Program for Writing and Rhetoric
- Public advocacy website envisioned by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· associate professor Laurie Gries tracks swastikas across the U.S. and offers resources to counter those hate-filled incidents.
- CU Next Award grant will fund initiatives to teach ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· students to use data to address pressing issues related to climate change in Colorado.
- Activism and Engaged Humanities Event Series will last throughout the year, with the first presentation on Sept. 21.
- Interdisciplinary, cross-college team at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· wins National Endowment for the Humanities Award.
- Danny Long’s students are getting a hands-on lesson in attention to detail as they compose, typeset and hand-print 118 poems for the elements of the Periodic Table.
- ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· students from across disciplines on campus can hone their writing skills—something most employers have been calling for in recent years—through the newly launched Interdisciplinary Certificate in Writing.
- For decades in the post-World War II era, it’s fair to say that the diet of most Americans became less and less local. With innovations ranging from the interstate highway system to affordable home refrigeration and freezing systems, it simply became easier to eat food that came from a state — or even a country — far, far away.
- Two first graders walk into a class. They open a science book they wrote together. They read it aloud to college students, who clap and ask questions. This is no joke. It’s a joint effort of a science-writing class at CU-Boulder and a first-grade class at Bear Creek Elementary School.