Teaching
Which is why readers and storytellers continue turning to Jane Austen, says CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó scholar Nicole Mansfield Wright, considering why this enduring proto-feminist writer still holds a place in the classroom.
General Physics for Majors course designed by CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Professors Eric Cornell and Paul Beale shows students that the furthest reaches of science are built on fundamental concepts.
In a recently published article, CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó researcher Kieran Murphy traces the concurrent paths and points of intersection between pirate and zombie lore in Haiti and popular culture.
But June Gruber’s teaching, which recently won a Cogswell Award for Inspirational Instruction, doesn’t mean she shows students the path to unmitigated joy; on the contrary, the science of emotional wellness is more nuanced.
‘Learning hip-hop can give engineering students an opportunity to get out of the lab and use a different part of their brain,’ instructor says.
As they learn how writers revise their work and use literary devices, the students gear up for a school assembly led by an Australian rap star.
The fraught relationship between Israel and Palestine will get a dispassionate academic analysis on the subject beginning this spring at CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó.
First-Year Seminar taught by art professors aims to help students broaden their horizons even beyond the realm of art,
Through creating a class centered around surveys from CU’s American Politics 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Lab, grad student teaches his students not only to think critically about politics and survey design, but also how to analyze the data of a large-scale poll.
Danny Long’s students are getting a hands-on lesson in attention to detail as they compose, typeset and hand-print 118 poems for the elements of the Periodic Table.