Motown artists collage

And the Motown beat goes on

Feb. 15, 2024

Upon the 65th anniversary of the Motown record label, a CU Boulder professor says that, from Taylor Swift to K-pop, “It’s all Motown; they are not creating anything new.”

Beatles playing on The Ed Sullivan Show

They wanted to hold your hand (and fans’ ecstatic screams still echo)

Feb. 12, 2024

Sixty years after The Beatles’ first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” CU Boulder historian Martin Babicz reflects on their impact on U.S. culture and politics.

Vladimir Lenin (center) in Moscow's Red Square.

A bit less visibly, Lenin’s ghost still haunts Russia

Feb. 12, 2024

This year is the 100th anniversary of the death of the Soviet Union’s first communist leader, whose legacy in Russia and former Soviet republics is complicated.

Charlie Billingsley  and Von Ross partner on creating the exhibit

Artists celebrate Black womanhood, presence and connectedness

Feb. 9, 2024

A new exhibition at the CU Art Museum through July 13 was created by socially engaged artists-in-residence to honor Black girls and women.

Chancellor Phil DiStefano and Professor Reiland Rabaka, smiling, point to the crowd from a podium

Luminaries celebrate a more diverse, welcoming campus

Feb. 8, 2024

Aba Arthur, a costar of “The Color Purple,” recently joined the Colorado governor, the CU president and the CU Boulder chancellor along with a cadre of artists to celebrate the Center for African and African American Studies and Black History Month.

Reiland Rabaka recording a podcast episode

Hearing music, finding connection in many rhythms of life

Feb. 8, 2024

Professor Reiland Rabaka joins “The Ampersand” to discuss art, activism, the importance of building community and how his first-grade teacher introduced him to W.E.B. Du Bois and changed his life.

Peyton Thomas running on a trail

Scientist, Olympic hopeful runs with real purpose

Feb. 2, 2024

Peyton Thomas, a postdoctoral researcher who fuses running with a commitment to environmental causes, will compete in the U.S. Olympic women’s marathon trials this month.

a still from the original Scarface film

Say hello to my little friend, the gangster movie

Feb. 2, 2024

At what would have been Al Capone’s 125th birthday, CU Boulder cinema researcher Tiel Lundy explains the enduring popularity of gangsters in film and the American imagination.

Clips of Professor Frank Oppenheimer in his video series explaining various experiments in the Library of Experiments

Frank Oppenheimer, Robert’s brother, honed physics teaching at CU Boulder

Jan. 30, 2024

In a little-known chapter of university history, Frank Oppenheimer taught for several years in the Department of Physics, and his legacy lingers in the fabric of the department.

Rebecca Safran standing outside in the snow in front of a barn

Barn swallows and humans reflect challenges of coexistence in a changing world

Jan. 26, 2024

In her Distinguished Research Lecture on March 12, CU Boulder Professor Rebecca Safran will explore the recent and precipitous decrease in the population of barn swallows.

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