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For some women, STEM may not be the great equalizer

June 17, 2024

In newly published book, CU economics alumna Susan Averett analyzes whether STEM fields offer an equal path to prosperity for all women.

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Horsepower: Professor unveils a new history of horses

June 11, 2024

In his upcoming book, ‘Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History,’ William Taylor writes that today’s world has been molded by humans’ relationship to horses.

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Ghost stories: understanding a present haunted by the past

June 7, 2024

A CU Boulder poet considers the socioeconomic and political environment of the turn of the 20th century through the history of her own family.

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Violence underpins American life, sociologist contends

May 22, 2024

In new book, CU Boulder researcher Liam Downey argues that different forms of violence produce both consent to the social order and divisions among subordinate social groups, which helps to maintain the power and wealth of economic and political elites.

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English alum flunks grades in new book

May 15, 2024

Jesse Stommel compiles two decades of eyebrow-raising in Undoing the Grade: Why We Grade, and How to Stop.

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‘Calling in,’ not calling out, the racism of those who love you

Aug. 22, 2023

In her recently published book, Samira Mehta offers insight into a lesser-known, but nevertheless hurtful, type of racism.

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Why must we protect nature? Because we can, philosopher says.

June 5, 2023

In the book ‘The Wild and the Wicked,’ Benjamin Hale argues that because people have the unique capacity to care for the environment, they have a moral obligation to do so.

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Career maestro offers tips for the next generation

June 1, 2023

CU Boulder alumna and businesswoman Nancy Wilhelms shares her secrets for a successful, fulfilling career with her book, Yes! You Can Do It! The Young Woman’s Guide to Starting a Fulfilling Career.

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Doctor’s diagnosis for the Earth: a terminal human malignancy

Nov. 8, 2022

In "Homo Ecophagus," physician with CU Boulder ties sees humanity devouring itself—and the planet.

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Fifteen scholars weigh Trump 'corruption'

Oct. 6, 2022

Essay collection edited by CU Boulder anthropologists explores expanded notions of corruption in the Trump era.

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