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NASA, NOAA, others are nation's ‘crown jewels,’ scientist says

Sept. 12, 2019

Mark Serreze talks about being named a Distinguished Professor, how he got interested in the cryosphere, and why you should care about snow and ice.

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‘Classics helps us understand who and why we are’

Sept. 12, 2019

Carole Newlands talks about being named a Distinguished Professor, why to study classics and how Ovid matters today.

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Immigration is central issue for new state historian

Aug. 31, 2019

The topic is timely and important, but discussions about it are mired in ideology and falsehoods, says William Wei, CU Boulder and state historian.

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Pulitzer-winning historian gets NEH award for book on Sacagawea

Aug. 29, 2019

CU Boulder’s Elizabeth ‘Lil’ Fenn is one of 15 intellectuals nationwide to receive a Public Scholar award.

provost Russ Moore signing the beam

Integrative physiology building gets ‘topped out’ and feted

June 27, 2019

Popular program to get improved digs with $21.8 million facility expansion.

Claire Lamman

Doubts (mostly) behind her, astronomy fan heads to HarvardÌý

May 8, 2019

Claire Lamman, the college’s spring 2019 outstanding graduate, turned out to be much better at science than she’d thought possible

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Fourth graders dig into pop music and poetry at CU Boulder

April 5, 2019

As they learn how writers revise their work and use literary devices, the students gear up for a school assembly led by an Australian rap star.

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Runner, scholar took time to find the ‘life you ought to live’

Feb. 27, 2019

Mike Sandrock earned degrees in biology and business at CU Boulder, but he’d chosen those fields for the wrong reasons, he says; taking another path helped him find meaning in art and life.

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Outstanding grad examines ‘the enemies of conservation’

Dec. 21, 2018

Collaboration between social scientists and wildlife conservationists is key to preserving the environment and protecting human rights, she concludes.

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Paul W. Kroll elected to American Philosophical Society

May 31, 2018

Paul W. Kroll, professor of Chinese at CU Boulder, has been elected to the prestigious American Philosophical Society, becoming the fifth member ever of the university’s faculty—and the first from the humanities—to gain this recognition.

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