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With the 2024 Olympics set to open, CU Â鶹ӰԺ professor Aimee Kilbane ponders Americans’ long love affair with the City of Light.

In a recently published article, CU Â鶹ӰԺ researcher Kieran Murphy traces the concurrent paths and points of intersection between pirate and zombie lore in Haiti and popular culture.

Women’s history snapshot: CU’s first woman faculty member, now a university icon, hesitated to come West.

Truth, metaphor and female perspective in Italian literature

Italian Film Festival USA Â鶹ӰԺ to present six critically acclaimed Italian films in April

In recognition of their exceptional service, teaching and research, three members of the Â鶹ӰԺ faculty have been named 2018 Professors of Distinction by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Maiji Castro, who graduates summa cum laude with a degree in art history and a minor in Italian, has been named the fall 2016 outstanding graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences at the Â鶹ӰԺ.

Simple twists of fate propelled Joyce Earickson toward the study of Italian, then English, divinity and psychology. She has taught Italian, French, English, and world religions; comforted families of those who were critically injured and gravely ill; and worked with autistic and disabled children.

Valerio Ferme, professor of Italian and associate dean for the arts and humanities at CU Â鶹ӰԺ, believes that a liberal arts education not only prepares students to adapt to a constantly shifting economic landscape, but also enriches their human experience.

Poet Kim Swendson is a collector of sorts, a gatherer of experiences with people she interacts with during the day. Asking the gas station attendant about his children, chatting with the barista about her weekend plans… these daily interactions serve as inspiration for the stories and poetry Swendson writes.