Man looking at photos of people disappeared in Nepal's civil war

Pursuing long-awaited justice for victims of Nepal's 'People's War'

Sept. 20, 2024

Nepal’s revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond ‘ritualism’ to deliver justice to civil war victims.

Mexican American women working on farm in Texas in 1939

New research quantifies effects of lynchings of Mexicans and Mexican Americans on the wider community

Sept. 20, 2024

Study by economists is thought to be the first to quantitively estimate the effects of racial terror against Mexicans in the U.S. on U.S.-born Mexican Americans.

Rai Farrelly and Ukraine and U.S. flags

Building bridges between Boulder and Ukraine

Sept. 18, 2024

CU scholar Rai Farrelly is partnering with English language teachers in Ukraine this semester through a U.S. Department of State program.

Cooper Baldwin

Scholar learns that ‘language links us all’

Sept. 5, 2024

Political science undergrad Cooper Baldwin wins prestigious U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to learn ‘one of the most critical languages for future United States policy.'

Cover of EA Sports College Football 25 video game

Does that player in the video game look familiar?

Aug. 26, 2024

Fifteen years after Ed O’Bannon’s groundbreaking lawsuit, college athletes continue to benefit from greater control of their name, image and likeness.

Red exit sign in Hindi and English

From harmony to civil war: when language turns deadly

Aug. 26, 2024

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê political scientist Jaroslav Tir argues it’s not just what a government says about its ethnic minorities, but also the language it uses that can be threatening.

Richard Nixon giving speech resigning the presidency

Remembering Nixon’s resignation, five decades later

Aug. 8, 2024

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê political science professor Kenneth Bickers reflects on what made the ex-president’s decision to step down following the Watergate scandal a watershed moment in American history and how it has influenced politics today.

Kamala Harris at a rally in Wisconsin

Who is Kamala Harris?

Aug. 6, 2024

Kamala Harris’ identity as a biracial woman is either a strength or a weakness, depending on whom you ask.

Riders get on Denver bus

Free bus fare didn’t yield better air

July 29, 2024

New research by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê PhD student Grant Webster finds that the free-fare public transit initiative didn’t reduce ground-level ozone, but may have other benefits.

Olympics fans

Carrying a torch for country and sports

July 25, 2024

As the 2024 Olympics begin in Paris, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê scholar Jared Bahir Browsh considers how nationalism can inform and influence the games.

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