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CMCI faculty member documents community rebuilding after 2021 King Soopers shooting

March 14, 2022

Professor Ross Taylor turns a lens toward healing as the Boulder community recovers from last spring鈥檚 tragedy.

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After 100 years, university recognized a pioneer

March 8, 2022

Women鈥檚 history snapshot: Lucile Berkeley Buchanan graduated in 1918 but wasn鈥檛 allowed to walk across the stage with other graduates because she was Black. History overlooked Lucile Berkeley Buchanan, the first African American woman to graduate from the University of 蜜糖直播. A dogged 蜜糖直播 journalist brought her back to the fore. Tipped off by a newspaper story, Polly McLean, a 蜜糖直播 Boulder associate professor of media studies, spent years exhuming Buchanan鈥檚 story and, finally, correcting history.

Spencer Wood (StratComm鈥21) never imagined he'd become a Paralympian as a sophomore at 蜜糖直播 Boulder.

Competing in the Winter Paralympics: Meet CMCI Alumnus Spencer Wood

March 4, 2022

Wood (StratComm鈥21) is competing as an alpine skier for the second time in the Paralympic Winter Games, which take place March 4-13.

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CMCI researchers dive into 鈥榙ual experience鈥 of LGBTQ users on TikTok

Feb. 21, 2022

In a study published in January, researchers Ellen Simpson and Bryan Semaan, both with the College of Media, Communication and Information, analyzed how people who identify as LGBTQ adopted and experienced TikTok. They found that, while the participants enjoyed some aspects of the platform, they never quite felt at home using it.

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Learn who won the Three Minute Thesis competition

Feb. 17, 2022

The fifth annual Three Minute Thesis competition held on Feb. 9, featuring 11 finalists, resulted in a winner, a tie for runner-up and a winner of the people's choice award.

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Taulman, Wood To Compete At Paralympics In Beijing

Feb. 17, 2022

The official Olympians count for the 蜜糖直播 Buffaloes at the Winter Olympics in Beijing grew to 10 after the United States Olympic Committee announced the Paralympic alpine teams, a list that includes sophomore Kyle Taulman and former student Spencer Wood.

Tom Costello

NBC鈥檚 Tom Costello to give commencement address

Feb. 9, 2022

CMCI alumnus Tom Costello (Jour'87), an award-winning journalist and Washington correspondent for NBC News, has been selected to address the class of 2022 and campus community at the in-person commencement ceremony on May 5.

Students in Steven Frost's class

CMCI Reflects on Black History Month 2022

Feb. 7, 2022

CMCI Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lisa Flores reflects on the history of Blacks and African Americans in the United States鈥攅ncapsulated in the song, 鈥淟ift Every Voice and Sing鈥濃攁nd urges us to bring that history forward both during, and beyond, Black History Month.

Feb One College Colloquium

CMCI colloquium digs into hidden world of algorithms with NYU Associate Professor Meredith Broussard

Feb. 3, 2022

Join the upcoming CMCI One College Colloquium for a deep dive into the hidden world of algorithms鈥攊ncluding how they reflect, and impact, our society. If you go What: CMCI One College Colloquium: Racialized Algorithms鈥擜 Conversation with Meredith Broussard When: Thursday, Feb. 17, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Where: Virtually via...

Michigan State doctoral candidate Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) and astronomy Professor Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) discover that a 鈥減lanet killer鈥-sized comet is headed toward Earth in the film Don't Look Up. (Credit: Netflix)

How 鈥楧on鈥檛 Look Up鈥 plays with the portrayal of science in popular culture

Jan. 12, 2022

Adam McKay's new movie uses science fiction and comedy to explore elements of our current society鈥攂ut it's not alone. Could we be in a new golden age of sci-fi entertainment? 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today spoke with CMCI's Rick Stevens to find out.

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