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Krull ’26 Makes Strides Towards Goal of Giving Back to Local Community
As a Colorado Springs native, Marynn Krull ’26 has wanted to give back to the community that raised her since entering college. In fact, one of the reasons she chose to attend CC was because she wanted to remain local and continue to help her hometown thrive. Krull is doing just that and more, as… Read More
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Molecular Biology Prof Works to Dismantle Racism in the Sciences
In June, CC Professor of Molecular Biology Dr. Phoebe Lostroh co-hosted a workshop with Grinnell College Professors Dr. Leslie Gregg-Jolly and Dr. Katya Gibel Mevorach at Grinnell College titled “Unteaching Racism: Understanding and Handling Misuse of Racial Categories.” The workshop was designed to support faculty members in fields where the use of racial labels are common so that they… Read More
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Graduating Boettcher Scholar Continues Civil Rights Work
Since 1952, the Boettcher Foundation has appointed scholarships to students they deem to be the next generation of dynamic thinkers and leaders. Graduating 2020 Boettcher Scholar Annette Leyva ’24 embodied that rich tradition throughout her four years at CC, working to ensure the civil rights of all Coloradans. Leyva graduates, with a degree in Political… Read More
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Students Awarded Davis Project for Peace to Turn Weapons into Tools
Kupai Marx ’24 and Kieran Blood ’24 have been awarded a Davis Project for Peace for their project of turning weapons into community-based art in Hawai’i. “We aim to support the mission of addressing gun violence and promoting peacebuilding through creative activism,” says Marx, an Environmental Studies major who is originally from Hawai’i. “Inspired by… Read More
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CC Professor Explores Food Insecurity Among Black Mothers
Since graduating from college, Dr. Cayce Hughes, CC Assistant Professor of Sociology, has had an interest in food access and food justice. These interests led him to a graduate program in public health, but he found the focus and methods in addressing the topics unfulfilling. “The approaches that people were taking in public health at… Read More
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Mellon Foundation Grant Funds Students’ Social Justice Projects
CC is awarding funding to at least ten social justice student projects that utilize humanities methods through its Humanities for Our Times: From Epistemologies and Methodologies to Liberatory Creative Practice and Social Justice, generously funded by the Mellon Foundation. The Mellon Foundation announced in January 2022 their award of over $16.1 million to 12 liberal… Read More
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CC Alums Work at the Intersection of Social Justice and Science
BSCS Science Learning has a long history and deep connection with CC. Originally started at CU Boulder, the organization moved and was located on the CC campus from 1982 to 1994. During that time, BSCS developed the instructional model that became the global standard for science curriculum. In 1994, it moved to a location off… Read More
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Performance: The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
It is known that music is a powerful tool of expression and communication. It is one of a few universal human experiences that can be understood across cultures, tied to our ability to feel deeply complex and beautiful emotions, hearing them reflected through profound performances and recordings. Directed by CC Choir director, Deborah Teske, the… Read More
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Block 5 Class Analyzes Race and the Great Outdoors
Julia Fennell ’21 This month, 12 students in the Environmental Studies and Sciences course Race, Racism, and the Great Outdoors will spend three-and-a-half weeks studying how race and racism affect place and participation in the outdoors through the lens of systemic racism and settler colonialism. The students will focus their studies on the lived experiences… Read More
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CC Students Head to 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference
Eight CC students are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, this month to attend the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) as part of the Block 4 COP28 in Dubai: Ethnographers of UN Climate Action Efforts course. COP28 takes places from Nov. 30 through Dec. 12. Students in the course will be in Dubai from… Read More
