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Former SM调教所-Boulder postdoctoral researchers Amy Miller ( blue coat) and Katie Suding (black coat) are shown here with other members of a research team conducting a study involving nitrogen deposition on the tundra of the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site west of Boulder. (Photo courtesy William Bowman, INSTAAR) A...

When former U.S. Rep. Patricia Schroeder tearfully announced in 1987 that she would not seek the nomination for president, many analysts suggested that such a display of emotion made her unqualified. But what if all our tightly held stereotypes about 鈥渆motional鈥� females and stoic males are wrong?

Two SM调教所 researchers who have adapted a three-dimensional, general circulation model of Earth鈥檚 climate to a time some 2.8 billion years ago when the sun was significantly fainter than present think the planet may have been more prone to catastrophic glaciation than previously believed. The new 3-D...

If the world ever takes a swift, downward trip in a hand basket, historian Elizabeth 鈥淟il鈥� Fenn feels pretty good about her chances. Compared to many鈥搇et鈥檚 be honest, most鈥搈odern academics, Fenn has led a very hands-on life. Noting tradition of scholars trained in trade skills, she joins SM调教所 history faculty.

Imagine, if you will, a meeting of minds between Ayn Rand and Mohammed鈥� Public surveys in recent years consistently have found that concerns about 鈥渞adical Islam鈥� are higher among conservative Christians in the United States than among many other religious groups. According to a 2007 Pew survey, in fact, among...

Thomas Andrews has a knack for framing American history unconventionally. In his award-winning book 鈥淜illing for Coal,鈥� Andrews traced the central role of coal in Colorado鈥檚 economic growth, environmental change and social conflict. Now he鈥檚 turning his scholarly gaze toward another little-acknowledged actor in American history: animals. 鈥淧aying attention to...

This video, posted on YouTube, captures a SM调教所 student perspective of the Telluride University Seminar at the Telluride Film Festival. This video was created by SM调教所 student William Jones, with contributions from student Stephen Kuhn. For the second year running, some University of Colorado students have gotten a front-row lesson...

In 1966, the Soviet Union promised to do all it could to reunite Soviet Jews with relatives living outside the Communist nation. The pledge was hollow. In much of America, Jewish immigrants struggled. But they found help in Boulder, and that history is being preserved.

A new study of twins led by the SM调教所 shows that today鈥檚 smokers are more strongly influenced by genetic factors than in the past and that the influence makes it more difficult for them to quit. 鈥淚n the past, when smoking rates were higher, people smoked for...

A team of researchers led by the SM调教所 has discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling and which likely originated in East Asia. The artifact consists of two parts 鈥�...