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Divestment from Israel may violate state laws – at least for public institutions. Private universities with large endowments may face other obstacles.
Ethnic minority auditors are less likely to become partners at accounting firms despite being better at their jobs than their white counterparts.
Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.
From dark dragonflies becoming paler to plants flowering earlier, some species are slowly evolving with the climate. Evolutionary biologists explain why few will evolve fast enough.
If an alert from the federal government popped up on your phone, did you notice it? Did you know who it was from? Did you trust it?
There is something near-miraculous in the concept of tiny creatures, weighing just grams, making tracks and traces so long ago, that are now evident in rock.
Proposed legislation would identify and protect African American cemeteries. But it wouldn’t cover the remains of thousands of Black people in museum collections.
Two scholars of cities explain why dense, urban areas will survive – and thrive – long after the pandemic ends, and even if they don’t get a bailout.
Coronavirus cases have risen sharply across the Mountain West, Midwest and plains. Over 70% of nonmetropolitan counties are now “red zones,” suggesting viral spread is out of control.
A team of researchers found the southernmost tree and forest on Earth at the extreme tip of South America. Wind limits where trees grow on Isla Hornos and those wind patterns are shifting.
Four researchers studied California’s shelter-in-place orders to figure out how many lives were saved by its early enactment. Here’s what they found.
Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.
The flu shot is a bargain – and people are more likely to get it if they know that.
Despite many Irish-Americans claiming Protestant descent, unionists throughout history have found their rallying cries falling on deaf ears.
These trackways preserve an incredibly brief moment in time. More importantly, they tell us about ancient climates, and how turtle breeding ranges have changed over the millenia
An anthropologist who’s researched the dispossession of Native Americans and their enduring connections to ancestral places sees the value in asking ‘whose land are you on?’
As measles cases surge, people blame parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. A sociologist who has studied public health says anti-vaxxers may not be so different from the rest of us.
Female-centred health services are good, but they may detract from gender equality and men’s health.
Biometrics are more secure than passwords – but when they’re compromised fingerprints and retina scans are hard to reset. Brain responses to specific stimuli are as secure and, crucially, resettable.
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Colorado Denver
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Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Professor of Communication, University of Colorado Denver
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Colorado Denver
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Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Colorado Denver
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Historic Preservation Officer, Central City, CO, University of Colorado Denver
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Professor of Geology, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Professor of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver
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Lecturer, Finance and Politics, Global Energy Management Program, University of Colorado Denver
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Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Colorado Denver
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Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado Denver
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Assistant Professor of Medicine-Infectious Disease, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Professor of Public Administration; Director, Center for Local Government, University of Colorado Denver
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Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Denver
