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Believe the liberal arts are dead as doornails? Think again.

Dec. 28, 2019

Mark Twain once remarked that “reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” That was memorable enough to have been repeated ever since. But he didn’t say that, exactly. Let’s review the story and discuss why it matters.

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Visionary hopes to improve eyesight for millions

Oct. 7, 2019

Alumnus’ ski trip inspires an insight that could help give the world’s poor better vision.

Climate

Evidence of climate-driven conflicts is piling up

Sept. 18, 2019

Climate has played a small but important role in fueling civil wars and other conflicts, CU Boulder and other researchers find.

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From ‘major identity crisis’ to career fulfillment

Aug. 17, 2019

“I began feeling pressure about what I wanted to do when I graduated, and I started to question if my psych degree would get me there,” says alum who stayed the course and succeeded.

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Amsterdam to CU Boulder, by rail, boat, bus and bike

July 10, 2019

Climate researcher eschews air travel on 8,000-mile ‘commute’ to take up INSTAAR position.

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CU Boulder grad licks problem of slippery cell phones

June 14, 2019

Her invention and new company, CatTongue Grips, was born because no other product offered grippiness without scratching

Map of Oyo's Collapse, 1822

Maps of fallen kingdom shed light on Atlantic slave trade

June 13, 2019

New maps of pre-colonial Africa provide context on the slaves who departed from the Bight of Benin

Markos

Lawyer, political science grad leaps into kelp farming

May 8, 2019

‘Kelp is the future of feeding the world,’ says Markos Scheer, as he launches what he believes will be the largest U.S. kelp farm.

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Fourth graders dig into pop music and poetry at CU Boulder

April 5, 2019

As they learn how writers revise their work and use literary devices, the students gear up for a school assembly led by an Australian rap star.

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Reaching the top of Frito-Lay, alum chose a radically different path

March 18, 2019

An interest in big-picture questions is a common thread in Brock Leach’s success in business and ministry.

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