Two CU-Boulder professors named 2011-12 Fulbright Scholars

Nov. 17, 2011

Two °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ professors are conducting research in Finland and the United Kingdom as Fulbright Scholars for the 2011-12 academic year.

Author John McPhee to receive Stegner Award from CU's Center of the American West on Oct. 27

Oct. 12, 2011

John McPhee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Encounters With the Archdruid" and "Coming Into the Country," will receive the Wallace Stegner Award from the °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼'s Center of the American West on Oct. 27.

CU student installations to help engage community in University Hill development

June 1, 2011

°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ environmental design students are kicking off a community discussion on the future of University Hill public space through a series of installations being placed throughout the neighborhood this week.

$2 million endowed chair in Jewish history bolsters fast-growing CU-Boulder program

May 4, 2011

To honor a father who stoked their love of history and respect for civil rights, Boulder sisters and °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ alumnae Midge Korczak and Leslie Singer Lomas have donated $2 million to endow the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History at CU-Boulder.

CU-Boulder student Shane Baldauf wins national Udall Scholarship

April 22, 2011

Shane Baldauf, a sophomore in architecture and planning at the °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ who is dedicated to ‘green' and affordable housing, has been awarded a prestigious Udall Scholarship.

Works of Stan Brakhage, film pioneer and longtime CU professor, preserved in new center

March 2, 2011

Stan Brakhage loved poetry and befriended poets but dubbed himself a failed poet. Many experts disagreed. He was, they said, a consummate poet -- one who spoke in the language of film and measured his meter in frames.

CU's Glenn Miller Archive acquires one of world's best Big Band Era collections

Feb. 21, 2011

The Glenn Miller Archive at the °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ American Music Research Center has acquired one of the world's most significant collections of Big Band Era recordings and memorabilia.

Major faculty exhibition opens at CU Art Museum on Jan. 21

Jan. 20, 2011

The CU Art Museum at the °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ opens the largest faculty exhibition to date on Friday, Jan. 21, at 10 a.m.

Music and Caroling an Important Part of Holiday Celebrations, Says CU Professor

Dec. 13, 2010

During the holidays, no matter how you celebrate or what your beliefs, music is almost always an important part of the celebration, according to Thomas Riis, a musicologist and director of the American Music Research Center in the University of Colorado at Boulder's College of Music.

Donation of 19,000 Volumes of Jewish-American Literature to CU Hailed as Signal of 'Effervescence'

Oct. 28, 2010

Brian E. Lebowitz has a deep fondness for used books and bookstores, a keen interest in Judaica and the acumen to amass a collection of 19,000 works of 20th century Jewish-American Literature. He is donating this collection to the University of Colorado at Boulder, and faculty members say the gift will enhance the university's stature.

Pages