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CU-Boulder dance Professor Michelle Ellsworth is among a diverse group of 178 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship this year.
With the recent gift of $2 million worth of professional preservation and archiving equipment from Wyndham Hannaway, a visual鈥恊ffects specialist, film studies will be adding film preservation and archiving to impressive list of offerings. Hannaway鈥檚 Boulder company, GWH&A, has been a leader in creating professional imaging for film and media services for more than 30 years.
The Program in Nordic Studies has begun offering Finnish鈥恖anguage courses at the University of Colorado Boulder. It鈥檚 noteworthy because it鈥檚 such a rare language, and the courses are offered for full credit, which means the courses can satisfy a foreign鈥恖anguage requirement.
Start unraveling the annual 100 Navajo Rugs silent auction, one of the longest鈥恟unning, most successful fundraisers at the Museum of Natural History at the University of Colorado Boulder, and you鈥檒l eventually come to 鈥 Pepsi Cola. It鈥檚 quite a yarn.
Poet Kim Swendson is a collector of sorts, a gatherer of experiences with people she interacts with during the day. Asking the gas station attendant about his children, chatting with the barista about her weekend plans鈥 these daily interactions serve as inspiration for the stories and poetry Swendson writes.
Sue Baer loves to write, loves children and wants to help others. So it鈥檚 no surprise that her newest children鈥檚 book tackles a grown-up issue: children with autism. It鈥檚 one of many ways she and her husband, Barry, use their time and resources in the service of others.