Faculty in Focus
- The use of fats from python hearts on mammals and the cardiovascular differences between females and males are at the core of the acclaimed research by Professor Leslie Leinwand.
- Beth Osnes, associate professor of theater, approaches engaged scholarship by putting theory into practice (praxis) among communities, a topic she'll discuss Nov. 16.
- It’s been many years since Melanie Yazzie made the painting that set the course of her career. But the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder professor vividly remembers the joy she felt the day she painted a blue elephant.
- Kimberly Drennan had two goals in summer 2014, and neither involved starting a business. Now she's CEO of a Boulder-based startup that helps commercial beekeepers remotely monitor hive health.
- Ricarose Roque's research explores how to design inclusive learning experiences that enable young people to create and express themselves with new technologies and media.
- Leading up to his Best Should Teach keynote Aug. 31, Nobel laureate Thomas Cech discusses working with scores of first-year students and how the experience makes him a better scientist.
- The Art and Art History Department is celebrating the life, work and hundredth birthday of one of its formative faculty members, Lynn R. Wolfe. An exhibition of Wolfe's work runs through Aug. 31.
- A leading researcher in quantitative biology, Assistant Professor Sabrina Spencer has made a name for herself in her field through hard work and a dynamic view on cellular research.
- Rick Stevens shares his experiences from this year's Denver Comic Con, which saw the largest attendance since the initial event in 2012.
- Bruce Lee conquered generations of unflattering stereotypes about Asian men, and ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder professor Daryl Maeda says the martial arts star is overdue for a deeper analysis than he's received in existing biographical works.