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Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge will attempt to break the fabled 2-hour marathon barrier this weekend. A new CU Boulder analysis of the course he'll run in Vienna concludes it's the ideal place to make it happen.

Brainwaves Podcast

Halloween: Why we get joy from fear

Oct. 8, 2019

Why do we get such a kick out of jumping out of our skin? In this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we talk to horror writer Stephen Graham Jones. Plus, we find out how the Halloween business works with Greg Reinke, a costume shop owner.

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Colorado kids use digital tools to make old stories new again

A new partnership between CU Boulder and a local school district is helping kids to tell stories using digital tools—and they’re having fun re-imagining old fairy tales in the process. Read more

Sub-2 marathon barrier could fall this weekend, study suggests

Patty Limerick featured on The New Yorker Festival panel

The faculty director of CU Boulder's Center of the American West will be in New York Oct. 13 speaking as part of the festival's 20th anniversary event, discussing the legacy of President Donald Trump. Read more

Halloween: Why we get joy from fear

A woman seen through facial recognition software

Facial recognition software has a gender problem

Facial analysis software is becoming increasingly prevalent for marketing and security, but new research shows it gets the gender of trans men wrong nearly 40% of the time and misgenders nonbinary individuals 100% of the time. Read more

The Water Desk awards grants to journalists covering Western water issues

The Water Desk, a journalism initiative at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism, has awarded its first grants to support journalists and media outlets covering Western water issues and the Colorado River Basin. Read more

Colorado kids use digital tools to make old stories new again

Oct. 11, 2019

A new partnership between CU Boulder and a local school district is helping kids to tell stories using digital tools—and they’re having fun re-imagining old fairy tales in the process.