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In a new rom-com, Scarlett Johansson plays a PR maven hired to film a fake version of the moon landing. Media scholar Rick Stevens gives his take on why conspiracy theories around the moon landing have such staying power.

Brooke Marten is engineering a better environment, focused on what happens to trash after it is carted off to the landfill—and ways to turn it into a valuable product.

Whether in a somber performance in the National Portrait Gallery or in her wry takes on Native humor, Assistant Professor of art and art history Anna Tsouhlarakis follows her heart.

Large portions of the West, including parts of Colorado, are reeling from extreme temperatures this week. CU expert Colleen Reid, who studies the health impacts from natural disasters, explains the unique hazards of prolonged heat waves and what people and communities can do to handle them.

Last summer, the Sphinx Performance Academy brought 22 high school-age music students to campus for an intensive 10-day residency emphasizing cultural diversity. This month, it’s déjâ vu as auditioned youth engage in lessons, master classes and more.

Caught up in anti-communist hysteria following World War II, former student Dalton Trumbo today is recognized as a fierce proponent of free speech. CU’s Bronson Hilliard discusses why Trumbo’s legacy remains important today.

Beginning Aug. 1, LGBTQ+ students across the United States are poised to earn unprecedented federal protection from discrimination under a proposed overhaul of Title IX. CU Boulder Today got researcher Chelsea Kilimnik's take on how the new rules, and the fierce pushback against them, could impact students' mental health.

Sixty years later, the Civil Rights Act is still considered a landmark of U.S. legislation, but does it mean today what it did in 1964? CU Boulder scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed in the decades since the act was signed into law.

The first comprehensive analysis of recent book bans in the U.S. reveals that characters and authors of color are more likely to be targeted by book bans than their white counterparts.

In an era of increased tech market turbulence, the network engineering field—the backbone of the internet—can’t fill jobs fast enough.