Stories of Arts & Sciences

CU �鶹ӰԺ PhD student Liam Jasperse-Sjolander is helping elephant behavioral observation get off the ground—and into the air above Africa.

A&S Highlight: May 2026
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was supposed to make access to public lands more equitable and streamlined. Instead, it’s rife with bots and inequality, while a government contractor benefits.

CU Spotlight:
Jonathan Hughes
Associate professor of economics

Sky & Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the surface of a bare rocky exoplanet, revealing old, dark rock akin to that on our Moon.

CU Spotlight:
Zach Berta-Thompson
Professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences

Earth

Scientists have created the first visible time crystal -matter that repeats through time instead of space.

CU Spotlight:
Hanquing Zhao
Postdoctoral research associate of physics

Science Daily

Scientists may have found the brain’s “pain switch”—and how to turn it off.

CU Spotlight:
Linda Watkins
Distinguished professor of psychology and neuroscience

Frank Oppenheimer, Robert’s brother, honed physics teaching at CU �鶹ӰԺ

In a little-known chapter of university history, the Manhattan Project scientist taught for several years in the Department of Physics, and his legacy appears in the fabric of the department.

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College Snapshots

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival kicks off May 30 with , a story of strange shores, mistaken identity and true love.��

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Campus Life��explores the shared history of humans and more-than-human inhabitants over the 150 years of CU �鶹ӰԺ.

Presented each year in recognition of outstanding and significant contributions to hydrologic science.

Award winner: Holly Barnard, professor of geography

Stephen Halley White Undergraduate Research Award

��Given to graduating physics and engineering physics students in recognition of exceptional undergraduate research projects.

Award winner:Ruomu Zhang

CU announces $2M investment in Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS)

Announced by CU �鶹ӰԺ Chancellor Justin Schwartz and CU President Todd Saliman

Person of recognition:
Reiland Rabaka, director of the CAAAS

$60,000 grant to research sources of the European Enlightenment in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Featured scholar:
Robert Pasnau, college professor of distinction, Department of Philosophy

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