Olympics fans

Carrying a torch for country and sports

July 25, 2024

As the 2024 Olympics begin in Paris, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ scholar Jared Bahir Browsh considers how nationalism can inform and influence the games.

collage of Paris landmarks

As it has for centuries, Paris beguiles and beckons

July 19, 2024

With the 2024 Olympics set to open, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ professor Aimee Kilbane ponders Americans’ long love affair with the City of Light.

A woodcarving depicting the Black Death in Italy

We fear them like the plague

July 18, 2024

After a human case of bubonic plague was confirmed in Pueblo County last week, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ scholar Thora Brylowe explores why it and all plagues inspire such terror.

Disappointed Colorado Rockies fans

Loving the losing baseball team

July 15, 2024

In advance of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star game, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ history professor Martin Babicz offers thoughts on why some fans remain loyal to baseball’s perennial losers.

Anna Tsouhlarakis at National Portrait Gallery

Artist transcends traditional notions of Native American art

July 9, 2024

Whether in a somber performance in the National Portrait Gallery or in her wry takes on Native humor, Anna Tsouhlarakis follows her heart.

Dalton Trumbo speaks before Congress

Remembering CU’s brave one from the Red Scare

July 8, 2024

Caught up in anti-communist hysteria following World War II, former ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ student Dalton Trumbo today is recognized as a fierce proponent of free speech, with a fountain outside the University Memorial Center named in his honor.

Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964

60 years after the Civil Rights Act, ‘the activism continues’

July 2, 2024

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed since 1964.

illustration of oxygen molecules

Separating gases is hard but might get easier, researchers find

June 27, 2024

In newly published study, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ chemist Wei Zhang details a new porous material that is less expensive and more sustainable.

Green hummingbird feeding at orange flower

How to ID thieving hummingbirds? Look at their feet

June 25, 2024

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ researcher analyzes 50 years of data to show the relationship between certain birds’ unorthodox behavior and their traits.

3D pie chart on numbers graph

When economies falter, governors respond similarly, regardless of party

June 20, 2024

Political scientists find that partisan divide shrinks among governors who are responding to economic downturns.

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