Jamie Hodgkins, Associate Professor of Anthropology, has been interviewed by another archaeologist about her review of the Homo Naledi research for a YouTube channel (39,476 views). An international podcast called Science VS. (#1 science podcast on Spotify) also interviewed her for its most recent episode .

Michael Moore, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology, led a study analyzing data on 800 species of insects around the world and discovered that flying insects (many of them pollinators) are migrating at slower rates than their non-flying counterparts and appear to be dying at faster rates. That includes many insect...

Peter Kopp, Associate Professor in History, commented on the impact of Fabián García, a Mexican-American horticulturist who pioneered new ways to grow food in the hot and dry conditions of the American Southwest and became known as the father of the New Mexico chile. “[García] transformed the physical landscape, and...

Alan Sumler, lecturer in Modern Languages, weighs in on whether the Ancient Romans consumed cannibis. Sumler found enough references to the reefer in Greek, Latin and Roman texts to write a book about it in 2018: Cannabis in the Ancient Greek and Roman World . According to Sumler, there is...

James Walsh, Clinical Teaching Track Assistant Professor in Political Science, says unions are seeing a surge in power thanks in part to low unemployment that puts workers more in demand and anger over CEOs and their huge salaries, which are on average 350 times higher than salaries of average workers...

On Sept. 6, The New Yorker named John Tinnell's recently published book, The Philosopher of Palo Alto , one of “The Best Books We’ve Read this Week,” and the magazine featured a review of the book in its September 11 issue. A second review of his book just appeared in...

A detailed review of evidence, slated to be published in the Journal Evolutionary Anthropology , challenges the obstetrical dilemma - the theory of trade‐off between selection for a larger birth canal (permitting successful passage of a big‐brained human neonate) and the smaller pelvic dimensions required for bipedal locomotion. In the...

Tom Noel, Emeritus Professor of History, recently said one fun fact many people don’t know about Colorado, the 38th state, is that the mountains serve like tentpoles, keeping the land mass from being bigger than it would be if it were flat. “If it were not for all of the...

Jamie Hodgkins, Associate Professor of Anthropology, is one of four scientists who voiced concerns about the research behind the recent, popular Netflix documentary Cave of Bones . In the documentary high-profile researchers say small-brained Homo naledi exhibited advanced behaviors such as burials. But the peer-reviewers of the paper making those...

Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activities and Economics Professor Laura Argys said the City of Golden’s change to a four-day work week might increase worker retention and productivity. She also says that employees are unlikely to exploit their employer's largess, noting employees will not risk this attractive opportunity through...