Society, Law & Politics
- CU Adjunct Professor Peter Wood’s seminal 1974 book on race, rice and rebellion in Colonial America recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with an updated version.
- The success of simulcasts means that fans can expect to see more creative takes on traditional sports, like SpongeBob SquarePants recently calling an NFL Wild Card game.
- Nathan Schneider, who studies how social media platforms are governed, says it’s time for users themselves to take back some power.
- CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ researcher Lori Peek emphasizes that the impact of natural disasters can be multiplicative. Peek, the director of CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Natural Hazards Center, has dedicated her career to understanding how disasters shape the lives of children and families.
- The 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter was known not only as the longest-lived American president but also as a great humanitarian. Professor Tom Zeiler gives his take.
- Assistant Teaching Professor Angelica Kalika discusses flak ABC News got for quickly settling a defamation lawsuit brought by Donald Trump.
- Ubochi Igbokwe used funding provided by the new Center for African & African American Studies Graduate Student Fellowship Program to study Igbo African masquerade music and the cultural impacts of the Igbo African émigrés—a previously unresearched area of African cultural expression.
- Trevor Egerton, a history doctoral candidate studying race and outdoor recreation in the 20th century American South, visited three formerly segregated state parks in Tennessee and South Carolina to interview local residents and workers and explore archival documents.
- Five years after a devastating fire at Notre Dame, Professor Kirk Ambrose reflects on the significance of the renowned cathedral’s Dec. 7 reopening.
- With FrontLine Farming, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ scholars and community colleagues focus on food security, food justice and food liberation.