English-Dutch liliput dictionary

Miniature Dictionary: Tiny Book, Trove of Knowledge

July 16, 2024

Zoom in on a twentieth-century miniature English-Dutch dictionary in CU's Heritage Collection.

Muriel Sibell-Wolle

Muriel Sibell-Wolle: Artist, Professor, Ghost Town Guide

July 16, 2024

CU fine arts professor Muriel Sibell-Wolle visited and sketched over a thousand mining towns in the American West. She is now known as one of the first and most prolific ghost town guidebook writers in the nation.

solar eclipse

Campus News Briefs: Spring 2024

March 4, 2024

Solar eclipse, benefits of yoga, historical research on tea and more.

the Mahaffy Cache

The Mahaffy Cache

March 4, 2024

In 2008, landscapers dug into the ground of Patrick Mahaffy’s backyard in Boulder. They unearthed 83 stone tools that were about 13,000 years old.

Los Seis de Boulder memorial

Honoring Los Seis de Boulder

March 4, 2024

This May marks the 50th anniversary of the Los Seis de Boulder tragedies, which remain unsolved. In 2019, Jasmine Baetz designed a sculpture in memory of the six killed.

Coloradan Cover

Letters to the Editor

March 6, 2023

Our readers weigh in on the past issue.

Noreen Naseem Rodriguez

History Updated

March 6, 2023

From tackling controversial subjects in the classroom, teacher educator Noreen Nasseem Rodriguez counsels a defined educational vision, clear and honest communication and a strong dose of hope.

A dance card

Save This Dance

March 6, 2023

Dance cards were common on college campuses in the mid-1900s.

Kalpana Chawla and her NASA crew

Twenty Years of Rememberance

March 6, 2023

Astronaut Kalpana Chawla died aboard the Columbia on Feb. 1, 2003.

illustration of two clocks

The History of Daylight Saving Time

Nov. 7, 2022

Some have said Benjamin Franklin first came up with the idea for daylight saving time. Others believe it was adopted so farmers could have more hours of sunlight to work in the field. The real history of daylight saving time is much more complex.

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