Mary Rippon and CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø Old Main building

Professor Mary Rippon led a secret, separate life

Sept. 17, 2024

In new book, CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø alumnus Silvia Pettem details a little-known chapter of the trailblazing faculty member's story.

Helanius J. Wilkins and Brandon Welch performing "The conversation Series"

Unlearning fear and embracing an ‘audacity of hope’ through performance

Sept. 13, 2024

In newest chapter of ongoing ‘Conversation Series,’ CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Helanius J. Wilkins explores concepts of belonging and being heard.

Stephen Graham Jones

Stephen Graham Jones slashes his way into Texas literary history

Sept. 6, 2024

The CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø Ineva Baldwin Professor of English is part of a Texas Literary Hall of Fame induction class that includes Cormac McCarthy and Molly Ivins.

Uncompahgre Wilderness in Colorado's San Juan Mountains

The Wilderness Act turns 60

Sept. 3, 2024

CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Paul S. Sutter looks back on the history of the Wilderness Act as it approaches its diamond jubilee.

Party Picture by artist Laurie Simmons

Finding ‘Better Days’ through art

Aug. 20, 2024

New CU Art Museum exhibit highlights the ways in which art meets challenging times and finds the sometimes-elusive silver lining.

Núria Silleras-Fernández and book cover

For medieval Iberian queens, love was a dangerous sickness

Aug. 13, 2024

In a newly published history of the region’s female monarchs, CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø scholar shows the connections between love, grief and madness.

Photos of John Krasinski playing Jim Halpert on "The Office"

Jim Halpert is looking at all of us

Aug. 5, 2024

In a recently published paper, CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø PhD student Cooper Casale interrogates Jim Halpert’s direct-to-camera gaze in The Office and its similarities to what he calls the ‘fascist look.'

Marble bas-relief of Euripides

Uncovered Euripides fragments are ‘kind of a big deal’

Aug. 1, 2024

CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø Classics scholars identify previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian Euripides.

African continent on globe

Scholar challenges rigid boundaries in African philosophical thought

July 30, 2024

CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø PhD candidate Idowu Odeyemi argues that African philosophy should not be limited to a single definition.

Heather Stewart and book cover of Microaggressions in Medicine

Prescribing kindness in modern medicine

July 23, 2024

In her new book, Microaggressions in Medicine, CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø alum and bioethicist Heather Stewart writes that some healthcare professionals are causing emotional and psychological harm.

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