Rai Farrelly and Ukraine and U.S. flags

Building bridges between Â鶹ӰԺ and Ukraine

Sept. 18, 2024

CU scholar Rai Farrelly is partnering with English language teachers in Ukraine this semester through a U.S. Department of State program.

Images from the Settle for Biden social media campaign

Making the case for President Average Joe

June 10, 2024

CU Â鶹ӰԺ doctoral student examines how an unconventional social media campaign worked in 2020 to make Joe Biden more appealing—or at least less unappealing—to progressive voters.

girl speaking American Sign Language

Using both sides of brain to speak American Sign Language

Dec. 8, 2023

At a talk Thursday evening, CU Â鶹ӰԺ researcher Karen Boyd spoke about two of her studies on American Sign Language (ASL) conducted with colleagues in linguistics and psychology.

"total cuck move,"

What does ‘Ted Cruz cucks again’ actually mean?

March 16, 2023

CU Â鶹ӰԺ graduate student in linguistics applies painstaking analysis to alt-right, white-supremacist groups that popularized a clipped version of an antiquated word.

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Zygmunt Frajzyngier wins Fulbright Specialist Award

Nov. 4, 2022

With Fulbright support, CU Â鶹ӰԺ linguist developed new approach to semantics of natural languages with international colleagues gathered in Italy.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ from the sky

Land acknowledgment honors contributions of Indigenous peoples, history of land

Aug. 26, 2022

CU Â鶹ӰԺ has adopted a land acknowledgment recognizing its campus sits on land that is part of the traditional territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Ute and other Indigenous nations with historic and ongoing ties to the state.

Marshall Fire aftermath

Collaborators preserve voices from the fire

July 22, 2022

CU Â鶹ӰԺ anthropology professor, students collaborate with local museum to preserve narratives from the devastating Marshall Fire.

Illustration of people learning English.

Linguist to help guide global English language learning body

May 10, 2022

CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Rai Farrelly hopes to use the board of directors position for TESOL International Organization to make English a more all-encompassing, all-inclusive language

Honors Residential Academic Program students in Smith Hall use artwork to demonstrate diversity, inclusivity and community.​

Students, staff, others honored for diversity work

April 14, 2022

Recipients, chosen by faculty committee, ‘work tirelessly and most times in the dark’ for diversity and inclusion.

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What the Wordle trend can teach us about language and technology

March 9, 2022

Computational linguist Alexis Palmer spoke with CU Â鶹ӰԺ Today about the popular online word game, strategies to win and how Wordle offshoots could benefit lesser-known languages.

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