Stories of Arts & Sciences

Eyes in the sky focus on elephants

CU Boulder PhD student Liam Jasperse-Sjolander is helping elephant behavioral observation get off the ground—and into the air above Africa.

A&S Highlight: May 2026
 

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illuminated tent and campfire at sunset

Wired

The U.S. built a site to ensure fair access to public lands. Then everything went wrong

Recreation.gov was supposed to make access to public lands more equitable and streamlined. Instead, it’s rife with bots and inequality, while a government contractor benefits.

CU Spotlight:
Jonathan Hughes
Associate professor of economics

artist's illustration of exoplanet LHS 3844b

Sky & Telescope

Nearby super-Earth has no atmosphere and a dark, Moon-like surface

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the surface of a bare rocky exoplanet, revealing old, dark rock akin to that on our Moon.

CU Spotlight:
Zach Berta-Thompson
Professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences

artist's rendering of time crystals

Earth

Scientists just created the first 'time crystal' that humans can actually see in the real world

Scientists have created the first visible time crystal -matter that repeats through time instead of space.

CU Spotlight:
Hanquing Zhao
Postdoctoral research associate of physics

illustration of brain with electric current running through it

Science Daily

Scientists may have found the brain’s switch for chronic pain

Scientists may have found the brain’s “pain switch”—and how to turn it off.

CU Spotlight:
Linda Watkins
Distinguished professor of psychology and neuroscience

Frank Oppenheimer, Robert’s brother, honed physics teaching at CU Boulder

In a little-known chapter of university history, the Manhattan Project scientist taught for several years in the Department of Physics, and his legacy appears in the fabric of the department.

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College Snapshots

 

Colorado Shakespeare Festival

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival kicks off May 30 with Twelfth Night, a story of strange shores, mistaken identity and true love. 

Get your tickets today! 

 

Campus Life: 150 Years of Human and More-Than-Human Relationships at CU Boulder Exhibition

Exhibit in The Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library

Campus Life explores the shared history of humans and more-than-human inhabitants over the 150 years of CU Boulder.

 

Hydrology Days Award

Presented each year in recognition of outstanding and significant contributions to hydrologic science.

Award winner: Holly Barnard, professor of geography

 

Stephen Halley White Undergraduate Research Award

 Given to graduating physics and engineering physics students in recognition of exceptional undergraduate research projects.

Award winner:Ruomu Zhang

 

CU announces $2M investment in Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS)

Announced by CU Boulder Chancellor Justin Schwartz and CU President Todd Saliman

Person of recognition:
Reiland Rabaka, director of the CAAAS

 

National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship

$60,000 grant to research sources of the European Enlightenment in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Featured scholar:
Robert Pasnau, college professor of distinction, Department of Philosophy