Tin Tin Su and firecracker bush plant

CU Cancer Center leaders aim to use novel molecule to fight cancer

Feb. 29, 2024

Tin Tin Su of CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and Antonio Jimeno of the CU School of Medicine say acceleration-initiative funds will help speed a promising, developed-in-Colorado cancer therapy to patients,

Scenes from the CU Mountain Research Station

Students may learn ecology (and much else) in the wild

Feb. 28, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Mountain Research Station is offering six field courses this summer, giving students the opportunity to study a wide range of disciplines in nature.

Illustration of Earth from space with lines indicating interconnection

In an interconnected world, managing and perceiving risk is key, experts say

Feb. 26, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ researcher Steve Miller argues for deeper insight into how people understand risk before shocks, especially those related to climate change, happen in global systems.

Illustration of tree half thriving and half dead

‘Climate contrarianism’ is down but not out, expert says

Feb. 22, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Max Boykoff documents how the industry-funded Heartland Institute has morphed in the past decade.

Comb Ridge

Grooves in a sandstone cliff reveal ancient tool sharpening

Feb. 21, 2024

By rubbing a spear head against stone to form or sharpen it, a groove is gouged very similar to the grooves beside the Procession Panel.

Various actors playing Willy Loman

After 75 years, ‘Death of a Salesman’ still packs a gut punch

Feb. 20, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ theatre professor Bud Coleman reflects on Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer-winning play and why it’s a story that still has meaning.

Maria Kazachenko and solar flare

The most outstanding solar-flare eruptions are not always the most influential

Feb. 15, 2024

A recent CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ study suggests that confined flares are more efficient at heating plasma and producing ionizing radiation than comparable eruptive flares.

Paul Nolte and Thomas Kaplan

Democracy is bound to get ‘rough,’ scholar says

Feb. 14, 2024

German historian Paul Nolte discusses what populist movements in the United States and Europe mean for liberal democracies during CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ colloquium.

Cassandra Brooks, Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña and Zephyr Sylvester jumping in Antarctica

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ scientist shows expeditioners untamed Antarctica

Feb. 13, 2024

Cassandra Brooks, whom The Explorers Club has honored as an ‘extraordinary person’ doing ‘remarkable work to promote science and exploration,’ gives onsite lessons on the ‘vital’ ecosystem.

Men of Steel by Samuel L. Margolies

Student-curated exhibit focuses on labor and the work of art

Feb. 9, 2024

‘(Art)work: Systems of Making’ opens with a celebration Friday afternoon at the CU Art Museum.

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