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New International Research Project to Explore Climate Change Communication Through Social Media
CSTPR Director, Max Boykoff, is collaborating on a new project funded from the Spanish Ministry of Science. The project “Communicating climate change through social media: Strategies, emotions and images” (CLIMAenREDES) will be conducted, from June 2019 to December 2021, by … Continue reading
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Former Fulbright Scholar, Anna Kukkonen, Earns her PhD
In 2018, Anna Kukkonen (second from the left in the picture above) was part of CSTPR as a visiting Fulbright Scholar from the University of Helsinki, Finland. She recently defended her thesis entitled “Discourse Networks and Justifications of Climate Change … Continue reading
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Inside the Greenhouse Newsletter, Issue 13
Issue 13 | May 2019Subscribe to ITG Newsletters We are excited to share with you another update regarding our ongoing efforts in the spaces of research, teaching and engagement in the public sphere. In newsletter #13, we share a sampling … Continue reading
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Winners Announced – ITG Comedy & Climate Change Video Competition
Humor is a tool underutilized, and comedy has the power to effectively connect with people about climate change issues. Inside the Greenhouse held a competition to harness the powers of climate comedy through compelling, resonant and meaningful videos. The videos … Continue reading
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Ryan Vachon and Dan Zietlow Nominated for Emmy Award
Ryan Vachon and Dan Zietlow are CSTPR Research Affiliates and creators of Provare Media. Their episode of Adventures in Science has been nominated for a 2019 Emmy Award. The winners will be announced in June. Adventures in Science is an … Continue reading
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Reflections from the 2019 AAAS “CASE” Workshop
Each year, with support from the Graduate School and the Center for STEM Learning at CU Boulder, CSTPR hosts a competition to send CU Boulder students to Washington, DC to attend the AAAS “Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering” (CASE) … Continue reading
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Former Fulbright Scholar, Julia Schubert, Earns her PhD
In 2017, Julia Schubert was part of CSTPR as a visiting Fulbright Scholar from the Forum Internationale Wissenschaft in Bonn, Germany. She successfully defended her thesis in April 2019. In her thesis, Julia asks how a curious scientific idea became … Continue reading
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Peter Newton Selected as Honoree for Denver Business Journal’s Who’s Who in Agriculture
Pete Newton, CSTPR Faculty Affiliate and Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies, has been nominated and selected as an honoree among Denver Business Journal’s Who’s Who in Agriculture in 2019! The Denver Business Journal partnered with the Colorado Farm Bureau to … Continue reading
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AAAS “CASE” Workshop Student Competition: 2019 Winners Announced
The CIRES Center for Science and Technology Policy Research hosted a competition to send four CU Boulder students to Washington, DC to attend the AAAS “Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering” workshop in Washington, D.C. March 24-27, 2019. At the … Continue reading
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Ogmius, Issue #52 is Now Out
Issue #52, Spring 2019 Ogmius Exchange Should We Hope for Power to Declare a National Climate Emergency? by Steve Vanderheiden Faculty Affiliate Forum Can Genetic Engineering Save Disappearing Forests? by Jason Delborne Unprecedented Sea-ice Conditions in the Bering Sea by … Continue reading →