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Eighteen years after his death, Reuben Zubrow’s colorful personality, playful sense of humor and engaging teaching style is vividly remembered by students, colleagues and friends. An unusually engaging teacher, economist of national stature and pivotal figure in attracting students to the study of economics, Zubrow could enliven everything from an economics lesson to a tennis match.

CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s David Shneer is known for his historical research on photojournalists who chronicled the Holocaust in World War II Soviet Union; they witnessed and recorded the slaughter of Soviet citizens including those who, like the photographers themselves, were Jewish. Now, Shneer is curating an exhibition of the photographs in Illinois that appears in English and, for the first time, Russian. Soviet Holocaust survivors and Soviet WWII veterans have responded favorably.

CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Associate Professor Hillary Potter went to Ferguson, Missouri, to research the protests surrounding the death of Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer. Potter visited Ferguson to pursue knowledge and to help spread the message of the town’s black people.

A dozen senior CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ performance majors auditioned before casting agents through the Actors Connection in New York City this year. The trip was so successful, another group of CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ seniors returns next year.

A team of researchers at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has used neuroimaging techniques to understand associations between brain function and risky behavior in adolescents, moving one step closer to definitively diagnosing dangerous predispositions to risk-taking.

CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ research adds to evidence that kids’ hesitation to speak up does not indicate a lack of language ability.

Ancient Greece has been intensively studied, but there is still much to learn, particularly in some rural parts of the country. CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ students, under the guidance of a CU assistant professor, are among those unearthing new artifacts.

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, which has been shown to help people avoid recurring bouts of depression, can be delivered effectively online and could be more effective than traditional forms of therapy, a team of researchers led by CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ psychologists has found.

In some areas of Colorado, the need for qualified speech-language pathologists outstrips the demand, but CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ is helping to fill the gap.

While anxiety reduces the ability to choose words, depression is associated with better performance in word selection, CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ-led study finds.