Graduate Student Edition - Sept. 26, 2025
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Faculty Takes
Why we laugh—or lash out—at political jokes
Jimmy Kimmel's suspension shows how quickly political humor can spark outrage. ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ professor and humor researcher Peter McGraw explains why some punchlines delight audiences while others trigger backlash.
Campus Community
Smead Aerospace grad Steven Ramm appears on Survivor
Steven Ramm, who graduated from ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ in 2013 with an aerospace engineering degree, is a Lockheed Martin program manager and CBS Survivor contestant.
Bear safety tips: Mind your trash, more
Black bears are common in Colorado, including in the Boulder foothills and, on rare occasions, campus. It’s important that students, faculty, staff and the larger Boulder community become familiar with bear safety tips.
Charting the rise and fall of great sea powers
A CU alum's book examines how the fate of the Netherlands, Great Britain and the United States as economic and political powers has been deeply intertwined with their ability to project power via the seas.
Research Corner
Liberals hit the brakes on buying Teslas
Research co-authored by ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ environmental psychologist Amanda Carrico finds CEO Elon Musk's embrace of rightwing politics resulted in liberals being less willing to buy Tesla's electric vehicles.
2 newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the sun
Studying the sun helps researchers understand how space weather can affect technology back on Earth. Read from CU expert Ryan French on The Conversation.
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