Richard Nixon giving speech resigning the presidency

Remembering Nixon’s resignation, five decades later

Aug. 8, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ political science professor Kenneth Bickers reflects on what made the ex-president’s decision to step down following the Watergate scandal a watershed moment in American history and how it has influenced politics today.

Photos of John Krasinski playing Jim Halpert on "The Office"

Jim Halpert is looking at all of us

Aug. 5, 2024

In a recently published paper, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ PhD student Cooper Casale interrogates Jim Halpert’s direct-to-camera gaze in The Office and its similarities to what he calls the ‘fascist look.'

Marble bas-relief of Euripides

Uncovered Euripides fragments are ‘kind of a big deal’

Aug. 1, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Classics scholars identify previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian Euripides.

African continent on globe

Scholar challenges rigid boundaries in African philosophical thought

July 30, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ PhD candidate Idowu Odeyemi argues that African philosophy should not be limited to a single definition.

Riders get on Denver bus

Free bus fare didn’t yield better air

July 29, 2024

New research by CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ PhD student Grant Webster finds that the free-fare public transit initiative didn’t reduce ground-level ozone, but may have other benefits.

iron ore bands in rock formation

When it comes to rock bands, age does matter

July 25, 2024

Australia’s largest iron ore deposits are 1 billion years younger than previously thought.

Olympics fans

Carrying a torch for country and sports

July 25, 2024

As the 2024 Olympics begin in Paris, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ scholar Jared Bahir Browsh considers how nationalism can inform and influence the games.

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.

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