Death of a Salesman book cover and scenes from the movie and staged plays

After 75 years, ‘Death of a Salesman’ still packs a gut punch

Feb. 22, 2024

Boulder theater professor Bud Coleman reflects on Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer-winning play and why it’s a story that still has meaning.

a solar flare

The most outstanding solar-flare eruptions are not always the most influential

Feb. 20, 2024

A recent Boulder study suggests confined flares are more efficient at heating plasma and producing ionizing radiation than comparable eruptive flares.

Researchers in Antarctica jumping in the air together

Boulder scientist shows expeditioners untamed Antarctica

Feb. 15, 2024

Cassandra Brooks, whom The Explorers Club has honored as an “extraordinary person” doing “remarkable work to promote science and exploration,” gives onsite lessons on the vital ecosystem.

Motown artists collage

And the Motown beat goes on

Feb. 15, 2024

Upon the 65th anniversary of the Motown record label, a Boulder professor says that, from Taylor Swift to K-pop, “It’s all Motown; they are not creating anything new.”

Beatles playing on The Ed Sullivan Show

They wanted to hold your hand (and fans’ ecstatic screams still echo)

Feb. 12, 2024

Sixty years after The Beatles’ first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Boulder historian Martin Babicz reflects on their impact on U.S. culture and politics.

Vladimir Lenin (center) in Moscow's Red Square.

A bit less visibly, Lenin’s ghost still haunts Russia

Feb. 12, 2024

This year is the 100th anniversary of the death of the Soviet Union’s first communist leader, whose legacy in Russia and former Soviet republics is complicated.

Charlie Billingsley  and Von Ross partner on creating the exhibit

Artists celebrate Black womanhood, presence and connectedness

Feb. 9, 2024

A new exhibition at the Art Museum through July 13 was created by socially engaged artists-in-residence to honor Black girls and women.

Chancellor Phil DiStefano and Professor Reiland Rabaka, smiling, point to the crowd from a podium

Luminaries celebrate a more diverse, welcoming campus

Feb. 8, 2024

Aba Arthur, a costar of “The Color Purple,” recently joined the Colorado governor, the president and the Boulder chancellor along with a cadre of artists to celebrate the Center for African and African American Studies and Black History Month.

Reiland Rabaka recording a podcast episode

Hearing music, finding connection in many rhythms of life

Feb. 8, 2024

Professor Reiland Rabaka joins “The Ampersand” to discuss art, activism, the importance of building community and how his first-grade teacher introduced him to W.E.B. Du Bois and changed his life.

Peyton Thomas running on a trail

Scientist, Olympic hopeful runs with real purpose

Feb. 2, 2024

Peyton Thomas, a postdoctoral researcher who fuses running with a commitment to environmental causes, will compete in the U.S. Olympic women’s marathon trials this month.

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