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Mike Moore Chats Climate Impacts on Animal Mating Pressures

March 16, 2023

Showy traits like dark pigmentation on a dragonfly’s wings or a lion’s big, dark mane play a key role in how some animals choose a mate. New research suggests that climate change is making some classically attractive traits more difficult to pull off. Evolutionary Ecologist and Assistant Professor of Integrative...

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Groundbreaking Psilocybin Research in the Works from Jim Grigsby

March 16, 2023

For the first time ever, the National Cancer Institute is funding a study that will look into psilocybin's effect on the emotional and mental suffering of terminal cancer patients. Led by Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Stacy Fischer and Clinical Health Psychology Professor Jim Grigsby, the study will monitor patients...

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Stefes and Jose on Ukraine

March 2, 2023

Political Science Professor Christoph Stefes, and Associate Professor Betcy Jose, talk about the Russian and Ukrainian conflict one year after the Russian invasion. It has been one year since Russia invaded Ukraine 9News Denver , February 24

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Unidentified Aerial Phenomena According to Carly Leonard

March 2, 2023

Psychology Assistant Professor Carly Leonard talks about frequency bias or frequency illusion when it comes to the why it seems like we are seeing more balloons and other unidentified objects in the sky recently. Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR ), February 22

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Cameron Blevins Talks US Postal Service

March 2, 2023

An in-depth examination of the Postal Service's historic ups and downs with CTT History Associate Professor of History and Interim Director of Digital Initiatives, Cameron Blevins, author of Paper Trails: The U.S. Post and the making of the American West . Supreme Court takes another Colorado free speech case; Postal...

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Christmas Cinema Discussion from Andrew Scahill

Feb. 2, 2023

Assistant Professor of English Andrew Scahill was interviewed last month by LE FIGARO, the largest and oldest French publication (est. 1826), and one of the three newspapers "of the record" in France. The interview centered around Scahill’s love for holiday movies because he’s taught a class on Christmas movies as...

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Adam M. Lippert on Recession-Proofing Personal Finances

Feb. 2, 2023

To identify where unemployment claims are decreasing the most, even amid costly inflation, this article compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks. Broadening the scope, Assistant Professor of Sociology Adam M. Lippert was asked what people can...

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­Five Fridges Farm and Amanda Weaver Featured

Jan. 19, 2023

Regenerative agriculture is not just a topic in rural Colorado. It’s also the central focus of Geography and Environmental Sciences Senior Instructor Amanda Weaver’s 13-acre farm called Five Fridges, sandwiched between multi-family housing developments in the Denver metro area’s Wheat Ridge. An economic geographer by training, she now teaches classes...

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Diana Tomback on Genetic Resistance to Whitebark Rust as Hope for a Threatened Future

Jan. 19, 2023

Commenting on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s designation of whitebark pine as threatened with potential extinction, Diana Tomback, Biology Professor and Policy Director of the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation said, “We know how to find genetic resistance to white pine blister rust and there's a number of whitebark pine...

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Mobile Home Park Expert Esther Sullivan Weighs in on All Too Common Florida Situation

Jan. 19, 2023

Caribbean Isles represented an affordable retirement dream. Residents thought it would stay that way after they sold the park — and their protection. Previously, homeowners with shares in the park paid a small monthly fee for maintenance and management. When it came to major decisions about the park, they each...

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