News & Features
Constructing Writing: Skills or Practices?
August 16th 2016
In Writing across Contexts: Transfer, Composition, and Sites of Writing, my colleagues Liane Robertson and Kara Taczak and I reported on a study demon
Feminist Politics and the Sounds of a Leader
August 2nd 2016
This moment requires us to ask not only how we define leadership but also what leaders sound like, what rhetorical gestures we expect them to make, an
Celebrity Cats of Colorado History
July 26th 2016
There is no doubt that Colorado is in the throes of feline frenzy.
The Cost of Becoming a Mother in Academia and to Academia
July 19th 2016
Last year, I attended a workshop for early career scientists focused on our polar regions, and the organizers did a splendid job at achieving gender d
Why Index?
July 12th 2016
Just when it seems that the book you’ve written is about to appear, the publisher writes with a query, “Will you be indexing the manuscript yourself,
Peter Berkery’s Remarks on the Tragedy in Orlando
July 5th 2016
Following are the remarks delivered June 16, 2016, at the Barnes Foundation by AAUP Executive Director Peter Berkery during the opening reception for
Darrin Pratt begins term as AAUP President
June 30th 2016
"We must see differently; it is, perhaps, the only requirement of the job." —Aaron A. Abeyta
The Battle of the Zoos
June 28th 2016
Denver’s Manhattan Beach opened on the northeast shore of Sloan’s Lake in June 1891, becoming Elitch Gardens' first competitor. Among its many enterta
Mike Amundson on the road with WYOMING REVISITED!
June 21st 2016
Mike Amundson will be traveling across Wyoming from June 23 to July 1 signing copies of Wyoming Revisited! Check out the schedule below. Wyoming R
Rumor, Panic, and the Zika Virus in the 2016 Olympics
June 21st 2016
It wasn’t long after the first reports of the Zika virus emerged from Brazil in May 2015 that the public started to panic.
Why It Is Worth Reconsidering the Common Sense about Bureaucracy
June 8th 2016
In 2008, the CIA declassified a World War II document titled the Simple Sabotage Field Manual. The SSFM was produced by the Office of Strategic Servic
"Tale of Tales": Basile's Brutal, Cruel, Immoral, and Just Plain Weird World on Screen
June 7th 2016
The Tale of Tales (Lo cunto de li cunti) is the first collection of fairy tales of the Western world (Naples, 1634–36). For all fairy tale fans, Basil
Publishing Industry Trends
May 31st 2016
At the Association of American University Presses Annual Meeting on June 18, 2016, I will facilitate an industry mastermind discussion on strengths, w
Conservation in the Anthropocene: A Collaborative Enterprise
May 24th 2016
President Obama has been busy of late, using the authorities granted to the Chief Executive through the 1906 Antiquities Act to designate a series of
NEH and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowships for Digital Publication
May 17th 2016
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the two largest funders of humanities research in the United Stat
Studying Astronomy in a Cultural Context
May 17th 2016
Anthony Aveni considers the recent story about the Canadian student who discovered a Maya city by placing a star map over a map of the Yucatán.
Herndon Davis DPL exhibit now open
May 15th 2016
Herndon Davis: Journalist and Painter at the Denver Public Library opened today with a reception and talk by Craig Leavitt and Thomas J Noel. The exhi
Child's Story
May 10th 2016
I’ll tell you a story, Mama. A boy goes on a journey, Mama. His mama says, “No journeys.”
The Forgotten Artist Who Painted the Unforgettable Face
May 3rd 2016
He painted Colorado's first widely known piece of public art. Probably a million people have stared into her big brown eyes and studied her Mona Lisa
When Five Seconds Is a Fence
April 26th 2016
I didn’t grow up being called a Jap. Little hapa haole girl who could pass for Latina or Native, I grew up during the 1970s in a place now called Port
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