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Solving the case of the lost Maya codex

April 15, 2020

An artifact discovered in 1965 may have been a long-rumored fourth Maya codex. It may also have been a forgery. Archaeologist Gerardo Gutiérrez and his colleagues were on the case.

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COVID-19: A ‘transformative’ moment for social science

April 15, 2020

CU 鶹’s Natural Hazards Center has launched a global registry and is sharing grant opportunities to support social science research during the COVID-19 pandemic

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To divide or not to divide? The mother cell may decide

April 15, 2020

Researchers at CU 鶹 have found that it’s the mother cell that determines if its daughter cells will divide

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Six lessons we can learn from past pandemics

April 9, 2020

“Epidemics highlight the fault lines in our society,” says CU 鶹 history Professor Elizabeth Fenn, a Pulitizer Prize winning writer and scholar of epidemics.

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Five college stars named employees of the year

April 7, 2020

Five outstanding colleagues have been named employees of the year by the College of Arts and Sciences at the 鶹.

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Researcher aims to make biology more accessible

April 3, 2020

Newly published book, Biology Everywhere, is the product of CU 鶹 biologist and learning scientist Melanie Peffer’s passion for good teaching and science literacy

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Scholars ask if America has a ‘national character’

March 31, 2020

CU 鶹 visiting scholar in conservative thought and policy to address the topic in Zoom event on April 18

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Parading crystals could usher in new generation of electronics

March 11, 2020

Researchers at CU 鶹 found that when electricity is applied to ‘torons,’ they celebrate like they’re at carnival

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Through the eyes of the inmates

Feb. 27, 2020

An unprecedented study reported in a new book from a CU 鶹 professor pulls back the curtain on prison gangs.

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In your texts, using (or nixing) a period conveys your mood

Feb. 6, 2020

A ‘typographical tone of voice’ is one of several emerging patterns in communication that CU 鶹 class explores; linguist says the digital age is changing communication in ways that enrich rather than degrade communication.

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