Features
Stalking the dirt vaccine
Can good bacteria make the brain more stress-resilient? Christopher Lowry has dedicated his career to finding out.
Alum will support students of the (far) distant future
After spending considerable effort trying to stay in Boulder for the long term, Courtney Rowe has also found a way to leave a little bit of herself behind when she’s gone—long gone.
Unveiling success one dress at a time
Politics doesn’t necessarily draw a lot of pink-bow types, but Jillian Howison (PolSci’10), an unabashed “girly girl,” was mesmerized by a "West Wing" character.
Rising star at Amazon values diversification and diversity
Even by the time he was a senior at Chatfield High School in Littleton, Colo., Cory Ketai (PolSci’16) had put together a business resume that many a recent college graduate might envy.
CU Boulder geographers studying plot-level land-use changes over 200 years
Two researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are exploring human settlement and urbanization patterns in the United States between 1810 and 2015 using a groundbreaking new dataset from Zillow.
The paradox of 'suicide in happy places' seems not to exist
A closer look at geographic data finds no correlation between generally happy locales and rates of suicide, according to research by CU Boulder and U of California Irvine.
Humans might not be altruistic ‘avengers’ after all, study finds
CU Boulder research contradicts the long-held belief that humans interfere when they see the abuse of strangers.
Prof transforms political science class into a game
The heckling is real, the riots just acknowledged, and they are part of an innovative teaching method called Reacting to the Past, which aims to help students learn by prompting them to assume historical roles.
Women who run for office inspire others to do the same, study suggests
A CU Boulder graduate student and other researchers find strong evidence that female candidates inspire others to run.
Paul W. Kroll elected to American Philosophical Society
Paul W. Kroll, professor of Chinese at CU Boulder, has been elected to the prestigious American Philosophical Society, becoming the fifth member ever of the university’s faculty—and the first from the humanities—to gain this recognition.
