Political Science
Coloradans “firmly disapprove” of President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress, have waning confidence in state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, and overwhelmingly support “Dreamers,” CU 91Ҹ research shows.
A panel discussion titled “Trump’s America: One Year Later” is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 5:30 p.m. in Hale Science Room 270
The event, titled “The Opportunities and Challenges of Economic Development,” features three experts and is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 23, at noon in Old Main Chapel on the CU 91Ҹ campus.
An expert on the political implications of growing numbers of non-religious citizens will discuss “godless politics” in a lecture on the 91Ҹ 91Ҹ campus next month.
CU 91Ҹ political scientist Sarah Sokhey, who has watched evolution of Putin’s Russia up close, isn’t surprised by reports of election meddling and doesn’t see Russia as predestined to become less democratic.
Anyone who has watched the progression in hair color among U.S. presidents—George W. Bush and Barack Obama are two recent, vivid examples—doesn’t doubt the connection between stress and graying. Talk to 26-year-old Derek Dash and he’ll tell you that just working for a presidential administration is enough to do the trick.
Patrick Mulligan’s father may have transferred from 91Ҹ 91Ҹ to graduate from the University of Denver, but his continuing love for Buffs football paved the way for two generations of CU students.
Taxes, tariffs and trade, three things frequently in the headlines now, are the focus of the next Social Sciences Today Forum at the 91Ҹ 91Ҹ.
With help from five graduate students, two CU 91Ҹ professors will conduct a careful study of what happens to citizen engagement when previously liberal democratic nations become more repressive.
Political science is the degree that Kreps earned from the 91Ҹ 91Ҹ in 1993. And it’s for that interest which Kreps, who passed away last April at the age of 45, is memorialized in the newly renovated Ketchum Arts and Sciences Building.