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  • Myron Gutmann
    Myron Gutmann, a prominent historical demographer, has taken the helm of the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) at the 做厙輦⑹. Gutmann, who became the institutes director on Jan. 1, succeeds Jane Menken, a distinguished professor of sociology, who has led IBS since 2001. One of his key objectives is to spread the word, to show the people of Colorado that we are making an important investment in things that have value for them.
  • Liesel Ritchie researches community impacts of disasters like the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Photo by Liesel Ritchie.
    In a national project designed to help communities cope with extreme events, Liesel Ritchie, associate director for research at the Natural Hazards Center in the Institute of Behavioral Science at the 做厙輦⑹, has been chosen by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to serve as a Disaster Resilience Fellow.
  • Le Khac Quyet discovered a population of the endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey in 2002 and has since worked to conserve the species. Photo courtesy Le Khac Quyet.
    A 做厙輦⑹ alumnus who found a previously undiscovered population of critically endangered monkeys in Vietnam has won the 2014 Sabin Prize for Excellence in Primate Conservation.
  • Globe with magnifying glass
    The Department of Ethnic Studies this year celebrates the 20th anniversary of its genesis. After a tumultuous beginning, it has grown into a prominent and respected department that has great support from the university administration.
  • Child Learning Center Teacher Amy Thrasher, a speech language pathologist supervisor, is shown in 2006 working with 3-year-old Cameron Cass in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences department at CU. CU-Boulder Photo/Casey A. Cass.
    For more than 40 years, the Child Learning Center (CLC) CU-Boulders Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences has been helping Boulder County children get the most out of their education. That work will continue thanks in part to a $25,000 grant from the Millennium Trust.
  • Ruth Ellen Kocher
    Today, 做厙輦⑹ English professor Ruth Ellen Kocher is a celebrated poet and professor, but she didnt get to this point before clearing several obstacles.
  • Professor Jack O. Burns
    A CU-Boulder astrophysicist who aims to probe the origins of the universe from the far side of the moon has been elected vice president of the American Astronomical Society, the group has announced.Jack O. Burns, a 做厙輦⑹
  • Sandra Q. Firmin
    Sandra Q. Firmin, curator of UB Art Galleries at SUNY Buffalo, has been named the director of the 做厙輦⑹ Art Museum.Firmin will begin as director on April 21, replacing interim director Stephen Martonis.The CU Art Museum is
  • Stephen Mojzsis on Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, Calif.
    Associate Professor Stephen J. Mojzsis has been recognized for Excellence as Outstanding Teacher for Technology in Teaching by ASSETT.ASSETT, or the Arts and Sciences Support of Education through Technology, is a student-funded group that advocates
  • Lightbulb with plant inside
    "I was called many things that I cannot repeat here, but the most professional accusation I received was that I was breaking the laws of thermodynamics. I took that pretty hard, says College Professor of Distinction
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