The sustainability coordinator for the Patagonia store in Boulder talks with students about the company’s commitment to environmental causes

Not your parents’ business course

April 21, 2023

The Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability class focuses on using business innovations to address real-world needs, offering students the chance to learn directly from entrepreneurs.

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Beleaguered forests are losing ground

March 28, 2023

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Tom Veblen's 40-year census research finds that climate change has tripled tree mortality and forestalled regeneration.

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Emily Yeh named Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar

March 16, 2023

As a visiting scholar, the CU Boulder geography professor will visit other campuses, join classroom lectures and seminars and give major lectures open to the host campus’s community.

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Innovation Incubator helping transform teaching, learning

March 10, 2023

After a successful three-year trial run, the Innovation Incubator program is being made permanent with the goal of further innovating cross-discipline teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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As all things Nordic become chic, scholar steps in

March 3, 2023

Through scholarship and a popular podcast, CU Boulder professor Mathias Nordvig brings the Viking Age to the 21st century.

A painting by Jodocus Sebastiaen van den Abeele illustrating Franciscan monks in a cloister

Historian’s work on mindful, medieval monks gets rave reviews

Feb. 28, 2023

CU Boulder alumna and University of Georgia history professor Jamie Kreiner thinks a lot about thinking. She shares “medieval cognitive practices” with her students to help them manage distraction, and her new book on the topic has earned rave reviews from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and more—a rare feat for a scholarly work.

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Majority of students masked up amid early COVID days

Feb. 24, 2023

A study finds that those on the CU Boulder and Colorado State University campuses showed high levels of mask use and positive attitudes about masks during pandemic.

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Having built a business in Russia, alum fled as war began

Feb. 23, 2023

Benjamin Lourie’s career has made twists and turns, taking him to outer Mongolia and back to Moscow, where he opened a Tex-Mex restaurant near Red Square—two weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Professor aims to comfort, protect students in aftermath of Club Q

Feb. 21, 2023

Kristie Soares, assistant professor of women and gender studies and co-director of the LGBTQ Certificate Program, outlines resources, safe spaces and people’s varying experience of grief.

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Professors recognized for cutting-edge inventions

Feb. 16, 2023

Two professors are being recognized for inventions that could have “real impact on the welfare of society.” Corrella Detweiler and Wei Zhang have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors.

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