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Rita S. Weiss, speech language pathologist, dies at 99

June 8, 2021

Rita S. Weiss, a University of Colorado speech and language pathology professor who developed a special program to improve language development in young schoolchildren, died May 29, 2021, in Boulder.

Antiracism course

Team鈥檚 anti-racism course allows thousands to 鈥榚ngage with their identity鈥

June 8, 2021

Anti-racism I and II are available free of charge to any CU Boulder student or employee through Coursera.

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Researchers find optimal way to pay off student loans

June 4, 2021

CU Boulder mathematicians created a novel mathematical model and found that a mixture of repayment strategies might be best鈥攄epending on how much is borrowed and how much income the borrower has.

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Eating a Western diet? It鈥檚 smart to get moving

May 26, 2021

Lifelong aerobic exercise could prevent vascular dysfunction in mice, even those who don鈥檛 eat well, CU Boulder research suggests.

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CU Boulder announces Center for African and African American Studies

May 20, 2021

CU Boulder Provost Russell Moore announced today the university has established the Center for African and African American Studies, or CAAAS, (also called 鈥渢he Cause鈥) to support teaching and research on the history and culture of people of African descent.

Jadd Tank demonstrates Ellsworth's "over-the-counter counter-terrorism" protocol for avoiding surveillance (protocol No. 5: hiding in furniture) in her performance of "Clytigation" at the Chocolate Factory in November, 2015.

Dancer views her art, in part, through the lens of fake rocks

May 20, 2021

Michelle Ellsworth, recently named a college professor of distinction, discusses the intersection of technology, ancient thinkers and language.

St. Augustine of Hippo

If you think free will has always been a given, think again

May 20, 2021

Robert C. Pasnau, college professor of distinction, outlines the historical rise of and subsequent challenges to the concept of human will.

David Shneer

New public scholarship fund honors late historian David Shneer

May 19, 2021

Eileen and Richard Greenberg created the fund to continue the late scholar鈥檚 life鈥檚 work.

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CU Boulder anthropologist wins support for Indigenous history comics

May 14, 2021

Museum Curator Jennifer Shannon garners fellowship to 鈥榙eploy the humanities for the public good鈥.

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Scientists construct first-ever synthetic DNA-like polymer

May 11, 2021

These synthesized helical covalent polymers represent a huge advance for this critical and understudied field, researchers say.

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