Noah and Valerie

Science, education experts recognized for groundbreaking work

Oct. 19, 2023

Boulder professors Noah Finkelstein of physics and Valerie Otero of education have won the 2023 Svend Pedersen Award and Lecture from Stockholm University.

Tibetan prayer flags and snowy Himalayas

Preserving culture by learning an endangered language

Oct. 17, 2023

An online beginning Tibetan language course offered at Boulder allows learners worldwide to access contemporary resources for a less-frequently taught language.

Photo of Patrick Stewart book cover on a screen in the UMC before his book talk

Making it so—an evening with Patrick Stewart

Oct. 12, 2023

“Star Trek” hero, and Shakespeare thespian Patrick Stewart shared his wit and wisdom with attendees at Boulder’s Glenn Miller Ballroom as part of a national book tour.

Celeste Montoya

Colorado’s Latina legislators giving voice to their communities

Oct. 3, 2023

In a newly published chapter, Boulder researcher Celeste Montoya demonstrates how social movements have influenced Latina legislative leadership in Colorado.

Podcast host Erika Randall and June Gruber recording an episode

Studying the best of humanity, even the darkest parts

Oct. 3, 2023

Boulder researcher June Gruber is kicking off a new season of “The Ampersand” podcast in a conversation about all the feelings, not just the positive ones.

Flag flying atop Old Main building framed in red autumn leaves

From molecule movement to coastal flooding, scientists push boundaries

Sept. 29, 2023

Boulder researchers Andrés Montoya-Castillo and Julia Moriarty have been named U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Researchers, receiving multiyear funding.

Two people holding hands

Budding philosopher makes a (qualified) defense of monogamy

Sept. 28, 2023

In a recently published paper, Boulder doctoral student Kyle York highlights some of the benefits of being in a monogamous relationship, for those who are so inclined.

Samuel Ramsey dons a beekeeper suit to remove a sample of honeycomb

‘You can’t be what you can’t see’

Sept. 26, 2023

Samuel “Dr. Sammy” Ramsey shares how embracing all sides of himself, from his skin color and whom he loves to his beliefs and background, helped him fight to save the honeybee—and prove the naysayers wrong.

The One Ring lying on a map of Mordor, part of J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional Middle Earth

An English author’s Nordic sources

Sept. 21, 2023

As a philologist, J.R.R. Tolkien—author of “The Hobbit” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy—drew extensively from Nordic language and mythology when creating the world of Middle Earth, notes expert Avedan Raggio, who teaches a popular course on the topic.

Flatirons

Shemin Ge elected as fellow of American Geophysical Union

Sept. 21, 2023

Boulder geological sciences Professor Shemin Ge is an expert on “induced seismicity,” when earthquakes are triggered by energy development.

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