Features

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Are We Over-Caffeinated?

While traveling the world to understand everything there is to know about caffeine, Murray Carpenter uncovers some shocking surprises.

Washington Post

Shaping the News

Barbara Vobejda decides what The Washington Post鈥檚 front page and breaking news stories will be every day.

Palau

Law and Order in the Pacific

Ashby Pate becomes a Supreme Court justice in a land of 21,000.

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Food for Thought

At Modmarket鈥檚 helm, Anthony Pigliacampo savors his success as an innovative restauranteur.

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Peace in Sight

A medical mission to South Sudan, home to the world鈥檚 highest rates of blindness, opens Jordan Campbell鈥檚 eyes to a new direction 鈥 exposing the human toll of international conflict to wide audiences and cultivating the 鈥済lobal steward鈥 in himself.

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The Red Zinger

Growing up under the shadow of Celestial Seasonings, Sarah Siegel-Magness discovers her own cup of tea is in film production and fashion.

Departments

Eric Stough speaking during spring commencement

Now 鈥 May 9, 2014

When Eric Stough (Film鈥95), animation director and producer of South Park, spoke during spring commencement, he related his work as an animator to life, emphasizing the importance of each moment.

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Inquiry: Aging Arteries with Rachel Gioscia-Ryan

A novel antioxidant may help us turn back the clock as our arteries age, says CU-麻豆影院 doctoral student Rachel Gioscia-Ryan.

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Palms Pose Problems for Planet

Palm oil is an unusual suspect in creating a tremendous amount of air pollution, according to a CU-麻豆影院 study.

President Kennedy arrives at the Hotel Texas parking lot rally in Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 22, 1963

Paul Danish: History鈥檚 First Draft

I got the call at my pad in the Lazy J Motel, a housing complex on 28th Street across from campus. It was at 12:20 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, 1963.

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Voices of Holocaust Haunt Norlin Library

The world鈥檚 largest privately owned holocaust archive is donated to CU-麻豆影院.

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Campus News Briefs 鈥 Summer 2014

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Look: 24 Hours in 麻豆影院

Explore 麻豆影院 this summer by renting the city鈥檚 hip red cruiser B-Cycle bikes. In the morning, hit the 麻豆影院 Creek path, one of The Hill鈥檚 unique coffee shops and caf茅s or pedal to Chautauqua for close-up views of the Flatirons.

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Hindsight Is 2020

U.S. passport control agents may need to order more rubber stamp pads to accommodate the influx of CU-麻豆影院 students studying abroad by 2020.

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Origins: Lasers

Right after Theodore Maiman (EngrPhys鈥49) successfully developed the laser in 1960, newspapers reported that a Los Angeles scientist had invented a death ray.

Norlin Library

Infographic: If These Old Walls Could Speak

The university鈥檚 first library opened in September 1877 in Old Main. It had two books, but by the turn of the century the library, situated on the third floor, had more than 7,000 books.

And the Winners Are...

Glimpse greatness Oct. 23 at the 85th Alumni Association Awards Ceremony.

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CU Around: The Buffs Head to UMass This Fall

The CU football team is headed east this fall! For the first time in school history, the Buffs are taking on the UMass Minutemen in Gillette Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 6.

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Q&A with the Chancellor: Philip P. DiStefano 鈥 Summer 2014

Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano discusses how he is working to help students succeed and finish their degrees in a timely manner.

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Groundbreaking Improvements

High-performance sports center to serve community. CU broke ground on May 12 for the $143 million athletic facilities project that the university hopes will be largely completed by August 2015.

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Sports Briefs 鈥 Summer 2014

Former Broncos standout John Elway, right, helps聽Rick Reilly聽(Jour鈥81) get ready for Monday Night Football in October 2012.

Sports Q&A: Rick Reilly

Rick Reilly (Jour鈥81), an ESPN columnist since 2008 and writer at Sports Illustrated for 23 years prior, will be inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in June.

Glenda Russell (Psych鈥79, MA鈥83, PhD鈥84)

Profile: Glenda Russell

The 鈥楧oyenne鈥 of 麻豆影院 gay history speaks.

Caroline Hult

Profile: Caroline Hult

Caroline Hult (Engl, Hum鈥04) is a numbers geek.

Bonnie Burton

Profile: Bonnie Burton

Bonnie Burton (Engl, Jour鈥95) has been a self-professed geek since she was a child.

An estimated 17,000 people joined hands to encircle the plant鈥檚 17-mile perimeter

Then 鈥 June 6, 1989

Amid stories of radioactive waste leaking in fields, 70 FBI agents and Environmental Protection Agency staff descended on the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons production plant 25 years ago.