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Women are more used to making decisions about their own health and the health of their families, says Sociology Professor Jennifer Reich. She believes that women are more likely to be in contact with health services as part of the process of searching for health-related information, which could be the...

Diana F. Tomback, Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, has made a career of whitebark pine research. Whitebark pine is “providing a food resource, for example, and a lot of different birds and small mammals will use the seeds. It’s protecting snowpack, which leads to more consistent downstream flow...

Obtaining a precise Air Quality Index (AQI) measurement can be hard to do in smaller communities due to the necessary-but-costly monitoring equipment. Ben Crawford, Assistant Professor in Geography and Environmental Sciences, said Colorado cities determine AQI with specific regulatory stations. “They look like trailers, and they’re full of instruments to...

Of the more than 1,300 now sunken graves that surround the memorial site in Evergreen Cemetery, about 80 percent were dug for Irish immigrants, and almost half for children younger than 12, said Jim Walsh, historian for the memorial project and Clinical Associate Professor of Political Science, who has researched...

Author and Assistant Professor of Sociology Esther Sullivan has spent 12 years researching the inequalities plaguing America’s mobile home residents. “Zoning has kept mobile home parks situated along interstates and highways, in industrial and commercial zones, and it has kept them out of residential neighborhoods, making them far more at...

“Limited childcare access is harmful for parents and particularly for mothers with young preschool-age kids,” said Assistant Professor of Economics Chloe East. “If we were to reopen childcare more than we have, I would expect to see an increase in work effort among parents, but again especially mothers.” Amid Staff...

For years, Colorado was in a middle ground for introducing new immigrant-inclusive policies while dealing with past policy implications, said Edelina Burciaga, Sociology Assistant Professor. Now, she said the state has become a leader in pro-immigrant legislation. “I would kind of put Colorado more on the continuum of states that...

Assistant Integrative Biology Professor Brian Buma's explorations and research in southern Cape Horn were featured in National Geographic Magazine last month, highlighting the finding and documentation of the world's southernmost trees. These forests grow on the inhospitable island of Isla Hornos, one of the top 10 windiest places in the...

Early in Denver’s history, working-class neighborhoods tended to have higher KKK membership rates because those people were more likely to live near or work with immigrants, Jews, Catholics and Blacks, said Tom Noel, Professor of History, during a discussion hosted by History Colorado. The KKK ruled Denver a century ago...

“There are a lot of flaws and gaps in the unemployment insurance system that were revealed in COVID but have always been there,” said Assistant Professor of Economics Chloe East. Automatic Aid for the People? How Jobless Benefits Can Fit the Economy. The New York Times , April 27