Student Clara Boland (left) speaks with Rebecca Safran of ecology and evolutionary biology during the course 鈥淚nside the Greenhouse," an innovative course at the 麻豆视频. Photo by Noah Larsen.

鈥業nside the Greenhouse,鈥 students hone a message

March 1, 2012

In February, Clare Boland and her professor, Rebecca Safran of ecology and evolutionary biology, are guest speakers in a new course at the 麻豆视频 that aims to explore innovative, creative and effective ways to convey climate-change science and its implications. That course, called 鈥淚nside the Greenhouse,鈥 is team-taught by two faculty members: Beth Osnes and Maxwell Boykoff from theatre and dance and environmental studies, respectively.

Adam Bradley

鈥楬ip Hop in the Classroom鈥 aims to 鈥榝eed鈥 CU

March 1, 2012

Hip-hop music could turn young people on to higher education, perhaps even persuade them to study at the 麻豆视频.

Professor Fred Anderson

Professors passionate about first-generation students

March 1, 2012

Professor Fred Anderson directs the 麻豆视频鈥檚 Honors Program, received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1981 and has taught in CU鈥檚 History Department since 1983. He鈥檚 held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, to name a few. He was...

Van MacDonald

Bequest honors professors who saw alumnus鈥檚 true colors

Dec. 1, 2011

Even as a boy, it was clear that Van MacDonald was brilliant, but odd. He was a math and science whiz fascinated by physics yet confounded by social interactions. When enrolled as a physics major at CU-Boulder in the late 鈥50s, he had the advantage of remarkable intelligence and the...

Kinetic Light/Air Curtain graces the terminal train tunnels at The Denver International Airport. The piece was created by Antonette Rosato and her husband, William Jackson Maxwell. Photo courtesy of Denver International Airport.

A living space to honor a friend

Dec. 1, 2011

In 1988, Deborah Haynes interviewed with Antonette 鈥淭oni鈥 Rosato for a position as a professor of Art and Art History at CU-Boulder. Not only did Haynes land the job, she began one of the most meaningful friendships of her life.

University of Colorado Alum Michael Brown satisfies his appetite for adventure through his exploits as an outdoor filmmaker. Photo by James Balog.

Hot air, mosquito attack hooked grad on adventure films

Oct. 1, 2011

Outdoor filmmaker Michael Brown was always primed for adventure. He grew up on a Montana ranch and his father earned a living making movies about skiing. He had his own horse, milked cows before sunrise and had 鈥淐lydesdales dragging us around on a sled鈥 in winter. 鈥淚t was a pretty...

Katie Grasha

In small Colorado town, an academic star is born

Oct. 1, 2011

Katie Grasha attended high school in Montrose, a Colorado community nestled in the pastoral Uncompahgre Valley, a place still so rural that its night sky twinkles with stars. Grasha, who recently graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in astrophysical and planetary sciences, became a hometown ambassador for...

Manipulated film

Transforming film into visual poetry

March 1, 2011

New center preserves work of CU filmmaker Stan Brakhage, aims to be a hub for other experimental media Stan Brakhage loved poetry and befriended poets but considered himself a failed poet. Many experts disagreed. He was, they said, a consummate poet鈥攐ne who spoke in the language of film and measured...

Frank Islam

Man living the American dream strives to preserve it

March 1, 2011

CU alumnus, author to appear at Conference on World Affairs When Frank Islam talks about the American dream, he knows whereof he speaks. Born in India, Islam immigrated to the United States at 15. He earned bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in computer science from the University of Colorado. After working...

Caitlin Epple and Kyle Metcalf pose before going to their high-school prom.

Though gone, Caitlin and Kyle still helping others

Dec. 1, 2010

Caitlin Epple and Kyle Metcalf were bursting with energy, love and promise. Now, those photographs are a testament to two lives lived very well and done too soon.

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