Mildred "Mims" Buck

Centenarian still sowing seeds of scholarship

Dec. 1, 2009

When Mildred Buck came to the University of Colorado, the roaring ‘20s were yet to crash. A “kindly professor of Greek,” George Norlin, was president, and his words were yet to be carved into the façade of the then-unbuilt library that now bears his name. Since then, pivotal events of...

Neighborhood with smog

Toxic neighborhoods in black and white

Oct. 1, 2009

African Americans and single mothers with young children compose a disproportionate share of the population living in the most polluted neighborhoods in America, a CU sociologist has found.

Woman in hot tub

Depression Rx: Get dirty, get warm

Oct. 1, 2009

The man who discovered that playing in the dirt might ease depression is probing the link between higher temperatures and elevated mood.

A house is shown surrounded by coal fly ash after a retention pond near Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee overflowed.

Tons of sludge, tons of questions

Oct. 1, 2009

Just after midnight on Dec. 22, 2008, 5.4 million cubic yards of coal-fly ash overflowed a retention pond near the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee. The event, which is still being sorted out, made for a perfect case study for Jill Litt's critical-thinking class.

A satellite image of the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (Image courtesy: NASA)

If terrorists sow fear, they get a mixed harvest

Oct. 1, 2009

A satellite image of the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (Image courtesy: NASA) Terrorism incites fear designed to coerce governments to act, according to definitions of “terrorism” in U.S. law, in U.N. resolutions and elsewhere. But terrorism often prompts as much anger and retaliation as fear and...

art

Seeing the art at last

Oct. 1, 2009

Keeping an extensive collection of great art in storage is like having Stokowski conduct Beethoven in an empty concert hall. It’s a missed opportunity. Soon, the University of Colorado will have the space to connect its great art with people who savor it. The CU Art Museum has an impressive...

Daniel Howrigan

Survival of the funniest

Oct. 1, 2009

Did humor evolve as a sign of mental fitness? Potential friends and mates flock to funny people. Many a grim, solitary soul can vouch for that. But the possibility that humor evolved in humans as a sign of mental fitness—and a way to increase reproductive success—finds support from a University...

Roe Green and Bud Coleman share a laugh next to a statue of Robert Frost on the CU-«Ƶ campus.

Orange juice from Roe Green enlivens CU stage

Oct. 1, 2009

Roe Green and Bud Coleman share a laugh next to a statue of Robert Frost on the CU-«Ƶ campus. Roe Green frames it this way: She has five oranges. She eats one. She saves one. She gives three away. The fruits of her kindness nourish the arts and more. Green’s...

Richard and Eileen Greenberg made a significant donation through their family foundation, the Bender Family Foundation, to help ensure that CU's Jewish Studies program remains excellent.

Jewish studies grows with aid of ‘model donors’

Oct. 1, 2009

Richard and Eileen Greenberg believe a major research university should maintain an excellent program in Jewish studies. So does David Shneer, an associate professor of history who runs the University of Colorado’s new Jewish Studies Program. When the economy collapsed last year, CU’s fledgling Jewish Studies Program could have suffered...

Prospective med students enjoy greater success

Oct. 1, 2009

Students at the University of Colorado are enjoying unprecedented success in gaining admission to U.S. medical schools even as graduates of other universities are experiencing declining rates of admission. This year, the medical-school acceptance rate for CU-«Ƶ students with bachelor-level degrees is 62 percent, up from 41 percent six years...

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