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Harold Bloom, the noted literary critic, Yale professor and author of 鈥淭he Western Canon,鈥� has said that teaching Emily Dickinson鈥檚 poems leaves him with fierce headaches, 鈥渟ince the difficulties force me past my limits.鈥� How, then, are undergraduate students supposed to appreciate Dickinson? Elissa Guralnick, a University of Colorado professor...

When Mildred Buck came to the University of Colorado, the roaring 鈥�20s were yet to crash. A 鈥渒indly professor of Greek,鈥� George Norlin, was president, and his words were yet to be carved into the fa莽ade of the then-unbuilt library that now bears his name. Since then, pivotal events of...

For Daniel Singer, studying economics at the University of Colorado became a lifelong line of demarcation. He was one person before coming here. After earning his doctorate, he became another person: more focused, more dedicated, better prepared to succeed. 鈥淧rior to the program, my intellectual life was implicit in my...

Today, there are more slaves than ever; yesterday, captives and slaves had more social and cultural impact than many think To those who think slavery is history, E. Benjamin Skinner has a few rejoinders. First, he notes, there are more slaves now than at any time in history. On four...

Rachael L. Ticho Zacks comes from a family of attorneys, but she steps to the beat of a different drum. She is graduating from the University of Colorado this December with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in ecology and environmental biology. The choice suits her. Not only is she is graduating Summa...

Time magazine listed Margaret Mead as one of the 20th century鈥檚 100 most influential scientists, but it also depicted Mead鈥檚 conclusions as false. A CU professor has uncovered new evidence showing that such criticism was unfair.

Responding to a national crisis, CU puts a fresh face on science and math education. The aim is to inspire more students to choose careers teaching math and science in K-12 schools.

Charles Darwin called the relatively sudden rise of flowering plants an 鈥渁bominable mystery.鈥� William (Ned) Friedman, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, calls it his life鈥檚 work.

When CU鈥檚 immigrant workers and students sit down in class to discuss their varying perspectives on the topic of their studies, students gain broader insight and workers feel 鈥渟een鈥� to a much greater degree than previously.

A satellite image of the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (Image courtesy: NASA) Terrorism incites fear designed to coerce governments to act, according to definitions of 鈥渢errorism鈥� in U.S. law, in U.N. resolutions and elsewhere. But terrorism often prompts as much anger and retaliation as fear and...