Jane Butcher (center) works with students and staff to prepare for the 61st annual Conference on World Affairs. The conference begins April 6th, and is comprised of more than 200 sessions.

The world comes to «Ƶ

March 1, 2009

With a lot of help from Jane Butcher and many others Jane Butcher (center) works with students and staff to prepare for the 61st annual Conference on World Affairs. The conference begins April 6th, and is comprised of more than 200 sessions. In 1963, a young Jane Butcher attended a...

Nicole Gibson with dogs

Young scholar lends a helping hand

March 1, 2009

Nicole Gibson’s grandparents set aside money for her college. She’s keenly aware of her good fortune. Now she’s paying it forward. Gibson is a 2004 environmental-studies graduate of the University of Colorado who began funding a scholarship in 2005. The $1,000 Donald and Marjorie Gibson Scholarship is open to full-time...

Nuclear cloud

Dr. Strangelove: The Sequel

March 1, 2009

The Cold War is history, and major nuclear powers are slashing their arsenals. No rational leader would start a nuclear war. And even if India and Pakistan traded a few nuclear bombs, conventional wisdom suggests, most of the world wouldn’t suffer much. The nuclear threat is diminishing, right? Wrong. That’s...

Young goths, shown here in Australia, are known for their dark clothing and demeanor. Photo courtesy of Johnny Barker (http://www.flickr.com/photos/71086419@N00/)

Goth and Christian ‘intimacy talk’

March 1, 2009

Surprising similarities between divergent groups, but old stereotypes persist, researcher says Though they express their sexuality in starkly different ways, evangelical Christian men and goth men share a startling amount of common ground in their “intimacy talk,” which in both cases tends to emphasize intimacy, vulnerability and respect for women...

Old Main

Glory in arts and sciences

Dec. 1, 2008

When Mary Rippon stepped off the train in 1878, she proclaimed the university "glorious." She was right.

Ted Snow

When Words Fail

Dec. 1, 2008

After a stroke, Professor Ted Snow thought his career was over. But with the help of CU's Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Science, he has returned to teaching, and a full life.

Muggy climate

It's getting warmer

Dec. 1, 2008

Leading thinkers and researchers at CU are helping society understand what we know about climate change, how well we know it, what the future might hold, and how the world should react.

Excavations happening in Rome

Uncovering ancient Rome

Dec. 1, 2008

First was a riddle: Why did Maxentius, the last pagan emperor of Rome, never occupy his 80-acre villa outside the great city? Then came a different mystery, then evidence spawning new questions. A CU team leads the painstaking search for answers.

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