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Ayumi's Violin

May 31, 2016

In 1959 when her mother dies, twelve-year-old Ayumi leaves her home in Japan to find her American father. Biracial, she is confronted with a resentful half-sister and a racist stepmother. She wants to be accepted by her new family, but how much of her true self must she give up? Ayumi’s only solace is her music. When she is deprived of her violin, she shocks even herself by doing the unthinkable.

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Idols and Underdogs: An anthology of Latin American football fiction

May 31, 2016

Idols and Underdogs: An anthology of Latin American football fiction is a collection of 11 stories from each country in the South American World Cup qualifying group, plus Mexico. It includes some of the most prestigious names in Latin American literature.

Polynesia

Events – Summer 2016

May 17, 2016

News about Homecoming Weekend, the new Koenig backyard and chapters and clubs.

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Elder Care Journey

May 11, 2016

Caregiving is the “new normal” for nearly forty-three million Americans who will relate to An Elder Care Journey: A View From the Front Lines with tears, laughter, sighs, outrage and nods of acknowledgement. Laura Katz Olson, a researcher of elder care, finds her studies inconveniently interrupted by a real person with ever-increasing demands—her own mother.

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Modern Poisons

May 4, 2016

Modern Poisons introduces the uninitiated reader to some of the subtleties and nuances of toxicology, as well as some of the most pressing challenges created by chemicals today.

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All for the Greed of Gold: Will Woodin's Klondike Adventure

May 2, 2016

Enhanced with family photographs and skillfully edited, Will's diaries, short story, and candid 1910 memoir describe the travails of taking an uncommon route to the Yukon over the White Pass and Tutshi Trails. This narrative highlights the camaraderie and cooperation among working-class men.

Carter Pann

Carter Pann’s big bet on the saxophone

April 27, 2016

CU music professor’s six-movement saxophone composition takes him to the brink of a Pulitzer

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VP Biden, at CU, issues "test of character"

April 11, 2016

Joe Biden was smiling as he took the stage at CU-Boulder April 8, but he’d come to deliver a solemn and blunt message.

Joe Biden

VP Biden, at CU, issues "test of character"

April 8, 2016

Joe Biden was smiling as he took the stage at CU-Boulder April 8, but he’d come to deliver a solemn and blunt message.

Steve Wozniak

Mr. Apple Returns to Boulder

April 5, 2016

In an April 4 appearance at CU-Boulder, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (ElEngr ex’72, HonDocSci’89) addressed a dizzying array of topics: Bob Dylan, self-driving cars, primary education, jokes in Japanese, the A-plus he got in “Introduction to Computers,” his weakness for Apple’s App Store and (of course) his early days with fellow Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Wozniak sat for a Q&A at Macky Auditorium on the first evening of the 68th Conference on World Affairs.

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