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Scientists help students vanquish a catch-22

June 10, 2024

It’s an unfortunate truth of higher education that you need research experience to gain research experience. In a new publication, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ scientists detail how the SkillsCenter allows students to gain credentials in basic to advanced research skills.

Amber Duffy

Honors student produces prize-winning research on loneliness

June 6, 2024

In her honors thesis, recent graduate Amber Duffy describes how loneliness influences a person’s ability to respond to stress.

Soldiers training at Camp Hale in 1963-64

6 decades later, scholar locates site of secret CIA-Tibet training camp

June 4, 2024

Professor Carole McGranahan has long studied the Tibetan perspective of China’s invasion and occupation of Tibet, and with dogged research pinpointed the exact location of the CIA’s training of Tibetan soldiers to fight Chinese invaders—once a state secret. A commemoration will be held on June 9 at Camp Hale, Colorado.

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In historic first, Mexico is poised to elect female president

May 31, 2024

On June 2, Mexico’s election day, a woman will almost certainly win the presidential election. However, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ scholar Lorraine Bayard de Volo notes that electing a female president may not guarantee a more feminist mode of governing.

Gail Nelson

Afghanistan did not have to be Vietnam 2.0, says former intelligence advisor

May 31, 2024

Gail Nelson, a career intelligence officer and CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ alumnus, advised Afghan military intelligence leaders after the United States drove the Taliban from power.

Clare Gallagher

Scholar has a front-row seat to the global fight against plastic pollution

May 30, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ doctoral student Clare Gallagher finds reason for hope amid the complexities of negotiations to craft a U.N. treaty addressing a worldwide crisis.

Professor Gordana Dukovic

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ scientist wins Brown Investigator Award

May 30, 2024

Chemistry Professor Gordana Dukovic has been named a 2024 Brown Investigator Award winner, a recognition that will support her research to develop new insights into solar chemistry.

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Violence underpins American life, sociologist contends

May 28, 2024

In a new book, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ researcher Liam Downey argues that different forms of violence produce both consent to the social order and divisions among subordinate social groups, which help to maintain the power and wealth of economic and political elites.

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Not just a fluke: Learning more about trematode infection

May 23, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ researchers have found certain parasites congregate in certain parts of amphibians’ bodies, often to dire physical consequences.

Grizzly bear in the wild

Advocating for more conservation than the ‘bear’ minimum

May 23, 2024

A CU researcher argues setting minimum targets for wildlife conservation inevitably excludes other worthwhile goals, including restoration and ecosystem management.

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