Heather Stewart and book cover of Microaggressions in Medicine

Prescribing kindness in modern medicine

July 23, 2024

In her new book, Microaggressions in Medicine, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ alum and bioethicist Heather Stewart writes that some healthcare professionals are causing emotional and psychological harm.

collage of Paris landmarks

As it has for centuries, Paris beguiles and beckons

July 19, 2024

With the 2024 Olympics set to open, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ 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, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ 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, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ 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.

Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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

July 2, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed since 1964.

Emily Yeh and Brian Catlos

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ scholars honored as 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

June 13, 2024

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

Julie Carr and Mud, Blood and Ghosts book cover

Ghost stories: understanding a present haunted by the past

June 7, 2024

A CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ poet considers the socioeconomic and political environment of the turn of the 20th century through the history of her own family.

grizzly bear in a field

Advocating for more conservation than the bear minimum

May 21, 2024

CU researcher argues that setting minimum targets for wildlife conservation inevitably excludes other worthwhile goals, including restoration and ecosystem management.

Jesse Stommel and Undoing the Grade book cover

English alum flunks grades in new book

May 15, 2024

Jesse Stommel compiles two decades of eyebrow-raising in Undoing the Grade: Why We Grade, and How to Stop.

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