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Dr. Cameron Blevins gives insights on US Post history for UnHerd article - "How mailmen saved rural America"

Dec. 10, 2024

At the core of this social trust were institutions, like the Post Office, that for Blevins represent the veritable cartilage and guts of the nation. “The US Post,” he says, “is a model of what an effective government could be.” The Postal Service most certainly stayed close to the expanding...

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History graduate, Chandler Stark, appointed the Gary Sinise Foundation Oral Historian

Chandler Stark, who graduated in 2022 with an MA from the History Department, has been appointed the Gary Sinise Foundation Oral Historian at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. As an MA student at CU Denver, Chandler focused on the histories of US Foreign Policy and the...

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Gabriel Finkelstein Lectures in Canada and France on the History of Medicine

Sept. 27, 2024

Last spring, Gabriel Finkelstein spoke at two foreign conferences. On March 15, 2024 he delivered the keynote address to the 33rd annual History of Medicine Days at the University of Calgary, where he also served as judge and committee chair. Then on May 31, 2024, he gave a talk titled...

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Public History Students Collaborate with East High School Museum Club

Sept. 26, 2024

In the past two years, students in Dr. Peter Kopp's museum studies and public history courses have collaborated with members of East High School's Museum Club (along with teacher Matt Fulford, a CU Denver alum) to catalog historical objects and curate a series of exhibits in the school's foyer. Graduate...

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Rachel Gross Recounts History of Walking Sticks and Trekking Poles

April 21, 2024

Rachel Gross, Assistant Professor of History, recently recounted the history of walking sticks and trekking poles for the Denver Post: " For her new book, Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America , Gross researched the history of recreational gear and its...

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Rachel Gross' Book, Shopping All the Way to the Woods, Reviewed by Wall Street Journal

March 30, 2024

The Wall Street Journal published a positive review of Rachel Gross's new book, Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America , on March 25, 2024. Rachel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History. You can find the review here .

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Peter Kopp on Fabián García, the Father of the New Mexico Chile

Sept. 28, 2023

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...

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Fun Fact About Colorado Actually Being the Largest State from Tom Noel

Aug. 30, 2023

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...

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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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Advances in Hiking Footwear from Rachel Gross

July 14, 2022

Talk to almost any serious hiker or outdoor-gear enthusiast these days and you’ll hear the same story: stiff and heavy hiking boots are out, flexible and lightweight trail runners are in. “Elite hikers, long-distance hikers — no one is wearing boots above the ankle,” said History Assistant Professor Rachel Gross...

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