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Issue: Spring 2022

National Science Foundation Grant Supports Fahrenkrug Research

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Eli Fahrenkrug was awarded a $177,696 National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation grant. The funding will advance research and undergraduate teaching in Southern Colorado using a confocal Raman microspectrometer system — the only one of its type within a 100-mile radius. The new tool focuses laser beams at small bits of matter to probe their molecular vibrations, helping researchers understand how molecules assemble, function, and change under various chemical, biological, and geological conditions. Led by Fahrenkrug, the proposal included faculty contributions from CC, CSU-Pueblo, and the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

Issue: Spring 2022

Class Offers Students a Taste of the Italian Renaissance

Students of the Renaissance Banchetto, a for-credit Half-Block course in January 2022, sampled from a banchetto — a banquet — of history, music, cuisine, and political intrigue. The goal was to have students engage their senses to experience what life might have been like at the peak of Europe’s rebirth. The nine-day class was co-taught…

Issue: Spring 2022

Holocaust Mystery Subject of Documentary Film

The documentary film “The Liegnitz Plot,” which follows clues in a historical mystery, was a collaborative effort between Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies Dylan Nelson, CC students, and a CC alumnus. The film’s protagonist investigates a rumor that a Nazi officer stole precious stamps from Holocaust victims and buried the purloined collection in…

Issue: Spring 2022

CC Research Investigates Racism’s Impact on Health During the Pandemic

In Summer 2021, faculty and students identified and quantified three significant impacts of structural racism on the health of American communities during the pandemic. Economics and Business Professor Daniel Johnson worked with Claire Altieri ’21 and Siena Blelloch ’22 to collect and analyze nationwide data on Corona-virus infection and mortality rates across time by state.…

Issue: Spring 2022

The Promise of Springtime

Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends What makes springtime at Colorado College so special is that we see the promise that new students bring, the transformation they experience here, and the thrill as they launch into the world. Just a few weeks ago 750 visitors — admitted students and their families and friends — arrived on campus over two weekends to experience CC for themselves. These outstanding scholars and leaders were chosen from the largest applicant pool in our history, just over 11,000 applications. Each of them could contribute in meaningful ways to this immersive, innovative, vibrant, and inclusive community. Our admittees were full of questions. Is the Block Plan right…

Issue: Spring 2022

Letters to the Editor

From the Editor Bulletin, You’ve Changed … Maybe you’ve noticed, we’ve made some changes to the Colorado College Bulletin. We have given it a sharper focus on aspects that make CC unique, a fresh look, and more compact size, and added new features so you can immerse yourself in the CC experience, stay connected with fellow Tigers, and engage with the college in meaningful ways. To make the Bulletin more readable, we’ve increased the font size in response to readers who had found it difficult to read the type in our new design. Thanks to everyone who reached out to let us know. We’d like to hear your thoughts: bulletin@coloradocollege.edu…

Issue: Spring 2022

Because of CC… Ellen Weir Casey ’71, MAT ’77

Ellen Weir Casey ’71, MAT ’77 reflects on her odyssey through infertility, the earliest days of in vitro fertilization, and giving birth to her daughter, Colorado’s first “test-tube baby.”

From left, Edwin Hamada; Brenda Soto; Rochelle T. Dickey ’83, P’19; L. Song Richardson; Debbie Howell; Mike Edmonds; and Peony Fhagen.

Issue: Spring 2022

A Diverse Leadership

Black, Indigenous, people of color, and women now hold more influential positions than ever before at Colorado College.

Issue: Spring 2022

Tenure and Promotion Awards for CC Faculty

The Board of Trustees approved two associate professors for tenure and approved 13 assistant professors for tenure and promotion to associate professor in February 2022, with changes effective as of July 1. Dean of the Faculty Emily Chan, in her presentation of these faculty members to the board, highlighted the “immense talent and scholarly achievement from their areas of study” and praised their “commitment to the success and well-being of all students through their innovative and student-centric pedagogies.” The CC faculty members awarded tenure are Associate Professor of Human Biology and Kinesiology Anthony Bull and Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Janet Burge. Anthony Bull, Associate Professor of Human…

Issue: Winter 2021/22

Bookshelf

Transnational Chicanx Perspectives on Ana Castillo Co-edited by Karen Roybal, assistant professor of Southwest Studies For more than 40 years, Chicana author Ana Castillo has produced novels, poems, and critical essays that forge connections between generations; challenge borders around race, gender, and sexuality; and critically engage transnational issues of space, identity, and belonging. Her contributions to Latinx cultural production and Chicana feminist thought have transcended and contributed to feminist practice, ethnic literature, and border studies throughout the Americas. The book, co-edited with Bernadine Hernández, assistant professor of American Literary Studies at the University of New Mexico, is the first edited collection that focuses on Castillo’s work, which directly confronts what…