Faculty in Focus
- Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz, cinema studies chair—and man who’s “morally opposed” to remakes—gives a thumbs-up to Steven Spielberg’s Oscar Award-nominated version of “West Side Story.”
- Kristie Soares, assistant professor of women and gender studies, has accepted the position of co-director of LGBTQ studies at CU Boulder.
- Assistant Professor and Pendulum New Music Director Annika Socolofsky discusses her recent incentive prize and how she perceives her role as a composer, performer and educator.
- Rajagopalan Balaji is changing the way we see climate change. Watch a video discussion about his research.
- Daryl Maeda’s scholarly work has delved deeply into questions of equity and justice, and how people can come together to demand social justice and attain equality. This has led directly to his work at CU, where issues in society as a whole are reflected in the student experience.
- “The Only Good Indians” became a New York Times bestseller and has won a host of awards, now including the 2021 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award.
- CU Boulder history professor Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders will make an appearance this week on the first-ever "Jeopardy!" professors tournament, competing for a $100,000 grand prize and a spot in the show’s upcoming tournament of champions.
- The word “maven” means an expert or connoisseur, an appellation that also appropriately describes Bruce Jakosky and his knowledge of––and affinity for––the planet Mars. He has dedicated the last 18 years to making the MAVEN mission to Mars a success.
- Assistant Professor Sherri Cook is pushing the boundaries of what's possible to build a more sustainable future for everyone through clean water systems.
- Associate Professor Wil Srubar shares the importance of having core facilities, such as the Materials Instrumentation and Multimodel Imaging Core facility, at public institutions.