Polar Postdoc Leadership Workshop participants posing for group photo

Next generation of polar scientists work toward more inclusive future

July 5, 2023

After the week-long Polar Postdoc Leadership Workshop, led by the Polar Science Early Career Community Office, participants not only grew their skills and knowledge—they bonded over a shared vision to make the polar sciences more inclusive and welcoming and identified how they can support and lead their vision.

pride flags on flag poles

How the 303 Creative SCOTUS decision may change anti-discrimination laws

July 3, 2023

Professor of Law Scott Skinner-Thompson, who focuses on LGBTQ+ and HIV legal issues, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling involving the 303 Creative company, and legal implications for LGBTQ+ rights.

Buildings and people on the Harvard campus

What the SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action means for American higher ed

June 29, 2023

Kevin Welner, a lawyer and professor of education at CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø, explained that individual college applicants can still mention how their race or ethnicity has shaped their lives in essays and interviews.

Orange light and smoke billow over mountain tops. (Photo by Malachi Brooks on Unsplash)

To prevent the next major wildfire, we need a ‘Smokey Bear for the suburbs’

June 29, 2023

With the Fourth of July approaching and a thick green carpet of fuel covering much of the West after a rainy spring, CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø fire ecologist Jennifer Balch is calling on people to do their part to prevent the next megafire.

Illustration showing two merging black holes creating undulations in the fabric of space and time

Scientists use exotic stars to tune into hum from cosmic symphony

June 28, 2023

An international collaboration, including researchers from CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø, has for the first time uncovered compelling evidence of what scientists call the "gravitational wave background"—enormous undulations in the fabric of space and time.

A grocery aisle.

Store display psychology: Why you end up buying things near sale items

June 27, 2023

A new study highlights the consumer psychology surrounding purchase decisions when an attention-grabbing sale item is on display.

Antarctica's George VI Ice Shelf

Antarctic ice shelves see only minor changes in surface melt since 1980

June 23, 2023

Antarctic ice shelves have experienced only minor changes in surface melt rates over the past four decades, unlike the rapid increase in surface melt experienced by Greenland’s glaciers during the same time period, according to new CU-led research.

Tree of Life

The tree of life—a powerful image in Judaism for thousands of years—signifies more than immortality

June 20, 2023

Jurors recently delivered a guilty verdict for the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue—the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Tree of Life has almost become shorthand for the tragedy, yet it highlights a symbol from the Bible that has transformed over time. CU scholar Sam Boyd discusses on The Conversation.

Ancient Mayan ruins

Ghosts, global warming and hunter-gatherers

June 20, 2023

A recently published paper co-authored by CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Fernando Villanea offers new insights into what happened to the populations of Central Mexico a millennium ago.

Matter swirls around a central black hole as it emits a bright jet

Weighing the mysterious black holes lurking at the hearts of galaxies

June 20, 2023

At the center of nearly all large galaxies in the cosmos sits a supermassive black hole. In new research, a CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø astrophysicist explores what might happen if you put these giants one-by-one on a massive scale.

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