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Does that player in the video game look familiar?

Aug. 30, 2024

Fifteen years after Ed O’Bannon’s groundbreaking lawsuit, college athletes continue to benefit from greater control of their name, image and likeness.

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AI images abound this election cycle. Here’s how you can tell fact from fiction

Aug. 29, 2024

In an election year, experts from CU Boulder weigh in on strategies you can take to distinguish real and fake images online—and how to talk to friends and family spreading misinformation.

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From harmony to civil war: When language turns deadly

Aug. 29, 2024

CU political scientist Jaroslav Tir argues it’s not just what a government says about its ethnic minorities but also the language it uses that can be threatening.

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Studying the importance of belonging

Aug. 29, 2024

How do we create a sense of belonging for higher education students? By fostering a sense of belonging for everyone, including faculty and staff. That is the key takeaway from a new article published by professors Noah Finkelstein and Phoebe Young.

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Data dump: Meta killed CrowdTangle. What does it mean for researchers, reporters?

Aug. 27, 2024

Without access to social media data, disinformation and hate speech may become easier to spread—and harder to detect.

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For medieval Iberian queens, love was a dangerous sickness

Aug. 19, 2024

In a newly published history of the region’s female monarchs, a CU Boulder scholar shows the connections between love, grief and madness.

CU Boulder doctoral candidate Idowu Odeyemi

Scholar challenges rigid boundaries in African philosophical thought

Aug. 13, 2024

CU Boulder doctoral candidate Idowu Odeyemi argues that African philosophy should not be limited to a single definition.

White House Deputy Special Assistant Alvin Snyder with President Richard Nixon before his resignation speech in 1974

Remembering Nixon’s resignation, 5 decades later

Aug. 12, 2024

Political science professor Kenneth Bickers reflects on what made the ex-president’s decision to step down following the Watergate scandal a watershed moment in American history and how it has influenced politics today.

President Donald Trump

In ‘other’ news: Can coverage be balanced when it comes to race, gender?

Aug. 7, 2024

When Donald Trump got the headlines from a recent National Association of Black Journalists conference, it obscured the lost opportunity for reporters of color to share ideas on how to cover controversial newsmakers.

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Kamala Harris and the ‘electability’ trap

Aug. 1, 2024

Since announcing her bid to run for president on July 21, Vice President Kamala Harris has generated praise and drawn questions about her electability—including from some media outlets and online commentators who have asked: “Is the United States ready to elect a multiracial woman?â€

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