Illustration of tree half thriving and half dead

‘Climate contrarianism’ is down but not out, expert says

Feb. 22, 2024

SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder’s Max Boykoff documents how the industry-funded Heartland Institute has morphed in the past decade.

Andrea Ghez and black hole illustration

Nobel Prize winner Andrea Ghez to give 53rd Gamow lecture

Feb. 21, 2024

Astrophysicist who confirmed black hole at galaxy’s center to speak March 5 at SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder.

Various actors playing Willy Loman

After 75 years, ‘Death of a Salesman’ still packs a gut punch

Feb. 20, 2024

SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder theatre professor Bud Coleman reflects on Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer-winning play and why it’s a story that still has meaning.

Maria Kazachenko and solar flare

The most outstanding solar-flare eruptions are not always the most influential

Feb. 15, 2024

A recent SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder study suggests that confined flares are more efficient at heating plasma and producing ionizing radiation than comparable eruptive flares.

Paul Nolte and Thomas Kaplan

Democracy is bound to get ‘rough,’ scholar says

Feb. 14, 2024

German historian Paul Nolte discusses what populist movements in the United States and Europe mean for liberal democracies during SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder colloquium.

Cassandra Brooks, Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña and Zephyr Sylvester jumping in Antarctica

SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder scientist shows expeditioners untamed Antarctica

Feb. 13, 2024

Cassandra Brooks, whom The Explorers Club has honored as an ‘extraordinary person’ doing ‘remarkable work to promote science and exploration,’ gives onsite lessons on the ‘vital’ ecosystem.

Shawn O'Neal with Motown album covers

And the Motown beat goes on

Feb. 12, 2024

Upon the 65th anniversary of the record label, SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder prof says that from Taylor Swift to K-pop, ‘It’s all Motown; they are not creating anything new.’

German historian Paul Nolte

Research colloquium addresses ongoing crisis of liberal democracy

Feb. 12, 2024

Eminent German historian Paul Nolte will discuss whether the golden age of democracy is over or whether it can escape collapse and recover.

Men of Steel by Samuel L. Margolies

Student-curated exhibit focuses on labor and the work of art

Feb. 9, 2024

‘(Art)work: Systems of Making’ opens with a celebration Friday afternoon at the SMµ÷½ÌËù Art Museum.

Chinese dragon sculpture

Lunar New Year begins auspicious, perhaps fertile, Year of the Dragon

Feb. 8, 2024

SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder Asian languages faculty Yingjie Li and Yu Zhang reflect on what some consider the luckiest year in the Chinese zodiac.

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