The Court on Thursday limited the role of race in admissions in private and public higher education institutions. Here’s how Colorado colleges are responding.
University of Denver
Posted inHealth
Amid court challenges, what can states like Colorado actually do to set abortion policy?
Federal court rulings in Texas and Denver show the limits of what legislatures can control when it comes to reproductive rights law
Posted inHealth
Depressed? Anxious? Colorado’s Front Range air pollution may be a factor
Research shows long-term exposure to even low levels of fine particulate matter, NOx chemicals increases occurrence of depression, anxiety. Ozone is a factor in neurodegeneration and memory loss.
Posted inCrime and Courts
Erie librarian was wrongly fired after objecting to cancellation of programs on racism and LGBTQ+ youth, state finds
The Colorado Civil Rights Division ruled that the High Plains Library District violated prohibitions on discriminatory firing and retaliation
Posted inCrime and Courts
Denver Nuggets star’s brother charged with felonies in fatal crash
Police say Coban Porter was drunk and speeding when he hit and killed Uber driver Katharina Rothman
Posted inEquity
Programs offering universal basic income — or direct cash with no strings attached — are increasing across Colorado
Dozens of Colorado nonprofits are funding direct cash programs they say have led to economic stability for individuals and families.
Posted inOutdoors
There will be a total eclipse of the moon on Election Day. Here’s what you need to know.
Tuesday will mark the last total lunar eclipse until March 2025
Posted inSunLit Interviews
DU’s Prison Arts Initiative navigated COVID to create “Tell It Slant”
“Tell It Slant” co-editors describe the challenges of working with inmates during a pandemic, while one inmate describes what the program has meant.
Posted inBook Excerpts
“Tell It Slant” drew on creative nonfiction from incarcerated writers
The University of Denver’s Prison Arts Initiative worked across nine DOC facilities to produce the anthology “Tell It Slant,” a Colorado Book Awards finalist.
Posted inColoradans, Education, Environment, News
All the cool Colorado universities and colleges have one: a mountain campus
This fall, about 1,500 first-year University of Denver students will take turns descending winding mountain roads toward a cluster of rustic cabins, an open field containing a ropes course and barely any cellphone service. It’s something of a “digital desert,” said Jeremy Haefner, chancellor of the University of Denver, but it offers an amenity hard […]