Arts & Humanities

  • <p>It’s not every day you get to work with a Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist as a college student. It’s even less often that you share the same alma mater. When the sixth season of the Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØNew Opera Workshop, or Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØNOW, kicks off this month, one of the opera professionals mentoring composition students knows Boulder well. Mark Campbell, a 1975 graduate of the Department of Theatre and Dance, is coming back to campus for the first time in 40 years.</p>
  • <p>When you’re a master’s candidate, in your final semester, you don’t have a lot of time for yourself. Your days are spent writing, researching, neglecting to sleep. And when you’re working toward your master’s in music, a good chunk of your day is spent practicing.</p>
    <p>That said, sometimes an opportunity presents itself that’s so good—an opportunity that will demand weeks of your precious time—that turning it down isn’t an option.</p>
  • Fred Anderson
    <p>Professor Fred Anderson of the Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ history department has been awarded the 2015 Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the university.</p>
    <p>Since 1992, the Hazel Barnes Prize has been awarded each year to a CU-Boulder faculty member who best exemplifies the enriching interrelationship between teaching and research, and whose work has had a significant impact on students, faculty, colleagues and the university.</p>
  • Limerick as the University Fool with Harvard President in 1983
    <p>University of Colorado Professor Patty Limerick will review nearly four decades of service as University Fool and reflect on the value of humor on April Fools’ Day.</p>
  • Detail of event poster
    <p>Up for a romantic Valentine’s Day evening? Then head to the Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂ﯉۪s Fiske Planetarium to <em>Relativity for Lovers – A Valentine’s Day Among the Stars</em>, for music, film and a talk on the genius of Albert Einstein.</p>
  • <p>Cities that host bike-to-work events as their sole effort to increase commuter travel by bicycle may be missing a larger -- perhaps more valuable -- opportunity, according to a study involving the <a href="http://www.colorado.edu">Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ</a> and led by the <a href="http://www.ucdenver.edu/pages/ucdwelcomepage.aspx">University of Colorado Denver</a>.</p>
    <p>Local governments should use bike-to-work days to find out from participants why they’re attending and -- more importantly -- what prevents them from biking more often, according to the study.</p>
  • Eklund gift
    <p>Longtime Boulder resident Paul N. Eklund has made a transformative gift to the opera program at the College of Music at the Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ that, combined with additional university commitments, establishes a $2 million endowment for the program, to be renamed the Eklund Family Opera Program in honor of the gift.</p>
  • Utah v Colorado homecoming poster
    <p>Not everybody or everything makes it to 100, but the Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ Homecoming is about to reach that centennial mark. On Nov. 7, 1914, Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØtook on Utah to win 33-0 in the first Homecoming featuring an intercollegiate matchup.</p>
    <p>This year, from Oct. 22 to 25, CU-Boulder will host hundreds of guests at dozens of major events. In addition to the traditional football game and parade, the celebration will include a concert, an alumni lecture series, affinity reunions and college and school gatherings.</p>
  • <p>CU-Boulder alumni Michele (Mikhy) and Mike Ritter have a deep love for CU-Boulder. They've recently made a trailblazing gift to the classical guitar program in the College of Music that, combined with a commitment from the Office of the Chancellor, will endow and name the program.</p>
  • <p>As his country continues to suffer from civil war, terrorism and atrocities, renowned Syrian-American composer and pianist <a href="https://malekjandali.com/">Malek Jandali</a> will bring his message of peace and human rights to CU-Boulder with a lecture and public concert on Sept. 29.</p>
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