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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“Past research linked the introduction of the oral contraceptive pill in the 1960s to women’s college completion, but it was unclear whether improvements in access to contraception in the contemporary U.S. would yield similar results,” said Health and Behavioral Sciences Professor and lead author, Sara Yeatman. Her study, published in...