Clint Talbott

  • David Shneer, CU-Boulder professor and Jewish Studies program director, displays some of the more than 500,000 pieces of the Mazal Holocaust collection–considered the world’s largest privately held Holocaust archive. The archive collection been donated to CU-Boulder. The book in the lower left, Auschitz: Technique and operation of the gas chambers, is one of only five in print is two are part of the collection. It was compiled after the war to help document the systemic killing. Photo by Glenn Asakawa/Un
    Holocaust collection shows path from 'darkness to light'
    In his University of Colorado Boulder office, David Shneer gestured to material on his table. A rare book there documents the sketches of the building of Auschwitz. Only five copies exist, and the Mazal Holocaust Collection, recently donated to the university, has two.
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  • Fiske Planetarium’s analog star projector—called “Fritz” after its West German installer—is being retired after being in service since 1975. As part of the planetarium’s renovation, a new and more-powerful digital projector is being installed, along with a high-definition screen. The improvements will allow the planetarium to improve the material shown to students and to add a new line of entertainment options at the theater.Fiske Planetarium’s analog star projector—called “Fritz” after its West German inst
    Fiske Planetarium flies into the digital age
    Since 1975, Fiske Planetarium has been the Johnny Appleseed of astronomy. Each year, 30,000 K-12 students and 4,000 University of Colorado Boulder students go there to take a front-row seat on the universe.
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  • Jessica Lutz was named the Outstanding Graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences for the spring 2013 commencement.
    Outstanding grad eyes career in public health
    Jessica Lutz was named the Outstanding Graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences for the spring 2013 commencement.Author of two honors theses, in linguistics and microbiology, hopes well-rounded education will prepare her for life-saving workSome
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  • East Africa’s Maasai on the hunt for lions. Some conservation initiatives designed to save lions from being hunted have either failed to work or in some cases appear to have incited Maasai to hunt more lions as a form of political protest, the researchers report. Photo by Joana Roque de Pinho
    Conservation efforts might encourage lion-hunting
    East Africa’s Maasai on the hunt for lions. Some conservation initiatives designed to save lions from being hunted have either failed to work or in some cases appear to have incited Maasai to hunt more lions as a form of political protest, the
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  • Maasai pastoralists have adopted coping mechanisms for drought that indicate rising levels of social stratification and might help social scientists understand how these people would adapt to changing climate in Africa. Photo by Mara J. Goldman.
    Drought-squeezed Maasai suggest climate-change scenarios
    The devastating drought of 2009 in northern Tanzania generated new coping strategies by Maasai people, suggesting that Maasai with more money and social connections are better able than their poorer, less-connected neighbors to endure extreme events such as drought and, potentially, climate change, a team of University of Colorado Boulder researchers has found.
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  • Wei Zhang
    Early career chemist wins Sloan Research Fellowship
    Wei Zhang, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder, has won a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship.Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships are given to early career
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  • Steven Hayward has been appointed the first Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy at the University of Colorado Boulder.
    Conservative Thought and Policy Appointment
    Steven Hayward has been appointed the first Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, the University of Colorado Boulder announced last month.
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  • Articles about Margaret Mead
    Mead’s good name, redeemed
    Time magazine dubbed Margaret Mead one of the 20th century’s 100 most influential scientists and thinkers. It also depicted Mead as a sloppy researcher. A University of Colorado Boulder professor has now debunked the source of that slander.
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  • Smoke over mountains
    With others, you can protect homes from wildfire
    The fight against fires begins before the first spark—when homeowners in the wildland-urban interface choose whether to remove trees and bushes near their homes.
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  • Couple cuddling
    In sex, happiness is partly relative, CU finds
    Sex is apparently like income: People are generally happy when they keep pace with the Joneses. They’re even happier if they get a bit more than their peers.
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