Assyrian artifacts

Climate may have helped crumble one of the ancient world’s most powerful civilizations

Nov. 18, 2019

New research suggests it was climate-related drought that built the foundation for the collapse of one of the most powerful civilizations in the ancient world—the Assyrian Empire, whose heartland was based in today’s northern Iraq.

CU Law Professor Ming Chen wrote a piece for The Conversation about a backlog in U.S. citizenship applications and what that means for civil and voting rights. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

Faculty expertise amplified by new membership in The Conversation

Nov. 14, 2019

CU Boulder has joined leading Association of American Universities peers by becoming a member of The Conversation, an independent, nonprofit publisher of analysis and commentary by academics, edited by journalists for the general public.

Smoke stacks in New York City

Climate change already damaging health of world’s children

Nov. 13, 2019

A new report finds that children are at serious risk from a number of climate change impacts, including crop failures and worsening air quality.

People protesting in Washington, D.C.

Editor’s choice podcast remix: Our best on politics, concussions and impeachment

Nov. 13, 2019

We’re going on a break. On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we take a look back at interviews we’ve done on politics, concussions and impeachment. We plan to be back early next year with fresh, big ideas!

Sens. Orrin Hatch, left, and Chuck Grassley, right, seen during a U.S. Senate hearing.

In congressional hearings, some are more equal than others

Nov. 12, 2019

An analysis by CU Boulder linguist Chase Raymond and others has found that U.S. Senate chairpersons can add bias to hearings through how much they speak during hearings.

A cell phone

Want to know your mental health status? There’s an app for that

Nov. 12, 2019

CU Boulder researchers have developed a new mobile app that categorizes mental health status based on speech patterns. Ultimately, it could be used as an adjunct for in-person therapy or to help monitor patients from afar.

Karl Linden looks at a bacterial culture in his lab.

Engineering a world of safer water

Nov. 11, 2019

Karl Linden believes that wherever you are in the world, you should be able to turn on a tap and receive clean drinking water. He's working on new ways to make that happen.

Ensign Mary F. Waters and Lt. Wm. J. Sweeny check a 20 mm canon at Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard in Massachusetts in 1944.

‘Making Waves’: Documentary follows women at war

Nov. 11, 2019

As the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches and airwaves begin to ïŹll with stories of distant battles won and the brave men who fought them, Kathleen M. Ryan, a documentary ïŹlmmaker and associate professor of journalism, is focused on the veteran women who helped make those victories possible.

students sit across from each other at table during New Venture Challenge kickoff

A new kind of MBA for a new stage of the startup boom

Nov. 8, 2019

How does the startup boom keep growing? With the help of a new type of MBA designed for the next phase of business.

Capitol building

Shifting political sands: What we can learn from swing states, history and a diverse candidate field

Nov. 6, 2019

What do changing demographics look like for swing states in 2020? How about candidate demographics? We’ll take a look at that, and a look back at the history of impeachment, in this episode of the Brainwaves podcast.

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