Illustration of a Viking ship

Treading softly with the soul of a Viking

Dec. 8, 2023

CU Boulder researcher Mathias Nordvig joined 鈥淭he Ampersand鈥 podcast to discuss animism, Norse mythology and what it means to live on Earth.

an Apollonian circle packing puzzle laser cut from wood

CU students follow their noses, disprove math conjecture

Dec. 6, 2023

Graduate student Summer Haag and junior Clyde Kertzer made major news in the math world while working on a summer research project.

Women participating in a demonstration

Not just angry, but motivated and voting

Dec. 4, 2023

In a new publication, CU Boulder doctoral graduate Kimberly Killen highlights how 鈥渁ngry feminist claims鈥 have the power to inform and mobilize.

Intermediate ceramics student Katie Sieker at Caf茅 Aion packing dishes she made.

Form and function with a hummus appetizer

Dec. 4, 2023

A hands-on project lets CU Boulder intermediate ceramics students create functional and unique pieces for Boulder鈥檚 Caf茅 Aion restaurant.

'Hektor wirft Paris seine Weichlichkeit vor' by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein in 1786

鈥楢lien familiarity鈥 of 鈥楾he Iliad鈥 gets a makeover

Dec. 4, 2023

It鈥檚 not easy to create a work of literature that truly lasts. In a critically acclaimed new translation of 鈥淭he Iliad,鈥 CU Boulder classics Professor Laurialan Reitzammer sees the enduring relevance of Homer.

Agnes Beaudry

Mathematician Agn猫s Beaudry wins high recognition from peers

Nov. 29, 2023

The American Mathematical Society named Agn猫s Beaudry a fellow. Beaudry is the sixth CU Boulder faculty member to garner this distinction.

Picket line of protesters

Employer-labor relations in the balance

Nov. 28, 2023

Associate Professor Vilja Hulden鈥檚 recent book 鈥淭he Bosses鈥 Union鈥 highlights how employers organized to fight labor before the New Deal.

Runzhe Li on a horse

Student takes on global DIY climate action

Nov. 27, 2023

CU Boulder senior Runzhe Li is attending the major U.N. climate conference, COP28, as an independent scholar. At CU Boulder, Li is majoring in economics with a minor in atmospheric and oceanic sciences.

Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin and Donna Summer

Soul sisters, funksters and Afro-disco divas: The heroes of an unsung movement

Nov. 21, 2023

In a new book, CU Boulder researcher Reiland Rabaka focuses on the relationship between the Black Women鈥檚 Liberation Movement and its music, heralding pioneers such as Aretha Franklin.

Vintage horror movie posters

Alone in the woods...but not screaming for help

Nov. 17, 2023

CU Boulder sociology instructor Laura Patterson details how feminism is influencing female roles in horror films, expanding them far beyond the 鈥渄amsel in distress鈥 trope.

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