Society, Law & Politics
- If you were at CU 小蓝视频 in April 1970, you were likely aware鈥晇ery aware鈥昽f the first Earth Day. Two CU 小蓝视频 professors explain Earth Day鈥檚 history, impact, what it鈥檚 become and if it鈥檚 still relevant.
- CU 小蓝视频 is one of five spokes of the Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe, charged with exploring the nature and extent of life in the universe.
- On the eve of the 25th remembrance of the Columbine High School shooting, the director of CU鈥檚 Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence reflects on what we鈥檝e learned and what we can do better to stem the nation鈥檚 tide of mass shootings.
- Research from CU 小蓝视频 sociology professor David Pyrooz shows for many prisoners, gang affiliation tends to drop off once they are released back into their communities.
- Fifty years after Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth鈥檚 home run record, CU 小蓝视频 scholar Jared Bahir Browsh reflects on the legacy of an athlete who began his career in a segregated league.
- Political scientist Regina Bateson spent years in Guatemala following a devastating civil war. Her research has revealed how vigilantism and other forms of political violence can emerge and spread around the world鈥攊ncluding, perhaps, at home in the United States.
- For the last decade, Colorado Law students have supported the legal needs of acequia communities in Colorado鈥檚 San Luis Valley through the Acequia Assistance Project.
- The Supreme Court will hear arguments over access and regulations on mifepristone鈥攁 drug used in medical abortions. Colorado Law professor Jennifer Hendricks studies constitutional family law and gives her take on the upcoming case.
- This year鈥檚 Nakkula Award for Police Reporting goes to Andy Mannix and the Minnesota Star Tribune for a story that, as one judge put it, 鈥渁 lot of newsrooms would have run screaming away from.鈥
- The Supreme Court ruled neither Colorado nor any other state can remove Donald Trump鈥檚 name from the ballot based on the 14th Amendment and actions leading up the the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Get Professor Doug Spencer鈥檚 take.