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Planet-hunting satellite launches to search for alien worlds
At 6:51 p.m. on April 18, a rocket carrying NASA’s latest space satellite, called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), blasted off from Cape Canaveral. CU Boulder Assistant Professor Zach Berta-Thompson was there. He called the experience “terrifying but incredible.” Read more
Professors honored for work in cell signals, ultrafast lasers
Two CU Boulder professors are among the latest group of scientists, politicians, artists and more elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science. The academy, which was founded in 1780, has claimed such luminaries as Albert Einstein and Margaret Mead as members. Read more
Program puts prehistoric sandals through the paces
An extensive collection of Southwestern prehistoric sandals is housed in the Museum of Natural History at the University of Colorado Boulder. Because the sandals are ancient artifacts, researchers can’t just strap them on to see how well they wear. Read more
Wave of good will and art helps heal flood-ravaged Jamestown
Artists, engineers, designers, chefs, elementary school students and teachers do not often work together. But Martha Russo, art instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, has found a way to get all sorts of people involved in a public art project centered on building a picnic table. Read more
Novel antioxidant makes old blood vessels seem young again
Older adults who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targets cellular powerhouses, or mitochondria, see aging of their blood vessels reverse by the equivalent of 15 to 20 years within six weeks, according to new CU Boulder research. Read more
We live in the dawn of the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene epoch is a unit of geological time in which humans exert a dominant influence on climate and the environment, but we have not reached consensus on its starting point. Read more
Alum follows blind kayaker down the Grand Canyon
“The Weight of Water” follows the blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer as he kayaks the Grand Canyon. And, for Michael Brown, the sound is a vital element of that experience. Read more
Black hole and stellar winds form giant butterfly and shut down star formation in galaxy
Researchers at CU Boulder have completed an unprecedented “dissection” of twin galaxies in the final stages of merging. Read more
Dancer takes a bite out of the Big Apple
Gesel Mason's performance of “No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers” at the Billie Holiday Theater made The New York Times' top 10 list. Read more
Photographer discusses being 'In Search of Turkey’s Jews'
In his public lecture, “In Search of Turkey’s Jews,” Laurence Salzmann will explore the Sephardic communities of Turkey, using his extensive collection of photographs and notes about the people the Salzmanns met, places they visited, and lessons they learned along the way. Read more
Antiquity has much to say about imperialism and what it means to be human
Elspeth Dusinberre will deliver the 112th Distinguished Research Lecture at CU Boulder on Tuesday, May 1, at 4 p.m. in the UMC’s Glenn Miller Ballroom. Her talk is titled “Archaeology, Imperialism and What it Means to Be Human.” Read more
Next crime commission should focus on domestic-violence research, expert says
In the five decades since a landmark presidential commission on crime, cops and courts have begun taking domestic violence more seriously, but much work remains to be done, says Joanne Belknap, a University of Colorado Boulder professor of ethnic studies. Read more
Features
To confront wildfire risk, experts get social
A team of wildfire practitioners and researchers—including some from the University of Colorado Boulder—is working across Colorado to better understand the human role in local wildfire mitigation.
Donors
CU Art Museum acquires the Sharkive, nationally celebrated print collection
The Beatles split up, but the Rolling Stones were still packing Wembley’s Empire Pool. This was London in the early 1970s, and Bud Shark had come to make art. Read more
Cogswell award to recognize inspiration in CU classrooms
The award will be available to anyone who teaches at the university, whether a full professor, a student teacher, a graduate assistant or an adjunct professor. Read more
Ethnic studies major finds support, belonging on campus
Higher education has always been important to Esmeralda Castillo-Cobian, an ethnic studies major at the University of Colorado Boulder. But coming from a low-income family, she sometimes felt that college was out of reach. Read more
Alumni
Alum follows blind kayaker down the Grand Canyon
“The Weight of Water” follows the blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer as he kayaks the Grand Canyon. And, for Michael Brown, the sound is a vital element of that experience. Read more
The examined life is well worth living, philosophy alums say
An educator, a lawyer, a medical student and entrepreneur ruminate on how philosophy prepared them for their careers. Read more
The art of the socket
When an 11-year-old llama named Bella broke her right hind leg in a gopher hole in 2010, her owners, Chuck Robuck and Trish Brandt-Robuck of Newcastle, Calif., chose to amputate rather than euthanize her. Read more
Kudos
Professors honored for work in cell signals, ultrafast lasers
Two CU Boulder professors are among the latest group of scientists, politicians, artists and more elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science. The academy, which was founded in 1780, has claimed such luminaries as Albert Einstein and Margaret Mead as members. Read more
Dancer takes a bite out of the Big Apple
Gesel Mason's performance of “No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers” at the Billie Holiday Theater made The New York Times' top 10 list. Read more
CU Boulder student awarded prestigious Truman Scholarship
Serene Singh, a CU Boulder junior majoring in political science and journalism and minoring in leadership studies, has won a prestigious Truman Scholarship, an honor that brings with it up to $30,000 for graduate study, priority admission at graduate institutions and intensive leadership training for careers in public service. Read more
Books from our faculty
Is That the Sound of a Piano Coming from Several Houses Down?
"'The devil is in the details' is not a phrase that I feel I fully understood until I read Noah Eli Gordon's clever book, Is That the Sound of a Piano Coming from Several Houses Down? The problem is, as Gordon might write, that the devil, while enjoying his/her residence among the details, has no necessary relationship to them. Read more
The Puritan Cosmopolis
The Puritan Cosmopolis traces a sense of kinship that emerged from within the larger realm of Puritan law and literature in late seventeenth-century New England. Read more
Someone Shot My Book
Approaching the practices of reading and writing from a feminist perspective, Julie Carr asks vital ethical questions about the role of poetry—and of art in general—in a violent culture. Read more
