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The College of Arts and Sciences has named an interim director to carry the Center of the American West into the future. CU Boulder history Professor Tom Zeiler will serve as interim faculty director of the Center of the American West, effective immediately. Zeiler was chair of the CU Boulder...

Should universities provide young people with the skills they will need to find meaning in life, or should universities provide them with the skills they will need to find a job?

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on June 21, 2021 By Patty Limerick The phrase has elicited derision, without understanding Of all the memorable ways to let a genie out of a bottle, it is hard to beat the maneuver of inventing a phrase and...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on May 14, 2021 By Patty Limerick Before 2021, whenever I heard the name “Cheney,” I was overcome by a compulsion to overgeneralize. “I know all I need to know about that clan,” I would think, “and I know...

Original article can be found at Times-Call Originally published on April 14, 2021 By Katie Langford University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for the American West will host a virtual conversation between system President Mark Kennedy and University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan at noon Thursday, the second installment in the...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on March 25, 2021 By PATTY LIMERICK, LUIS BENITEZ | luis.benitez@state.co.us and ALISON ROSE JEFFERSON The new secretary of the interior should prioritize the outdoor economy and push for more inclusivity The Department of the Interior has been nicknamed...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on March 18, 2021 By Patty Limerick At 95% effective, I am ready to return to society but not to normal just yet In days of yore, when someone told me to “be careful,” what I should do next...

Original article can be found at The New York Times Originally published on March 11, 2021 By Jacey Fortin Willa and Charles Bruce were among the first Black people to settle in Manhattan Beach, Calif., but the city shut down their resort in 1924. Now, the county is considering returning...

Original article can be found at CU Independent Originally published on February 28, 2021 By Alexander Edwards CU student veterans Nisa Joval and Reed Robins discuss the transition to higher education. (Alexander Edwards / CU Independent) The University of Colorado’s Center of the American West hosted a discussion Friday focused...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on February 20, 2021 By Patty Limerick When the vote to convict former President Donald J. Trump fell short of a two-thirds majority, an impulse to escape the present — by leaping into the future — took possession of...