/today/ en /today/2025/10/09/were-still-tasting-spice-1960s-sci-fi <span>We're still tasting the spice of 1960s sci-fi</span> <span><span>Elizabeth Lock</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-10-09T12:29:51-06:00" title="Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 12:29">Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:29</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-10/Dune%20fan%20art%20by%20Henrik%20Sahlstro%CC%88m.jpg?h=2de4b702&amp;itok=Nlkb6uay" width="1200" height="800" alt="A brown-hued illustration shows figures walking over a mound toward a light, carrying large instruments. In the distance is giant snake shape coiled."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/8"> Arts &amp; Humanities </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>With this year marking the 60th anniversary of "Dune," CU Boulder's Benjamin Robertson discusses the book's popular appeal while highlighting the dramatic changes science fiction experienced following its publication.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>With this year marking the 60th anniversary of "Dune," CU Boulder's Benjamin Robertson discusses the book's popular appeal while highlighting the dramatic changes science fiction experienced following its publication.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/08/29/were-still-tasting-spice-1960s-sci-fi`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 09 Oct 2025 18:29:51 +0000 Elizabeth Lock 55435 at /today /today/2025/10/03/long-live-king-modern-music <span>Long live the King in modern music</span> <span><span>Elizabeth Lock</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-10-03T11:47:44-06:00" title="Friday, October 3, 2025 - 11:47">Fri, 10/03/2025 - 11:47</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-10/B.B._King_3011710058.jpg?h=f70b5566&amp;itok=gavES05s" width="1200" height="800" alt="A black and white photo shows B.B. King holding an electric guitar and standing near a microphone."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/8"> Arts &amp; Humanities </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>In what would have been B.B. King's 100th birthday year, CU Boulder music scholar Shawn O'Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>In what would have been B.B. King's 100th birthday year, CU Boulder music scholar Shawn O'Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/09/30/long-live-king-modern-music`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:47:44 +0000 Elizabeth Lock 55413 at /today /today/2025/08/27/prof-focuses-brothers-behind-fairy-tales <span>Prof focuses on the brothers behind the fairy tales</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-08-27T07:59:42-06:00" title="Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - 07:59">Wed, 08/27/2025 - 07:59</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/Ann_Schmiesing_Provost_Cabinet_Portraits_PC0105-2.jpg?h=b4fb5620&amp;itok=8qPZOo9P" width="1200" height="800" alt="Ann Schmiesing"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/8"> Arts &amp; Humanities </a> </div> <span>Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>CU Boulder’s Ann Schmiesing, professor of German and Scandinavian studies, has published the first English-language biography in more than five decades on Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>CU Boulder’s Ann Schmiesing, professor of German and Scandinavian studies, has published the first English-language biography in more than five decades on Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/08/25/prof-focuses-brothers-behind-fairy-tales`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:59:42 +0000 Megan Maneval 55153 at /today /today/2025/08/11/one-hit-wondering-who-let-dogs-out <span>One-hit wondering: Who let the dogs out?</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-08-11T10:00:31-06:00" title="Monday, August 11, 2025 - 10:00">Mon, 08/11/2025 - 10:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-08/Baha%20Men.jpg?h=d1588070&amp;itok=ydxNCF32" width="1200" height="800" alt="Baha Men performing on stage"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/8"> Arts &amp; Humanities </a> </div> <span>Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>"Who Let The Dogs Out," the Baha Men hit released 25 years ago, occupies a distinctive spot in music and sports history, along with "Macarena" and other novelty "ear worms."</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>"Who Let The Dogs Out," the Baha Men hit released 25 years ago, occupies a distinctive spot in music and sports history, along with "Macarena" and other novelty "ear worms."</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/08/07/one-hit-wondering-who-let-dogs-out`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:00:31 +0000 Megan Maneval 55041 at /today /today/2025/07/25/what-can-taylor-swift-tell-us-about-authors-rights <span>What can Taylor Swift tell us about authors' rights?</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-25T06:38:22-06:00" title="Friday, July 25, 2025 - 06:38">Fri, 07/25/2025 - 06:38</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-07/TS.jpg?h=4d21db13&amp;itok=SBVEsIbS" width="1200" height="800" alt="Taylor Swift at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/8"> Arts &amp; Humanities </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>In this edition of "Unlocking Scholarly Publishing," the University Libraries dive into pop star Taylor Swift's journey into becoming a champion for author's rights.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>In this edition of "Unlocking Scholarly Publishing," the University Libraries dive into pop star Taylor Swift's journey into becoming a champion for author's rights.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://libraries.colorado.edu/2025/07/18/what-can-taylor-swift-tell-us-about-authors-rights`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:38:22 +0000 Megan Maneval 54990 at /today /today/2025/07/16/and-awayto-another-superman-movie <span>Up, up and away...to another Superman movie</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-16T13:12:11-06:00" title="Wednesday, July 16, 2025 - 13:12">Wed, 07/16/2025 - 13:12</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-07/AdobeStock_242988433.jpeg?h=e5511ae4&amp;itok=00Fm02BE" width="1200" height="800" alt="Superman"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/8"> Arts &amp; Humanities </a> </div> <span>Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>CU Boulder's William Kuskin, who teaches a course on comics and graphic novels, considers Superman's enduring appeal as Hollywood debuts a new adaptation about the Man of Steel.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>CU Boulder's William Kuskin, who teaches a course on comics and graphic novels, considers Superman's enduring appeal as Hollywood debuts a new adaptation about the Man of Steel.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/07/09/and-away-another-superman-movie`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:12:11 +0000 Megan Maneval 54953 at /today /today/2025/06/23/we-still-need-bigger-boat <span>We still need a bigger boat</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-06-23T09:45:29-06:00" title="Monday, June 23, 2025 - 09:45">Mon, 06/23/2025 - 09:45</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-06/Great_white_shark_south_africa.jpg?h=203dd96a&amp;itok=djrfyJD4" width="1200" height="800" alt="great white shark in South Africa"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/8"> Arts &amp; Humanities </a> </div> <span>Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Fifty years after "Jaws" made swimmers flee the ocean, CU Boulder cinema scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz explains how the 1975 summer hit endures as a classic.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Fifty years after "Jaws" made swimmers flee the ocean, CU Boulder cinema scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz explains how the 1975 summer hit endures as a classic.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/06/17/we-still-need-bigger-boat`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:45:29 +0000 Megan Maneval 54871 at /today /today/2025/05/22/gem-collection-sister-mary-dominic-ray <span>A gem of the collection: Sister Mary Dominic Ray</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-05-22T12:53:57-06:00" title="Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 12:53">Thu, 05/22/2025 - 12:53</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-05/SisterMaryPhoto.JPEG?h=274318f1&amp;itok=umU6GtsK" width="1200" height="800" alt="Sister Mary Dominic Ray in habit"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/8"> Arts &amp; Humanities </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>When <span>ethnomusicology student </span>Taylor Howard dove into Sister Mary Dominic Ray, she was expecting to find the nun's biography, books she annotated or articles she wrote. Instead, she unlocked a highly varied collection of documents that left Sister Mary—who founded the American Music Research Center—a mystery.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>When Taylor Howard dove into research on Sister Mary Dominic Ray, she was expecting to find the nun's biography, books she annotated or articles she wrote. Instead, she unlocked a highly varied collection of documents that left Sister Mary a mystery.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/amrc/2025/05/20/gems-amrc-collections-sister-mary-dominic-ray`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 22 May 2025 18:53:57 +0000 Megan Maneval 54748 at /today /today/2025/04/25/recognizing-century-boats-against-current <span>Recognizing a century of boats against the current</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-25T08:08:19-06:00" title="Friday, April 25, 2025 - 08:08">Fri, 04/25/2025 - 08:08</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-04/Gatsby%20scene.jpg?h=c7bb3401&amp;itok=WveU41TK" width="1200" height="800" alt="Still from the 2013 Great Gatsby movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/8"> Arts &amp; Humanities </a> </div> <span>Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>"The Great Gatsby" remains relevant for modern readers by shapeshifting with the times, says CU Boulder scholar Martin Bickman.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>"The Great Gatsby" remains relevant for modern readers by shapeshifting with the times, says CU Boulder scholar Martin Bickman.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/04/23/recognizing-century-boats-against-current`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:08:19 +0000 Megan Maneval 54597 at /today /today/2025/04/21/voices-andes-sharing-quechua-stories-and-culture-through-modern-media <span>Voices of the Andes: Sharing Quechua stories and culture through modern media</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-21T12:07:44-06:00" title="Monday, April 21, 2025 - 12:07">Mon, 04/21/2025 - 12:07</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-04/Quechua%203.jpg?h=678ba156&amp;itok=H27YHwBo" width="1200" height="800" alt="Quechua person speaks into a microphone while working with hands"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/8"> Arts &amp; Humanities </a> </div> <span>Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>In a new audio storytelling project, CU Boulder scholar Doris Loayza works to preserve the traditional tales and lore of the Peruvian highlands.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>In a new audio storytelling project, CU Boulder scholar Doris Loayza works to preserve the traditional tales and lore of the Peruvian highlands.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/04/16/voices-andes-sharing-quechua-stories-and-culture-through-modern-media`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:07:44 +0000 Megan Maneval 54566 at /today