Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders

Historian harnesses the power of memory

March 3, 2022

Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders鈥 research looks at how Black memory exposes the 鈥渓ost cause鈥 myth. Lawrence-Sanders is an assistant professor of African American and U.S. history.

Ken Washington

How a Stanford student prompted CU to challenge discrimination

March 1, 2022

In April 1965, the Stanford University chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity invited Ken Washington to become a member. This flouted the fraternity鈥檚 longstanding whites-only policy, and the fallout reverberated across the nation, generating a controversy and legal challenge in 麻豆影院, Colorado.

Kobe Bryant memorial

What do we owe the dead? Truth, philosopher says

Feb. 28, 2022

CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Iskra Fileva has won the Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest for her 2020 essay about the dust-up surrounding Kobe Bryant鈥檚 death and life, exploring the social pressure to pretend those who have died were good people.

Dog in a veterinary waiting room

Wanted: Dogs with arthritis to help test a novel pain therapy

Feb. 28, 2022

In a new study, CU 麻豆影院 neuroscientist Linda Watkins and veterinary pain specialist Rob Landry are looking to the second generation of novel gene therapy as a way to help dogs with joint pain.

Stock image of jazz instruments and music stands

鈥楯azz and the Civil Rights Movement鈥 event set for Feb. 21

Feb. 15, 2022

Flutist, educator, composer and director Galen Abdur-Razzaq will perform and discuss how jazz musicians helped advance civil rights.

illustration of quantum mechanics

2 physicists win prestigious NSF CAREER Awards

Feb. 10, 2022

CU 麻豆影院's Andrew Lucas and Bethany Wilcox have been awarded the Early Career Development Program, one of the NSF鈥檚 most prestigious awards, to improve the teaching of quantum mechanics to students and to search for new kinds of fluids.

Scene from the new West Side Story movie

Viva 鈥榃est Side Story,鈥 CU 麻豆影院 cinephile says

Feb. 7, 2022

Ernesto Acevedo-Mu帽oz, cinema studies chair鈥攁nd man who鈥檚 鈥渕orally opposed鈥 to remakes鈥攇ives a thumbs-up to Steven Spielberg鈥檚 Oscar Award-nominated version of 鈥淲est Side Story.鈥

Superflare

CU 麻豆影院 scientists bring stellar flares into clearer focus

Jan. 28, 2022

In work that has implications for the search for life elsewhere in the galaxy, scientists are analyzing data from 440 stellar flares, finding them to be not just common and powerful but also more complex than previously thought.

Chris Anthony carries a pair of World War II-era skis up the flanks of Mount Mangart

CU alumnus finds, shares forgotten chapter of Colorado鈥檚 soldiers on skis

Jan. 11, 2022

Like many lifelong Coloradans, Chris Anthony knew a little bit about the U.S. Army鈥檚 10th Mountain Division. Unlike others, however, he was uniquely positioned to tell the story of how the division fought in Italy and even captured Mussolini鈥檚 compound on Lake Garda during World War II.

Person holds a small Jewish star in front of a setting sun

鈥楯ews of Color鈥 initiative gets $250,000 boost

Dec. 23, 2021

The Henry Luce Foundation is funding a three-year partnership between the Program in Jewish Studies and the University Libraries to 鈥溾榬ecover, study and elevate鈥 voices of Jews of color.鈥

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