Thomas Andrews

A bird鈥檚 (and mule鈥檚) eye view of U.S. history

Dec. 1, 2011

Thomas Andrews has a knack for framing American history unconventionally. In his award-winning book 鈥淜illing for Coal,鈥 Andrews traced the central role of coal in Colorado鈥檚 economic growth, environmental change and social conflict. Now he鈥檚 turning his scholarly gaze toward another little-acknowledged actor in American history: animals. 鈥淧aying attention to...

Students raising hands

@Maria, we've made #Malvolio look crazy! LOL!

Oct. 1, 2011

With the help of a smartphone and Twitter, university collaborators show kids how Shakespeare instructs us on school bullying The University of Colorado is pursuing a more-civil society with this simple recipe: Take one Shakespearean play, one group of youngsters and a mendacious tweet. Mix well. Add role-playing and discussion...

Painting of cavemen

Following a 鈥楶aleo Diet鈥? Maybe not

Oct. 1, 2011

Those who eat like 鈥渃avemen鈥 or follow a 鈥淧aleo Diet鈥 will get 鈥淣eanderthin,鈥 some weight-loss books contend. But scientists are still figuring out what early hominins actually ate. And while the picture is not complete, it is more complex than previously thought.

World culture at CU

From Mubarak to Mao, CU鈥檚 a vanguard of culture, art

Oct. 1, 2011

In one corner of campus, an iconic image of Mao Zedung is punctuated with wood screws. In another venue, a leader of the successful uprising in Egypt this year shared her perspective of the 鈥淎rab Spring.鈥 These exemplify the 鈥渃ommunity and culture鈥 that CU fosters, preserves and celebrates.

Owen Brian Toon, a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Colorado. Photo by Noah Larsen.

Childhood questions became lifelong quests

Oct. 1, 2011

Dinosaurs鈥 demise, Martian environment and Earth鈥檚 climate fascinated Brian Toon as a kid, captivated him as a scientist, and propelled him to a wide-ranging research career marked by a common theme: tiny airborne particles Since he was a kid, Owen Brian Toon has puzzled over 鈥渨eird problems鈥: What killed the...

Katie Grasha

In small Colorado town, an academic star is born

Oct. 1, 2011

Katie Grasha attended high school in Montrose, a Colorado community nestled in the pastoral Uncompahgre Valley, a place still so rural that its night sky twinkles with stars. Grasha, who recently graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in astrophysical and planetary sciences, became a hometown ambassador for...

Beth Osnes, CU associate professor of theatre and dance, hugs Zinet, an Ethiopian woman. Their lives weave a human tapestry through a new movie, "Mother: Caring Our Way Out of the Population Dilemma."

Mothers help women brake population growth

March 1, 2011

Beth Osnes, CU associate professor of theatre and dance, hugs Zinet, an Ethiopian woman. Their lives weave a human tapestry through a new movie, "Mother: Caring Our Way Out of the Population Dilemma." Two large families, two distant worlds, two women who break tradition. Thereby hangs a tale. Beth Osnes...

Reb Zalman founded the Jewish Renewal movement in the 1960s.

Jewish Renewal archives find home at CU

March 1, 2011

Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi was born in Poland, grew up in Austria, fled Nazi oppression in Europe, was ordained in Chabad Lubavitch Hasidism in America, and launched a new hybrid of Judaism for the world. Reb Zalman, as he is commonly known, founded the Jewish Renewal movement in the 1960s. Described...

Manipulated film

Transforming film into visual poetry

March 1, 2011

New center preserves work of CU filmmaker Stan Brakhage, aims to be a hub for other experimental media Stan Brakhage loved poetry and befriended poets but considered himself a failed poet. Many experts disagreed. He was, they said, a consummate poet鈥攐ne who spoke in the language of film and measured...

Michael Huemer is one of eight university faculty members who have been named CU Center for the Humanities and the Arts Fellows.

The 鈥榤oral illusion鈥 of governmental authority

March 1, 2011

Michael Huemer asks his students to imagine being a neighborhood vigilante. Suppose, he says, you live in a crime-ridden neighborhood, and nothing鈥檚 being done about it. So you hunt down criminals and lock them in your basement. After awhile, you bill your neighbors for keeping the neighborhood safe. You tell...

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