Child reads a book in the library

Turning trauma into learning in the classroom

Sept. 3, 2019

In a new book, education researcher Elizabeth Dutro lays out a road map for teachers to bring the difficult life experiences of their students into everyday classwork.

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Sleeping too much—or too little—boosts heart attack risk

Sept. 2, 2019

Even if you are a non-smoker who exercises and has no genetic predisposition to cardiovascular disease, skimping on sleep—or getting too much of it—can boost your risk of heart attack.

Warblers

The mysterious genetics of bird migration

Aug. 29, 2019

A gene newly associated with the migratory patterns of golden-winged and blue-winged warblers could lend insight into the longstanding question of how birds migrate across such long distances.

Braille

Accessibility: How soda bottles, the law and augmented reality are helping differently abled people

Aug. 28, 2019

We talk to a CEO making prostheses from plastic bottles, a lawyer fighting international copyrights for disability accommodations and a PhD student working on augmented reality lenses for NASA’s astronauts that could one day help blind people.

A child's hands as he or she does homework

Autism rates increasing fastest among blacks and Hispanics

Aug. 28, 2019

Autism prevalence, which has historically been higher among white children, is now more common among black youth in most states and climbing faster among Hispanic youth than any other groups.

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The write stuff: Students work with older Â鶹ӰԺites to hone writing skills

Aug. 26, 2019

The Intergenerational Writing course will pair 19 undergraduate students with community members over the age of 60 for semester-long research and writing projects.

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Women take center stage in Cleveland Orchestra residency

Aug. 21, 2019

Sixteen members of the renowned Cleveland Orchestra will be in residence at the College of Music for three days in early September.

Artists work on part of a mosaic to commemorate 'Los Seis'

A place for ‘Los Seis’

Aug. 21, 2019

A CU Â鶹ӰԺ graduate student, community members and survivors created a mosaic to memorialize Chicano activists killed in 1974.

Newspapers

Media, money and trust: How journalism’s business and ethics are changing in the digital age

Aug. 20, 2019

Journalism is changing. Print is struggling. Digital media is thriving. That’s changing how journalists make money and how the public trusts in the fourth estate.

Running back Phillip Lindsay on the field

Concussions: How science is shaping the future of America’s favorite sport

Aug. 13, 2019

On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we look at how scientists and health professionals are thinking about concussions as the football season approaches.

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