Child in the Red Army uniforms

Russia retools Soviet propaganda against Ukraine, expert says

Aug. 8, 2023

In her master’s thesis, CU grad student highlights how the current Russian regime is making use of Soviet narratives and symbols to justify its war with Ukraine.

Lucile Berkeley Buchanan

After 100 years, university recognized a pioneer

March 8, 2022

Women’s history snapshot: Lucile Berkeley Buchanan graduated in 1918 but wasn’t allowed to walk across the stage with other graduates because she was Black.

Old Main

On lonely Boulder ‘prairie,’ Mary Rippon saw glory

March 3, 2022

Women’s history snapshot: CU’s first woman faculty member, now a university icon, hesitated to come West.

Old Main

College recognizes six faculty with top honors

Dec. 3, 2021

Four professors of distinction and two teaching professors of distinction are named for 2021.

Sewell Hall

Five college stars named employees of the year

May 25, 2021

Winners, who were nominated by colleagues, express humility and gratitude.

lucile

Prof, others celebrate publication of Remembering Lucile

Jan. 17, 2019

Never officially recognized during her lifetime, the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Colorado was posthumously honored this spring. Now, a biography telling the long-overlooked story of Lucile Berkeley Buchanan has been published.

Crawford

Meet CU Boulder’s Viking-cowboy-scholar

Nov. 14, 2018

He’s a competitive pistol shooter who spends much of his free time roaming the wilds of Wyoming. And he has thousands of followers on YouTube, where he regales followers with tales of Nordic heroes in a dulcet baritone.

lucile

A century later, CU officially remembers Lucile

March 14, 2018

Tipped off by a newspaper story, Polly McLean spent more than a decade exhuming Buchanan’s story and, finally, correcting history. For decades, CU's official history stated that the first black woman to graduate from CU earned her degree in 1924. But that was wrong.

dubois

Scholars give historical context on African Americans in Germany

Feb. 28, 2018

The first African American woman to graduate from CU, in 1918, earned her degree in German. A trio of experts this month will discuss the historical trends that framed her choice.

walls, Bridges and Crevasses in a Global World

Students of Intermediate German discuss the Berlin Wall

Nov. 10, 2017

Colin Turner’s spray-paint installation is one of the 22 pieces of art displayed in the exhibit “Über Mauern hinweg-Beyond Walls,” now housed at the Media Library of the Anderson Language and Technology Center in the Hellems Arts and Sciences building.

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