Marble bas-relief of Euripides

Uncovered Euripides fragments are ‘kind of a big deal’

Aug. 1, 2024

SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder Classics scholars identify previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian Euripides.

African continent on globe

Scholar challenges rigid boundaries in African philosophical thought

July 30, 2024

SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder PhD candidate Idowu Odeyemi argues that African philosophy should not be limited to a single definition.

Riders get on Denver bus

Free bus fare didn’t yield better air

July 29, 2024

New research by SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder PhD student Grant Webster finds that the free-fare public transit initiative didn’t reduce ground-level ozone, but may have other benefits.

Olympics fans

Carrying a torch for country and sports

July 25, 2024

As the 2024 Olympics begin in Paris, SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder scholar Jared Bahir Browsh considers how nationalism can inform and influence the games.

collage of Paris landmarks

As it has for centuries, Paris beguiles and beckons

July 19, 2024

With the 2024 Olympics set to open, SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder professor Aimee Kilbane ponders Americans’ long love affair with the City of Light.

A woodcarving depicting the Black Death in Italy

We fear them like the plague

July 18, 2024

After a human case of bubonic plague was confirmed in Pueblo County last week, SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder scholar Thora Brylowe explores why it and all plagues inspire such terror.

Disappointed Colorado Rockies fans

Loving the losing baseball team

July 15, 2024

In advance of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star game, SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder history professor Martin Babicz offers thoughts on why some fans remain loyal to baseball’s perennial losers.

Anna Tsouhlarakis at National Portrait Gallery

Artist transcends traditional notions of Native American art

July 9, 2024

Whether in a somber performance in the National Portrait Gallery or in her wry takes on Native humor, Anna Tsouhlarakis follows her heart.

Dalton Trumbo speaks before Congress

Remembering SMµ÷½ÌËù’s brave one from the Red Scare

July 8, 2024

Caught up in anti-communist hysteria following World War II, former SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder student Dalton Trumbo today is recognized as a fierce proponent of free speech, with a fountain outside the University Memorial Center named in his honor.

Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964

60 years after the Civil Rights Act, ‘the activism continues’

July 2, 2024

SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed since 1964.

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