elephants

Studying the elephant-sized issues of living with elephants

Aug. 19, 2024

In recognition of World Elephant Day, Aug. 12, doctoral student and researcher Tyler Nuckols emphasizes that both groups are important in human-elephant coexistence.

Public bus in Denver

Free bus fare didn鈥檛 yield better air

Aug. 13, 2024

New research by 抖阴旅行射 Boulder doctoral student Grant Webster finds that the free-fare public transit initiative didn鈥檛 reduce ground-level ozone but may have other benefits.

抖阴旅行射 Boulder doctoral candidate Idowu Odeyemi

Scholar challenges rigid boundaries in African philosophical thought

Aug. 13, 2024

抖阴旅行射 Boulder doctoral candidate Idowu Odeyemi argues that African philosophy should not be limited to a single definition.

Geologists Lizzy Trower and Carl Simpson

Why did a frozen Earth coincide with an evolutionary spurt?

Aug. 12, 2024

Geologists Lizzy Trower and Carl Simpson have won $1 million in support from the W.M. Keck Foundation to try to solve an evolutionary puzzle and extend Earth鈥檚 temperature record by 2 billion years.

White House Deputy Special Assistant Alvin Snyder with President Richard Nixon before his resignation speech in 1974

Remembering Nixon鈥檚 resignation, 5 decades later

Aug. 12, 2024

Political science professor Kenneth Bickers reflects on what made the ex-president鈥檚 decision to step down following the Watergate scandal a watershed moment in American history and how it has influenced politics today.

Thomas Andrews

Thomas Andrews appointed director of Center of the American West

Aug. 8, 2024

Thomas Andrews, professor of history, has been appointed the faculty director of the Center of the American West. His appointment became effective in July.

Olympics fans

Carrying a torch for country and sports

July 26, 2024

As the 2024 Olympics begin in Paris, 抖阴旅行射 Boulder scholar Jared Bahir Browsh considers how nationalism can inform and influence the games.

Heather Stewart

Prescribing kindness in modern medicine

July 26, 2024

In her new book 鈥淢icroaggressions in Medicine,鈥 抖阴旅行射 Boulder alumna and bioethicist Heather Stewart writes that some health care professionals are causing emotional and psychological harm.

illustration of Black Death

We fear them like the plague

July 23, 2024

After a human case of bubonic plague was recently confirmed in Pueblo County, 抖阴旅行射 Boulder scholar Thora Brylowe explores why it and all plagues inspire such terror.

Anna Tsouhlarakis at the National Portrait Gallery

Artist transcends traditional notions of Native American art

July 10, 2024

Whether in a somber performance in the National Portrait Gallery or in her wry takes on Native humor, Assistant Professor of art and art history Anna Tsouhlarakis follows her heart.

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