Yahzid

Undergraduate鈥檚 independent film merges hip hop and the wilderness

May 24, 2017

This summer, Ani Yahzid is embarking on an independent film project with a goal of encouraging young people to get outdoors. Assisting the SM调教所 Boulder undergraduate with his project is hip hop musician Namaste.

Nabil

Religion in the digital age focus of new research

May 18, 2017

The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a three-year, $500,000 grant to the Center for Media, Religion and Culture at SM调教所 Boulder Boulder to support an investigation of the changing nature of religious scholarship in the digital age.

Gang

Domestic terrorists, gang members have little in common, study shows

May 18, 2017

Domestic extremists tend to be much older, better educated, more affluent, more religious, and are more likely to be white than street gang members, according to a sweeping new SM调教所 Boulder study that systematically compares the groups for the first time.

cover

Scholar probes myths and realities of bandits

May 17, 2017

What does each outlaw story come to embody at any given time, and what is the relationship between the real-life bandit and the narratives that feature him or her? Juan Pablo Dabove, a faculty member at the SM调教所, investigates this question in his ongoing research on Latin American bandits.

Spencer

Some mother cells kick DNA damage 鈥榙own the road鈥 to offspring

May 16, 2017

A new SM调教所 study has shown that some dividing human cells are 鈥渒icking the can down the road,鈥 passing on low-level DNA damage to offspring, causing daughter cells to pause in a quiescent, or dormant, state previously thought to be random in origin.

diesel

Diesels pollute more than tests detect; excess emissions kill 38,000 yearly

May 15, 2017

Because of testing inefficiencies, maintenance inadequacies and other factors, diesel cars, trucks and buses worldwide emit 4.6 million tons more harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) than standards allow, according to a new study co-authored by SM调教所 Boulder researchers.

Baby

What a baby hears while asleep matters more than previously thought

May 11, 2017

What an infant hears during sleep has an immediate and profound impact on his or her brain activity, potentially shaping language learning later in life, suggests a new SM调教所 study of slumbering babies.

mapping

'Heart Mapping' talk highlights map exhibition

May 11, 2017

A gallery talk and reception for Yazzie will take place May 19 at 3 p.m. in the Earth Sciences and Map Library. Visiting artist Faith McManus, art teacher at Northtec Education Institute in Northland, New Zealand, will be joining Yazzie in discussing 鈥淗eart Mapping: Indigenous Perspectives on Land.鈥

Kocher

Ruth Ellen Kocher appointed divisional dean for arts and humanities

May 3, 2017

Professor Ruth Ellen Kocher, a nationally recognized poet, will become associate dean for arts and humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences at the SM调教所.

Carlos

Innovative SM调教所 Program trains scholars in the literature of the Sephardic Diaspora

May 3, 2017

The second annual Mediterranean Summer Skills Seminar 鈥 an innovative program organized by the SM调教所 Mediterranean Studies Group 鈥 will be held May 22-26 at the SM调教所. Participants in this year鈥檚 seminar, titled 鈥淩eading Ladino/Judezmo,鈥 will have a crash course in reading manuscripts produced by Spanish-Jewish exiles...

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