Mike Gil

Ecological body names CU Boulder’s Mike Gil an early career fellow

May 1, 2024

Ecological Society of America recognizes scientist for making ‘outstanding contributions’ to the field.

Houndstongue seeds

Houndstongue is a noxious, poisonous weed with nasty seeds and pretty flowers

April 30, 2024

Professor Emeritus takes a closer look at beautiful weeds with a lethal potential to kill livestock, and even, humans.

yellow sunflowers

Fighting infection with some help from bacteria

April 23, 2024

A CU Boulder-led study of sunflowers shows that their genes relate to the abundance of bacteria associated with resistance against one of the pathogens that causes white mold.

Mexican pesos and U.S. dollars

The U.S. labor market can affect ‘people who are not even here,’ research finds

April 22, 2024

A recently published paper co-authored by Brian Cadena finds deep connections between the U.S. and Mexican economies.

Top half of Ramses II stone statue

Archaeologists unearth top half of Ramesses II

April 17, 2024

Team co-led by CU Boulder classics researcher unearths the upper portion of a huge, ancient pharaonic statue whose lower half was discovered in 1930; Ramessess II was immortalized in Percy Bysshe Shelly’s ‘Ozymandias.'

Naomi Oreskes

The climate crisis is a market failure, noted expert says

April 15, 2024

Harvard scholar Naomi Oreskes, the 2024 Patricia Sheffels Visiting Scholar in Environmental Studies, highlights how free market fundamentalism has thwarted the science of climate change.

Cosmic cliffs of Carina Nebula

Is there life out there? Scientists and philosophers aim to find out

April 10, 2024

CU Boulder is one of five ‘spokes’ of the Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe, charged with exploring the nature and extent of life in the universe.

Man in orange jumpsuit holding prison bars

Gang ties don’t always bind

April 9, 2024

Research from CU Boulder sociology professor shows that for many prisoners, gang affiliation tends to drop off once they are released back into their communities .

Hank Aaron hitting 715th home run

Remembering 715, a number that transcended baseball

April 8, 2024

Fifty years after Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record, CU Boulder scholar reflects on the legacy of an athlete who began his career in a segregated league.

Crime scene tape and police cars with lights on

Understanding crime through both victims and offenders

April 3, 2024

The new edition of CU Boulder Professor Jill Turanovic’s book explains how and why victimization happens, as well as what can be done about it.

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