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.

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.

Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park

Balancing fraught history and modern collaboration in America’s ‘best idea’

June 24, 2024

In new book, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ scholar Brooke Neely explores pathways to uphold Native sovereignty in U.S. national parks.

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.

Susan Averett and Disparate Measures book cover

For some women, STEM may not be the great equalizer

June 17, 2024

In newly published book, CU economics alumna Susan Averett analyzes whether STEM fields offer an equal path to prosperity for all women.

Emily Yeh and Brian Catlos

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ scholars honored as 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

June 13, 2024

Researchers Emily Yeh and Brian Catlos are recognized for prior career achievements and exceptional promise.

Images of horse artifacts and paintings

Horsepower: Professor unveils a new history of horses

June 11, 2024

In his upcoming book, ‘Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History,’ William Taylor writes that today’s world has been molded by humans’ relationship to horses.

Images from the Settle for Biden social media campaign

Making the case for President Average Joe

June 10, 2024

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ doctoral student examines how an unconventional social media campaign worked in 2020 to make Joe Biden more appealing—or at least less unappealing—to progressive voters.

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