Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin and Donna Summer

Soul sisters, funksters and Afro-disco divas: The heroes of an unsung movement

Nov. 21, 2023

In a new book, CU Boulder researcher Reiland Rabaka focuses on the relationship between the Black Women’s Liberation Movement and its music, heralding pioneers such as Aretha Franklin.

Vintage horror movie posters

Alone in the woods...but not screaming for help

Nov. 17, 2023

CU Boulder sociology instructor Laura Patterson details how feminism is influencing female roles in horror films, expanding them far beyond the “damsel in distress” trope.

alumnus Markos Scheer with kelp spools

Kelp and oyster farm yields jobs and hope

Nov. 16, 2023

With help from National Geographic, CU Boulder alumnus Markos Scheer expands a kelp farm to include oysters, and he touts the economic and environmental benefits of the venture.

World globe

Global Grants Fund gets big boost from chancellor

Nov. 14, 2023

The International Affairs Program has unlocked a $200,000 fundraising match commitment, helping support study abroad experiences.

Roe Green Theatre ribbon cutting with alumna Roe Green and Chancellor Phil DiStefano

From renderings to reality: Renovated Roe Green Theatre opens

Nov. 10, 2023

With the grand opening of the renovated Roe Green Theatre on Nov. 3, the university has ushered in a new era for CU Boulder’s Department of Theatre & Dance. To celebrate, the department hosted a celebratory ribbon-cutting.

Gary Wall receives the Los Alamos Medal

Pursuing purpose through physics

Nov. 10, 2023

Gary Wall, a 1970 CU Boulder physics graduate, won the Los Alamos Medal in recognition of more than 50 years of distinguished work at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Pegboard with 25 holes and small, keyhole-shaped metal pegs

Your brain remembers what your fingers used to do

Nov. 3, 2023

New CU Boulder research demonstrates that, with practice, older adults can regain manual dexterity that may have seemed lost.

Student practices Chinese calligraphy

Learning culture through beautiful brush strokes

Nov. 1, 2023

At an evening of Chinese calligraphy, CU Boulder students studying Chinese practiced an art whose history dates back millennia.

Richard Jessor

8 decades later, Marine (and distinguished professor) to revisit Iwo Jima

Nov. 1, 2023

Richard Jessor, CU Boulder distinguished professor of behavioral science and co-founder of the Institute of Behavioral Science, records an oral history with the National World War II Museum and will return to the island in March, on the 79th anniversary of the battle.

Vol de Zombis (1946) by Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite

Pirates and zombies are not so different

Nov. 1, 2023

In a recently published article, CU Boulder researcher Kieran Murphy traces the concurrent paths and points of intersection between pirate and zombie lore in Haiti and popular culture.

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