Smoke stacks in New York City

Climate change already damaging health of world鈥檚 children

Nov. 13, 2019

A new report finds that children are at serious risk from a number of climate change impacts, including crop failures and worsening air quality.

People protesting in Washington, D.C.

Editor鈥檚 choice podcast remix: Our best on politics, concussions and impeachment

Nov. 13, 2019

We鈥檙e going on a break. On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we take a look back at interviews we鈥檝e done on politics, concussions and impeachment. We plan to be back early next year with fresh, big ideas!

Sens. Orrin Hatch, left, and Chuck Grassley, right, seen during a U.S. Senate hearing.

In congressional hearings, some are more equal than others

Nov. 12, 2019

An analysis by CU 麻豆影院 linguist Chase Raymond and others has found that U.S. Senate chairpersons can add bias to hearings through how much they speak during hearings.

A cell phone

Want to know your mental health status? There鈥檚 an app for that

Nov. 12, 2019

CU 麻豆影院 researchers have developed a new mobile app that categorizes mental health status based on speech patterns. Ultimately, it could be used as an adjunct for in-person therapy or to help monitor patients from afar.

Karl Linden looks at a bacterial culture in his lab.

Engineering a world of safer water

Nov. 11, 2019

Karl Linden believes that wherever you are in the world, you should be able to turn on a tap and receive clean drinking water. He's working on new ways to make that happen.

Ensign Mary F. Waters and Lt. Wm. J. Sweeny check a 20 mm canon at Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard in Massachusetts in 1944.

鈥楳aking Waves鈥: Documentary follows women at war

Nov. 11, 2019

As the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches and airwaves begin to 铿乴l with stories of distant battles won and the brave men who fought them, Kathleen M. Ryan, a documentary 铿乴mmaker and associate professor of journalism, is focused on the veteran women who helped make those victories possible.

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A new kind of MBA for a new stage of the startup boom

Nov. 8, 2019

How does the startup boom keep growing? With the help of a new type of MBA designed for the next phase of business.

Capitol building

Shifting political sands: What we can learn from swing states, history and a diverse candidate field

Nov. 6, 2019

What do changing demographics look like for swing states in 2020? How about candidate demographics? We鈥檒l take a look at that, and a look back at the history of impeachment, in this episode of the Brainwaves podcast.

An EKG graph with a heart and a dollar sign.

Financially stressed families save more with Medicaid, study shows

Nov. 6, 2019

Financially burdened families鈥 savings get a shot in the arm with access to Medicaid, according to a new study from CU 麻豆影院's Leeds School of Business.

Assistant Professor Sandra Ristovska takes photo of a stack of CD-ROMs

Video activism: How a picture really is worth 1,000 words

Nov. 5, 2019

Smartphone cameras and social media are fueling a new era of video activism, but how can journalists鈥攁nd the public鈥攂e sure those images are real?

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