Arts & Humanities

  • Extremely low water levels at Blue Mesa Reservoir in Colorado’s Curecanti National Recreation Area
    A woeful winter and searing spring have thrust a spotlight on climate journalism. The Water Desk, an initiative of Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder's College of Communication, Media, Design and Information, helps reporters throughout the West cover complex water issues.
  • A group of students and researchers observe the landscape on a mountaintop
    A new partnership between Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder's NEST Studio for the Arts and the Mountain Research Station makes interdisciplinarity a daily practice, bringing artists and scientists together to witness environmental change from new perspectives.
  • Trojan horse and soldiers in the new film adaptation of 'The Odyssey'
    With Christopher Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" now in theaters, Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder classics scholar John Gibert explains why Homer's epic continues to resonate thousands of years after it was written.
  • Megan O'Grady
    Calling it an "unusual and risky" work, former New York Times art critic and Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Professor Megan O'Grady fuses memoir and art criticism in a book that's drawing fans and kudos.
  • Julie Carr
    Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder poet Julie Carr explores themes of time, war, Jewishness, memory, techno-biology, friendship and grief in her recently published book "The Garden."
  • Tim Orr gets up close and personal with a friendly dog during auditions
    Fans of canines and Shakespeare will have the ultimate experience this summer at "Shakespeare in Love," whose cast includes dogs from recent auditions on the Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder campus.
  • child playing piano
    The path is not linear, but some young musician end up playing later in life, many starting, stopping and resuming in adulthood. Genetics and home environments play differing roles, Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder research finds.
  • Nicholas Perna working with students
    A newly funded interdisciplinary collaboration will examine why it's difficult to adapt to singing in Colorado and provide best practices for singers who tour through or move to the state—to keep their voices healthy and adapt to singing at altitude with efficiency.
  • Beavers in a new animated Pixar movie
    Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder alum Emily Fairfax shared her scientific expertise as the beaver consultant on the new Pixar film "Hopper."
  • Kirk Ambrose on a pilgrimage
    Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Professor Kirk Ambrose set out to better understand art, doubt and medieval pilgrimages, but his 800-mile walk has modern implications.
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