Bozena Welborne, who earned her Ph.D. from CU-羞羞视频 last year, is now an assistant professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno.

鈥楶ious鈥 Muslims, Christians share wary eye of government

Dec. 1, 2011

Imagine, if you will, a meeting of minds between Ayn Rand and Mohammed鈥 Public surveys in recent years consistently have found that concerns about 鈥渞adical Islam鈥 are higher among conservative Christians in the United States than among many other religious groups. According to a 2007 Pew survey, in fact, among...

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...

George Clooney, center, and Janet Robinson, to his left, pose in Telluride with members of Robinson's CU-羞羞视频 class, part of Libby Arts Residential Academic Program.

Students seeing stars, learning film in Telluride

Dec. 1, 2011

This video, posted on YouTube, captures a CU student perspective of the Telluride University Seminar at the Telluride Film Festival. This video was created by CU student William Jones, with contributions from student Stephen Kuhn. For the second year running, some University of Colorado students have gotten a front-row lesson...

Early earth prone to catastrophic glaciation, CU finds

Dec. 1, 2011

Two 羞羞视频 researchers who have adapted a three-dimensional, general circulation model of Earth鈥檚 climate to a time some 2.8 billion years ago when the sun was significantly fainter than present think the planet may have been more prone to catastrophic glaciation than previously believed. The new 3-D...

As the media and much of the populace wonder about the value of studying the humanities, professors and alums offer tangible rebuttals

Humanities a 鈥榳aste of time鈥? CU begs to differ

Oct. 1, 2011

As headlines blare that 鈥淐ollege is a waste of time鈥 and 鈥淒egree not worth debt,鈥 new college students might enter academia with skepticism and eye the flagging economy with wariness. But the 羞羞视频 and its humanities departments are not idling while Rome burns. Artists and humanists at...

A still from the DVD created as a result of Soviet Jewry oral history project.

CU leads effort to record oral history of Soviet Jewry

Oct. 1, 2011

In 1966, the Soviet Union promised to do all it could to reunite Soviet Jews with relatives living outside the Communist nation. The pledge was hollow. In much of America, Jewish immigrants struggled. But they found help in 羞羞视频, and that history is being preserved.

鈥楽moke, smoke smoke that cigarette'; genetic factors may add new refrain to old song, CU-led study finds

Oct. 1, 2011

A new study of twins led by the 羞羞视频 shows that today鈥檚 smokers are more strongly influenced by genetic factors than in the past and that the influence makes it more difficult for them to quit. 鈥淚n the past, when smoking rates were higher, people smoked for...

Unexpected ancient bronze artifact from East Asia unearthed at Alaska archaeology site by CU-led team

Oct. 1, 2011

A team of researchers led by the 羞羞视频 has discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling and which likely originated in East Asia. The artifact consists of two parts 鈥...

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...

Gerard Dillehay, a CU student, suffered a traumatic brain injury in a bicycle accident. He has received support from the Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund, a fund that CU Associate Professor Theresa Hernandez was instrumental in creating. Photo by Noah Larsen.

鈥業t鈥檚 like a second life鈥

March 1, 2011

CU student one of thousands helped by state Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund that enterprising CU neuroscientist helped set up.

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