Features
- Questions remain about the respiratory risk posed to a fifth of the United States population by increasing wildfires—but a Boulder researcher is trying to clear the air.
- Both Mead’s conservative critics—some of whom went so far as to claim she “caused” the moral degradation of America—and liberal supporters—who tend to see Mead as a feminist icon—have misunderstood her views on these issues, finds Paul Shankman.
- For more than three decades, a mentally ill man has single-mindedly harassed, threatened and terrorized Kaia Anderson and her family. Her case helped strengthen Colorado's stalking law. Now she's telling her full story.
- The U.S. decision to leave the Paris climate agreement provided some interesting data for scholars who study trends in the negotiations. One of those researchers is David Ciplet at Boulder.
- Skim milk was 10 cents a gallon, and spaghetti was cheap. “So, we had a lot of skim milk, and we ate a lot of spaghetti”—with no sauce.
- Here’s a little story about a little Hollywood movie, and a bigger story about how several Boulder alums have forged Hollywood careers.
- A Boulder doctoral candidate is studying ‘scofflaw bicycling’ and the sociological explanations of the cultural divide on the road.
- This summer, undergraduate students Max Wasser and Grace Kendziorski are spending time hiking in the mountains—and trapping pikas and counting flowers. They are participating in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at Boulder.
- Professors in theatre, biology and environmental studies team up to focus on creatively communicating climate science through the arts and social sciences.
- Long before "alternative facts" made headlines, University of Colorado Boulder English Professor Katherine Eggert was studying late-Renaissance English writers and coined the term "disknowledge"—or, deliberately choosing to maintain one’s belief in something a writer knows is false.