Articles by Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine

A sense of community is key to higher graduation rates and other measures of academic success, participants in the Miramontes Arts and Sciences Program say.

CU Boulder graduate Alexander Williams is working to raise the profile of rap and hip-hop scholarship. From very early on, he found that music gave him a sense of hope, possibility and agency.

The real-life disappearance of Agatha Christie inspired Nina de Gramont—a one-time CU Boulder creative writing student, who now has a New York Times bestselling novel, “The Christie Affair.”

CU Boulder alumnus R.C. Mercure was instrumental in launching what became Ball Aerospace and other successful ventures.

Women’s history snapshot: Anna Louise Wolcott Vaile argued that social ills harming women could only be rectified with political power, which relied on women’s suffrage.

Women’s history snapshot: Patricia Rankin initially assumed when told she didn’t "look like a physicist," they were complimenting her on being well dressed.

CU Boulder’s Agnès Beaudry and Sean O’Rourke will use the support to advance homotopy theory and random matrix theory.

With colleagues at other institutions, Brett Fiedler, a physics-education and inclusive-design specialist, and PhET Interactive Simulations researcher, has been recognized for his work to help blind or visually-impaired people learn geometry.

At first glance, degrees in theater, religious studies and art history might not seem ideal for entrepreneurship. But alumnae Katie Wall and Courtney Jacobson say their classes were the perfect training ground for starting and running their new company, The Culture Biz, which builds culture and connection through intentional play.

As part of their capstone project for the Master’s of the Environment program, three graduate students worked with local communities to create a plan for the Mayhoffer Farm’s ongoing success.