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The Democratic Party, which presents itself as a vanguard of working people, has become an elite meritocracy that has lost touch with its roots, argues Thomas Frank, a journalist and author of the bestselling book What鈥檚 the Matter with Kansas?

Five years after the Arab Spring uprisings rocked the Middle East, former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril offered University of Colorado Boulder students a front-row perspective on the protests鈥� genesis, their shortcomings and the lessons the world should absorb in the coming decades.

The graduate ceramics program at CU Boulder is ranked fifth in the nation, up from eighth last year, in US News and World Report鈥檚 Best Graduate Schools 2017. It is one of eight university programs to be ranked in the top 10 graduate specialty programs nationwide, but it is the only one of the CU Boulder group to hail from the arts and humanities.

Young CU Boulder alumni have launched a summer empowerment program for adolescent girls in Peru who dream of career and community service. Partnering with other nonprofits in Peru, the team has helped the young women move closer to realizing their dreams.

Statistically speaking, you wouldn鈥檛 expect Alma Hinojosa to do a study-abroad program in Israel while studying English at CU Boulder and working to become a lawyer dedicated to improving the U.S. public-education system. She was born in Durango, Mexico, and reared in Aurora, Colo. She was brought here at age 4 by parents who 鈥渆very day invest sweat and tears鈥� to give their daughters a shot at the American Dream.

Dale Grant鈥檚 career and travel have spanned the world鈥攁nd included jobs in eastern China and Saudi Arabia鈥攁nd now his geology training helps quickly alert the world where, how big and how damaging severe earthquakes are. Now, the man who says he鈥檚 鈥渁lways been a Buff鈥� has moved to establish a significant scholarship for geological sciences students with his estate.

Cameron Keith is a consummate word guy. He鈥檚 also 10 years old. Cameron made it to the semifinals in the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee and was poised to advance to the finals when he was asked to spell 鈥渘oncompos.鈥�

Margot Hirsch believes that Americans should be able to buy guns equipped with 鈥渟mart-gun鈥� technology鈥攚eapons that include a safety feature that allow them to fire only when activated by authorized users鈥攁nd the CU Boulder alumna now leads a nonprofit organization dedicated to this free-market strategy.

Francis Beckwith, the 2016-17 Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, is now on campus teaching courses, arranging the appearance of guest speakers on campus. Beckwith fielded five questions about his book, his appointment and the state of political discourse.

Professor Lori M. Hunter has spent a semester prompting students to grapple with questions about the intersection of society and yoga. The course, which she believes is the first of its kind, is an upper-division class designed to hone students鈥� critical-thinking skills.