulder. She is among a team of students who are studying speakers of languages indigenous to Central America.

Linguistic graduate students document languages indigenous to Central America at CU’s front door

March 1, 2014

Linguistics Professor Andy Cowell discusses fieldwork with Jonnia Torres, a first-year graduate student in linguistics at CU-Boulder. She is among a team of students who are studying speakers of languages indigenous to Central America. Funded in part by a private donor, University of Colorado Boulder linguistics graduate students are documenting...

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