Research Report / en Dalai Lama inspires commitment to compassion /2025/02/28/dalai-lama-inspires-commitment-compassion <span>Dalai Lama inspires commitment to compassion</span> <span><span>Allison Jane Miller</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-28T16:36:30-07:00" title="Friday, February 28, 2025 - 16:36">Fri, 02/28/2025 - 16:36</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/sona-dalailama.png?h=56d0ca2e&amp;itok=XANKb1Fi" width="1200" height="800" alt="Professor and Director of the Crown Institute Sona Dimidjian with the Dalai Lama"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/200" hreflang="en">2023-24</a> </div> <span>Juan Niño</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">In March 2024, faculty, staff and students from the <a href="/crowninstitute/" rel="nofollow">Renée Crown Wellness Institute</a>, <a href="/business/" rel="nofollow">Leeds School of Business</a>, University of Virginia and Stanford University who are affiliated with the Dalai Lama Fellows (DLF) program, traveled to Dharamsala, India. There, they spoke with His Holiness the Dalai Lama about compassionate leadership and our common humanity.</p><p>The DLF program, a one-year fellowship, supports compassionate leaders. By integrating practices of connection and contemplation into research and education, the Crown Institute provides future leaders with skills needed to address pressing global challenges.</p><p>Participants gained invaluable insights from His Holiness during the visit, enriching the collective knowledge across their organizations and communities. They returned with a commitment to bring those teachings into action across the world. The ɫƵ DLF program is hosted by the Crown Institute and offered to Leeds students.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/sona-dalailama.png?itok=T3lWk6l-" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Professor and Director of the Crown Institute Sona Dimidjian with the Dalai Lama"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="text-align-center">Professor and Director of the Crown Institute Sona Dimidjian led two days of conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.</p> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principals</strong><br><span>Sona Dimidjian; Donna Mejia; Shubham Sapkota; Leah Peña Teeters</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Funding</strong><br>Jeremy May (Leeds School of Business, Accounting ’92); anonymous donor</p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br><span>CU&nbsp;Boulder Leeds School of Business, Renée Crown Wellness Institute; Contemplative Sciences Center&nbsp;at the University of Virginia; Stanford&nbsp;University&nbsp;</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong>&nbsp;<br><a href="/crowninstitute/2024/04/18/compassion-action-leading-heart-0" rel="nofollow">Compassion in action: Leading with heart&nbsp;</a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>In March 2024, faculty, staff and students from the Renée Crown Wellness Institute, Leeds School of Business, University of Virginia and Stanford University who are affiliated with the Dalai Lama Fellows (DLF) program, traveled to Dharamsala, India. There, they spoke with His Holiness the Dalai Lama about compassionate leadership and our common humanity.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:36:30 +0000 Allison Jane Miller 1377 at Safe2Tell continues to make an impact 20 years on /2025/02/28/safe2tell-continues-make-impact-20-years <span>Safe2Tell continues to make an impact 20 years on</span> <span><span>Allison Jane Miller</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-28T16:30:10-07:00" title="Friday, February 28, 2025 - 16:30">Fri, 02/28/2025 - 16:30</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/safe2tell.png?h=4d7857f8&amp;itok=_1apuga2" width="1200" height="800" alt="Teenage girl resting while checking her phone"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/200" hreflang="en">2023-24</a> </div> <span>Óscar Contreras</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 1"> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">Safe2Tell, Colorado’s youth-focused harm prevention resource, has seen a record-breaking number of reports in 2024. The 20-year-old program is credited with preventing numerous potential incidents and positively impacting&nbsp; school safety.</p><p>After the Columbine massacre in 1999, policymakers called for effective violence prevention strategies. Former director of the <a href="https://ibs.colorado.edu/programs-and-centers/cspv/" rel="nofollow">Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)</a> at <a href="https://ibs.colorado.edu/" rel="nofollow">ɫƵ’s Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS)</a>, Del Elliott, along with former Colorado attorney general,&nbsp;Ken Salazar, visited Colorado communities to gather violence prevention strategies. <a href="https://safe2tell.org/" rel="nofollow">Safe2Tell</a> was launched in 2004, and now operates under the Colorado Attorney General Office.</p><p>Safe2Tell has received over 164,000 reports to date.&nbsp;Currently,&nbsp;CSPV’s&nbsp;<a href="https://ibsweb.colorado.edu/violence-prevention-project/" rel="nofollow">Violence Prevention Project</a>&nbsp;has helped <a href="https://cspv.colorado.edu/what-we-do/safe2tell/" rel="nofollow">integrate Safe2Tell</a> beyond its historical K–12 scope&nbsp;at ɫƵ, paving the way for adoption in&nbsp;higher education.</p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-below"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/safe2tell.png?itok=C16KEtuf" width="1500" height="791" alt="Teenage girl resting while checking her phone"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principals</strong><br><span>Sarah Goodrum; Beverly Kingston; Del Elliott</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Funding</strong><br><span>The Colorado Trust</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br>ɫƵ Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV), Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS); Susan Payne, Colorado attorney general; Ken Salazar, former Colorado attorney general</p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong>&nbsp;<br><a href="/today/2024/09/13/more-people-using-safe2tell-report-safety-concerns" rel="nofollow"><span>More people using Safe2Tell to report safety concerns</span></a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Safe2Tell, Colorado’s youth-focused harm prevention resource, has seen a record-breaking number of reports in 2024. The 20-year-old program is credited with preventing numerous potential incidents and positively impacting school safety.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:30:10 +0000 Allison Jane Miller 1376 at Voters view facts as flexible when it comes to political misinformation /2025/02/28/voters-view-facts-flexible-when-it-comes-political-misinformation <span>Voters view facts as flexible when it comes to political misinformation</span> <span><span>Allison Jane Miller</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-28T16:24:25-07:00" title="Friday, February 28, 2025 - 16:24">Fri, 02/28/2025 - 16:24</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/propaganda-illustration.png?h=1e66e246&amp;itok=RIJq_CrD" width="1200" height="800" alt="Illustration of propaganda and fake news entering a human ear"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/200" hreflang="en">2023-24</a> </div> <span>Katy Hill</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 2"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-left col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/propaganda-illustration.png?itok=joYpXFIO" width="1500" height="1500" alt="Illustration of propaganda and fake news entering a human ear"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">Many voters aren’t bothered by politicians who misrepresent facts if the statements align with their personal beliefs, recent research suggests.</p><p><span>A study co-authored by Ethan Poskanzer, assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship in the </span><a href="/business/" rel="nofollow"><span>Leeds School of Business</span></a><span>, found a disconnect between what people believe to be “factual” and what they believe to&nbsp;be “true.”</span></p><p><span>The study, published in July 2024 in the </span><em><span>American Journal of Sociology</span></em><span>, gauged voters’ reactions to false statements by politicians including former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.&nbsp;It revealed that many people use moral grounds to&nbsp;justify false statements.</span></p><p>“[It] isn’t because they believe those statements per se, but they view that misinformation as supporting political goals that they believe in,” said Poskanzer.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principal investigator</strong><br><span>Ethan Poskanzer</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br><span>Oliver Hahl (Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business); Minjae Kim (Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business); Ezra W. Zuckerman Sivan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management)</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong>&nbsp;<br><a href="/today/2024/03/04/facts-ignored-truth-flexible-when-falsehoods-support-political-beliefs" rel="nofollow"><span>Facts ignored: The truth is flexible when falsehoods support political beliefs</span></a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>“A lot of people's support for politicians who say things that aren't true isn't because they believe those statements per se, but they view that misinformation as supporting political goals that they believe in,” said Ethan Poskanzer, an assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship in the Leeds School of Business and co-author of the study, which will be published in the American Journal of Sociology in June.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:24:25 +0000 Allison Jane Miller 1375 at The sound of science /2025/02/28/sound-science <span>The sound of science</span> <span><span>Allison Jane Miller</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-28T16:03:00-07:00" title="Friday, February 28, 2025 - 16:03">Fri, 02/28/2025 - 16:03</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/CMYK_graceeeg_1000.png?h=329e6102&amp;itok=NCRaISoC" width="1200" height="800" alt="Grace Leslie"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/200" hreflang="en">2023-24</a> </div> <span>Kelsey Yandura</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">Grace Leslie’s work with ATLAS’ Brain Music Lab transforms brain activity into sound, blending art, technology and neuroscience</p><p><span>Grace Leslie stands in front of a crowd, a flute perched at her lips. In many ways, the ingredients of this performance are nothing extraordinary: performer, audience, instrument … other than, perhaps, the odd-looking headband Leslie wears.</span></p><p><span>When she begins, the sounds of the flute are joined by a wash of vaguely electronic tones. The result is ethereal and strange, moving between atonal and harmonious, unsettling and soothing.</span></p><p>What you’re hearing are the brain waves of Leslie, an assistant professor of music technology. During this performance of Vessels, a 30-minute brain-body concert, she wears a special electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring device that measures electrical activity from her brain. These brain waves are then sonified by means of an algorithm that imprints their spectrum onto a bank of recorded samples of flute and singing.</p><p><span>In other words, Leslie is playing&nbsp;two instruments: the flute and her own brain.</span></p> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/2025-02/CMYK_graceeeg_1000.png?itok=5eOBVCuS" width="750" height="749" alt="Grace Leslie"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="text-align-center">Grace Leslie</p> </span> </div> <p>This is the sort of work Leslie does&nbsp;in the <a href="/atlas/brain-music-lab" rel="nofollow">Brain Music Lab</a> at the&nbsp;<a href="/atlas/academics/grad/ctd-ci?gclid=CjwKCAjwkLCkBhA9EiwAka9QRmWwId2cYmTNc2QY_7BFhiePF53bliOOMvQHptbCQTQvjZkk-CwAARoCAqQQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">ATLAS Institute</a>, ɫƵ’s interdisciplinary institute for radical creativity and invention.</p><p>The Brain Music Lab is focused on the nexus between music, technology and neuroscience. “We look at people experiencing music and study their brain waves,” said Leslie. “From there, we develop new ways of working with that data and then often transform it back into the performance or a new artistic piece.”</p><p>Typically, students begin with a broad scientific concept. For example: “What would we learn if we measured the brain waves of jazz performers during an improvisational set?”</p><p>At an ordinary lab, measuring that data may be the end result. However, the Brain Music Lab takes it a step further. Once those brain waves are measured and analyzed, the question becomes: “How do we transform what we’ve learned into a new artistic expression?” The result may be a visual art piece, a composition or even a new form of electronic instrument.</p><p>The lab works on the continuum of an art-science loop.</p><p>“It’s super exciting for a student with an electrical engineering background to be able to apply the technical skills that they have to brain waves or a medical question or to a creative pursuit,” said Leslie. “I’m constantly astounded by the work that they’re doing. They surprise me every day.”</p><p>Thiago Roque—who is pursuing a triple PhD in creative technology, neuroscience and cognitive sciences—is investigating the phenomenon of neural entrainment in musical settings to better understand social interaction and empathy.</p><p>His current research is centered on hyperscanning (a procedure that records activity in two brains at the same time) during a musical performance to better understand the neurological link between performers and audience, as well as between performers themselves. He hopes this research will help inform how we understand empathy—by watching how people interact with each other in nonverbal ways.</p><p>Jessie Lausé recently earned a master’s degree in music composition and is focusing on creating experimental works using sound from “found objects” rather than traditional instruments. Elements of a piece might include pouring out a bucket of water, ripping up crisp sheets of paper or dropping floor tiles from a height of five feet. A recent piece featured Lausé peeling a butternut squash alongside a saxophone quartet.</p><p>Lausé’s work centers on accessibility.</p><p><span>“I really like this idea of not needing to know how to play an instrument to engage in music,” said Lausé. “I didn’t grow up thinking that I was going to be in classical music or in academia. That was never something that was an accessible thought to me growing up.”</span></p><p>“ATLAS is a truly, truly unique place,” said Leslie. “Experimental work is impossible without the support of others in other disciplines.”</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principal investigator</strong><br><span>Grace Leslie</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br><a href="/atlas/brain-music-lab-0" rel="nofollow"><span>Brain Music Lab</span></a><span> at the ATLAS Institute; College of Music</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong>&nbsp;<br><a href="/coloradan/2023/07/10/sound-science" rel="nofollow">The Coloradan: The sound of science</a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Grace Leslie’s work with ATLAS’ Brain Music Lab transforms brain activity into sound, blending art, technology and neuroscience.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/soundofscience-brainmusiclab.png?itok=zbXg-Xn0" width="1500" height="563" alt="Abstract illustration of brainwaves"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:03:00 +0000 Allison Jane Miller 1374 at Transcending traditional notions of Native American art /2025/02/28/transcending-traditional-notions-native-american-art <span>Transcending traditional notions of Native American art</span> <span><span>Allison Jane Miller</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-28T15:45:50-07:00" title="Friday, February 28, 2025 - 15:45">Fri, 02/28/2025 - 15:45</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/NationalPortraitGallery_3.png?h=2e5cdddf&amp;itok=fnJbhpGC" width="1200" height="800" alt="Performance of Anna Tsouhlarakis’s “Portrait of an Indigenous Womxn [Removed]” (2023) at the National Portrait Gallery"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/200" hreflang="en">2023-24</a> </div> <span>Clint Talbott</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 1"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">Whether in a somber National Portrait Gallery performance or in&nbsp;her wry takes on Native humor, Anna Tsouhlarakis follows her heart</p><p><span>Anna Tsouhlarakis was a self-described “math and science nerd” in high school, even representing the United States at the International Science and Engineering Fair in her senior year. But while studying at Dartmouth College, she took classes that interested her, particularly studio art and Native American Studies.</span></p><p><span>“That’s where my heart was, and still is,” Tsouhlarakis said. Math and science nerds might not be expected to love art, but following her heart—and contravening stereotypes—was a wise choice.</span></p><p><span>In recent years, Tsouhlarakis’ art has appeared as a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA) and New York City’s Independent Art Fair, and it has appeared in Switzerland, Greece, Canada and in dozens of other U.S. venues. In 2023, she performed and exhibited her work in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.</span></p><p><span>Just as she broadened the notion of what might interest a budding scientist, she now transcends stereotypes of what constitutes Native American art. Tsouhlarakis, now an assistant professor of art and art history at ɫƵ, works in sculpture, installation, video and performance and is of Navajo, Creek and Greek descent.</span></p><p><span>At the National Portrait Gallery, her work drew on those strengths and backgrounds. There, she performed “Portrait of an Indigenous Womxn [Removed],” which commemorated murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/NationalPortraitGallery_3.png?itok=dQZzc0H7" width="1500" height="1001" alt="Performance of Anna Tsouhlarakis’s “Portrait of an Indigenous Womxn [Removed]” (2023) at the National Portrait Gallery"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="text-align-center">Performance of Anna Tsouhlarakis’s “Portrait of an Indigenous Womxn [Removed]” (2023) at the National Portrait Gallery</p> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><span>In 2018, the Urban Indian Health Institute released an extensive study on missing and murdered Indigenous women. As of 2016, there were 5,712 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women, but only 116 were logged into the Department of Justice database, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.</span></p><p><span>“It was shocking to anybody that heard about this, and specifically to Native communities,” Tsouhlarakis said. In a gallery full of images of U.S. presidents and cultural icons, she focused her attention on those who are, to society, largely unseen.</span></p><p><span>“I knew there was nobody more important that I could highlight in terms of their story,” Tsouhlarakis observed. Her work featured missing-person posters of Indigenous women. In a video recording of one performance, she carries a sculpture topped with a poster seeking information about Kaysera Stops Pretty Places, who was murdered in 2019 in Montana.</span></p><p>Tsouhlarakis notes that most of her art is not activist, but rather expands upon long-held expectations of&nbsp;Native American art. Her father is a Navajo silversmith, and she grew up going with him to art markets, shows and galleries.</p><p><span>“There was this expectation of Native art to always be beautiful, and for the aesthetic to be very perfect and for it to be very serious,” she observed, adding that she rebelled against those expectations.</span></p><p><span>“I want to make things that question that expectation of Native American art, and for me, humor does that as well.” That humor was evident in her 2023 exhibition titled “Indigenous Absurdities,” at MCA Denver.</span></p><p>Tsouhlarakis, mother to three&nbsp;young children, described a key moment in which Native humor seemed an obvious way to frame Native art. While at a powwow in Montana, she overheard two Crow women conversing.</p><p><span>“One said, ‘You never come by to see me,’ and the other responded that she didn’t know where she lived,” Tsouhlarakis told a New York writer. “Then, one said that the other didn’t ever call them, and she said: ‘Well, you don’t even have a phone.’ Then they just burst out laughing—like almost falling off the bench.”</span></p><p><span>Such everyday observations underlie textual work like “HER FRYBREAD ISN’T THAT GOOD” and “HER BRAIDS ARE ALWAYS TOO LOOSE”. Humor, Tsouhlarakis noted, is a good coping mechanism in times of hardship, which Native communities know very well.</span></p><p><span>Tsouhlarakis’ art has been recognized and supported by a host of organizations. This year, she won a Corrina Mehiel Fellowship from S.O.U.R.C.E. Studio and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, and she’s also been recognized with more than two dozen other awards and fellowships. She also has artist residencies in New Hampshire and Maine this year.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principal</strong><br><span>Anna Tsouhlarakis</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Funding</strong><br><span>Corrina Mehiel Fellowship from S.O.U.R.C.E. Studio; Creative Capital Foundation; Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br>Independent Art Fair, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; National Portrait Gallery</p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong><br><a href="/asmagazine/2024/07/09/artist-transcends-traditional-notions-native-american-art" rel="nofollow"><span>Artist transcends traditional notions of Native American art</span></a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Anna Tsouhlarakis was a self-described “math and science nerd” in high school, even representing the United States at the International Science and Engineering Fair in her senior year. But while studying at Dartmouth College, she took classes that interested her, particularly studio art and Native American Studies.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/shemustbeamatriarch.png?itok=BgCA9ZW_" width="1500" height="1125" alt="Photo of art piece &quot;SHE MUST BE A MATRIARCH&quot; (2023) by Anna Tsouhlarakis"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p><em>SHE MUST BE A MATRIARCH</em><span>, 2023. Detail. Fiberglass horse, paint, adhesive, resin, plaster, plastic, wood, foam, metal, IKEA remnants, leather, prophylactics, found objects. Photo courtesy of the artist.</span></p> </span> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:45:50 +0000 Allison Jane Miller 1373 at Remnants of ancient virus may fuel ALS in people /2025/02/28/remnants-ancient-virus-may-fuel-als-people <span>Remnants of ancient virus may fuel ALS in people</span> <span><span>Allison Jane Miller</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-28T15:35:30-07:00" title="Friday, February 28, 2025 - 15:35">Fri, 02/28/2025 - 15:35</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/ancient-virus.png?h=5efb3f48&amp;itok=Q8EeP0jM" width="1200" height="800" alt="Abstract illustration of virus"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/200" hreflang="en">2023-24</a> </div> <span>Lisa Marshall</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">Remnants of a virus that infected our primate ancestors 30-50 million years ago may be fueling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in people today, according to ɫƵ research.</p><p>Previous studies have shown that about half of the human genome is made up of bits of DNA, including proteins, left behind by ancient viruses.</p><p>The latest research found that when one such protein, PEG10, is present at high levels in nerve tissue, it changes cell behavior in ways that contribute to the fatal, neurodegenerative disease.</p><p>The researchers are now working to find a way to inhibit the rogue protein.</p><p>“It is early days still, but the hope is this could potentially lead to an entirely new class of potential therapeutics to get at the root cause of ALS,” said author Alexandra Whiteley, assistant professor of biochemistry.</p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/ancientvirus-crop.png?itok=fNwcem1W" width="1500" height="1206" alt="Illustration of disintegrating virus"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principal investigator</strong><br><span>Alexandra Whiteley</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Funding</strong><br><span>ɫƵ Biological Sciences Initiative; National Cancer Institute; National Institute of General Medical Sciences</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br>ALS Association; National Institutes of Health (NIH); Venture Partners at ɫƵ</p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong>&nbsp;<br><a href="/today/2023/06/06/remnants-ancient-virus-may-fuel-als-people" rel="nofollow"><span>Remnants of ancient virus may fuel ALS in people</span></a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Remnants of a virus that infected our primate ancestors 30-50 million years ago may be fueling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in people today, according to ɫƵ research.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:35:30 +0000 Allison Jane Miller 1371 at Social distancing plus vaccines prevented 800,000 COVID deaths /2025/02/28/social-distancing-plus-vaccines-prevented-800000-covid-deaths <span>Social distancing plus vaccines prevented 800,000 COVID deaths</span> <span><span>Allison Jane Miller</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-28T15:32:17-07:00" title="Friday, February 28, 2025 - 15:32">Fri, 02/28/2025 - 15:32</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/social-distancing.png?h=56d0ca2e&amp;itok=mnHUfP3c" width="1200" height="800" alt="Two young men with masks bump elbows to greet each other in a park"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/200" hreflang="en">2023-24</a> </div> <span>Lisa Marshall</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 2"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-left col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/social-distancing.png?itok=sE7SJIQi" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Two young men with masks bump elbows to greet each other in a park"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">Masking and social distancing until a vaccine could be developed prevented roughly 800,000 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., according to ɫƵ research.</p><p>The authors gathered national mortality data and data from blood samples to estimate how many people had been infected, vaccinated or died at various points from 2020 to 2024.</p><p>They found that 68% of Americans got vaccinated before being infected. Had they gotten COVID for the first time without being vaccinated, their risk of dying would have been as much as four times higher.</p><p>“Without a behavioral response, vaccines would have come too late to save lives,” the authors wrote.</p><p>They acknowledged that distancing measures came at “tremendous economic, social and human cost” and called for the U.S. to develop a more centralized system for gathering relevant data to better target behavioral guidance during future pandemics.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principal investigator</strong><br><span>Stephen Kissler</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br><span>The Brookings Institution; University of California, Los Angeles</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong>&nbsp;<br><a href="/today/2024/05/09/social-distancing-plus-vaccines-prevented-800000-covid-deaths-great-cost#:~:text=Changing%20people&amp;apos;s%20behavior%20until%20a,CU%20Boulder%20and%20UCLA%20research." rel="nofollow"><span>Social distancing plus vaccines prevented 800,000 COVID deaths, but at great cost</span></a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Masking and social distancing until a vaccine could be developed prevented roughly 800,000 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., according to ɫƵ research.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:32:17 +0000 Allison Jane Miller 1370 at Early childhood health interventions have ‘big, multi-generation impacts’ /2025/02/28/early-childhood-health-interventions-have-big-multi-generation-impacts <span>Early childhood health interventions have ‘big, multi-generation impacts’ </span> <span><span>Allison Jane Miller</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-28T15:24:39-07:00" title="Friday, February 28, 2025 - 15:24">Fri, 02/28/2025 - 15:24</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/ck_bangladesh_school_activity.png?h=0b945a2b&amp;itok=W_q17LIe" width="1200" height="800" alt="Students participate in school activities at the Sahabatpur Daspara Ananda school in Sahabatpur village, Bangladesh."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/200" hreflang="en">2023-24</a> </div> <span>Daniel Long</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">In the late ‘90s, Tania Barham, who is now an associate professor of economics at ɫƵ, was in Yemen working as an economist for the World Bank, which had teamed up with UNICEF to improve that country’s health, education and water.</p><p>But something was missing: evidence.</p><p>“There was little data to understand if a project was successful or not,” she recalled.</p><p>That realization persuaded Barham to go back to school, earn a PhD and research how to bring people out of poverty over the long term.</p><p>Much of Barham’s work now draws upon data from the Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning Programme in Bangladesh, which tracks key metrics. Barham’s recent research found that the program improves people’s height, cognition and test scores.</p><p><span>But the most important finding, says Barham, was that these effects spanned generations. The second generation benefitted as much as the first. The takeaway: even modest health program can have “big, multi-generation impacts.”</span></p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/ck_bangladesh_school_activity.png?itok=NVNB7LRl" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Students participate in school activities at the Sahabatpur Daspara Ananda school in Sahabatpur village, Bangladesh."> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="text-align-center">Students participate in school activities at the Sahabatpur Daspara Ananda school in Sahabatpur village, Bangladesh.<strong> Photo Credit</strong>: Dominic Chavez, World Bank</p> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principal investigators</strong><br><span>Tania Barham (ɫƵ); Brachel Champion (U.S. Air Force Academy); Gisella Kagy (University of Wisconsin–Madison); Jena Hamadani (icddr,b)</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Funding</strong><br><span>CU Population Center; Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; National Institutes of Health (NIH)</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br><span>icddr,b, an international health research institute based in Dhaka, Bangladesh; University of Wisconsin–Madison; U.S. Air Force Academy</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong>&nbsp;<br><a href="/asmagazine/2024/03/06/early-childhood-health-interventions-have-big-multi-generation-impacts-research-finds" rel="nofollow"><span>Early childhood health interventions have ‘big, multi-generation impacts,’ research finds</span></a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>In the late ‘90s, Tania Barham, who is now an associate professor of economics at ɫƵ, was in Yemen working as an economist for the World Bank, which had teamed up with UNICEF to improve that country’s health, education and water.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:24:39 +0000 Allison Jane Miller 1369 at Major funding fuels osteoarthritis treatment collaboration /2025/02/28/major-funding-fuels-osteoarthritis-treatment-collaboration <span>Major funding fuels osteoarthritis treatment collaboration </span> <span><span>Allison Jane Miller</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-28T15:01:49-07:00" title="Friday, February 28, 2025 - 15:01">Fri, 02/28/2025 - 15:01</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/Osteoarthritis_Grant.CC_.059.png?h=56d0ca2e&amp;itok=367-PxPb" width="1200" height="800" alt="Stephanie Bryant (right) in the lab"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/200" hreflang="en">2023-24</a> </div> <span>Heather Hansen</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">ɫƵ and partners secure up to $39M ARPA-H contract to develop revolutionary joint-healing solutions for millions</p><p>I<span>n a huge win for osteoarthritis sufferers and multidisciplinary collaborations,&nbsp;a ɫƵ-led team of scientists was awarded </span><a href="/today/2024/03/26/joints-could-heal-themselves-researchers-could-get-there-5-years" rel="nofollow"><span>up to $39 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)</span></a><span> to&nbsp;develop new therapies to treat the painful, degenerative disease affecting 32 million Americans.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>The grant, part of ARPA-H’s Novel Innovations for Tissue Regeneration in Osteoarthritis (NITRO) program, will support team efforts—including University of Colorado Anschutz and Colorado State University researchers—to create minimally-invasive therapies that bring relief for a condition affecting millions of people worldwide.&nbsp;It is ɫƵ’s first award from the new agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that supports transformative health and biomedical breakthroughs.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><span>Osteoarthritis, the third most common disability in the U.S., causes cartilage and bone damage, often leading to increased pain and decreased mobility. The only interventions currently available either treat the pain or replace the joint—all measures that are largely insufficient, invasive or costly. Project leader and principal investigator Stephanie Bryant (chemical and biological engineering, materials science and engineering, BioFrontiers Institute) and colleagues want to change that with a therapy that regenerates cartilage and bone cells.</span></p><p><span>For over 25 years, Bryant’s work has focused on developing three-dimensional gel-like biomaterials that can provide scaffolding to support new cells. She joined forces with co-PIs Karin Payne and Michael Zuscik (both CU Anschutz; School of Medicine, Orthopedics). Payne loaned her cell expertise and Zuscik his knowledge of biologics to a process that will essentially allow a joint to repair itself.</span></p><p><span>“Within five years, our goal is to develop a suite of non-invasive therapies that can end osteoarthritis,” Bryant said recently. “It could be an absolute game-changer for patients.”</span></p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/osteo-screenshot.png?itok=LTz-Hy1O" width="1500" height="797" alt="Data visualization of osteoarthritis"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="text-align-center">Joint imaging produced by <span>the </span>Novel Innovations for Tissue Regeneration in Osteoarthritis (NITRO)<span> program</span></p> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 2"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-left col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/Osteoarthritis_Grant.CC_.059.png?itok=sqX0O2eU" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Stephanie Bryant (right) in the lab"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="text-align-center">Stephanie Bryant (right) in the lab.</p> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><span>The dream team coalesced around&nbsp;</span><a href="/research/abnexus/" rel="nofollow"><span>AB Nexus</span></a><span>, an initiative aimed at supporting partnerships between ɫƵ&nbsp;and CU Anschutz researchers with seed funding and other resources.&nbsp;The project is a great example of&nbsp;how combining forces can amplify effect and lead to innovative solutions to the most challenging health issues facing society, said Lisa Nanstad, a research development strategist at&nbsp;ɫƵ. She and colleagues worked first with Bryant on securing AB Nexus funding in 2020 (the catalyst for a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation in 2021), and more recently on the ARPA-H funding opportunity.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>“This ambitious project has the potential to profoundly impact the lives of people suffering with osteoarthritis, and it is also an inspiration to researchers across the University of Colorado,” Nanstad said.&nbsp; “The success of this team demonstrates&nbsp;the value of institutional investment in seed grant funding programs like&nbsp;AB Nexus.”</span></p><p><span>A key part of landing the ARPA-H grant was the team’s approach to bringing their innovation to the marketplace in a practical way. Hannah Nelson, associate director of licensing (biosciences) for </span><a href="/venturepartners/" rel="nofollow"><span>Venture Partners at ɫƵ</span></a><span> worked with the PI team to chart a path for successful commercialization and a detailed intellectual property strategy. “ARPA-H not only wants to see transformative research, but a strong commercialization and intellectual property plan to ensure that the innovations being developed can move beyond the universities to impact patients,” she said.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principal investigators</strong><br><span>Stephanie Bryant; Karin Payne; Michael Zuscik</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Funding</strong><br><span>Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Novel Innovations for Tissue Regeneration in Osteoarthritis (NITRO) program&nbsp;</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br><span>ɫƵ’s BioFrontiers Institute, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering Program and Venture Partners at ɫƵ; Colorado State University; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong>&nbsp;<br><a href="/today/2024/03/26/joints-could-heal-themselves-researchers-could-get-there-5-years" rel="nofollow"><span>Joints that could heal themselves? Researchers could get there in 5 years</span></a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>In a huge win for osteoarthritis sufferers and multidisciplinary collaborations,&nbsp;a ɫƵ-led team of scientists was awarded up to $39 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to&nbsp;develop new therapies to treat the painful, degenerative disease affecting 32 million Americans. </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/osteoarthritis-xray.png?itok=6by0t_9r" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Osteoarthritis x-ray"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:01:49 +0000 Allison Jane Miller 1368 at The race to save honeybees /2025/02/28/race-save-honeybees <span>The race to save honeybees</span> <span><span>Allison Jane Miller</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-28T13:41:31-07:00" title="Friday, February 28, 2025 - 13:41">Fri, 02/28/2025 - 13:41</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/honeybees-header.png?h=56d0ca2e&amp;itok=BqRhvXwY" width="1200" height="800" alt="Researchers with the Honey Bee-nome Project in the field"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/200" hreflang="en">2023-24</a> </div> <span>Yvaine Ye</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">ɫƵ’s Samuel Ramsey tackles the&nbsp;Varroa mite, a parasite devastating bee colonies and endangering vital crops worldwide</p><p><span>In an age where environmental threats loom large, a ɫƵ entomologist is pioneering an effort to save one of nature’s most crucial pollinators—the honey bee.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>Over the past few years, Samuel Ramsey, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the </span><a href="/biofrontiers/" rel="nofollow"><span>BioFrontiers Institute</span></a><span>, has traveled around the world, from Thailand and Bangladesh to Taiwan, to study a parasitic mite wreaking havoc on honey bee colonies worldwide.</span></p><p><span>“The parasite is a huge issue on top of all the other threats our pollinators are dealing with, like climate change and habitat loss,” Ramsey said.</span></p><p><span>The mite, </span><em><span>Varroa destructor</span></em><span>, is responsible for the recent sharp decline in honey bee health around the world. The small parasite uses enzymes to dissolve bees’ livers and makes them more vulnerable to other diseases, if not killing them directly. It is estimated that beekeepers in the U.S. lost more than 48% of their honey bee colonies last year, with </span><em><span>Varroa </span></em><span>as the main culprit.</span></p><p><span>By studying the mite, Ramsey and his team at the </span><a href="https://www.drsammy.online/" rel="nofollow"><span>Boulder Bee Lab</span></a><span> are racing to put an end to the pollinator pandemic.</span></p><p><span>Honey bees are more than just honey makers. They are among the most efficient pollinators in nature, contributing to about $18 billion worth of crops in the U.S., including apples, peaches and potatoes.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/honeybees-2.png?itok=jr81N6uQ" width="1500" height="1001" alt="Researchers with the Honey Bee-nome Project in the field"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="text-align-center"><strong>Photo Credit</strong>: Shin Arunrugstichai</p> </span> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/honeybees-header.png?itok=KuXAtaf-" width="1500" height="1001" alt="Researchers with the Honey Bee-nome Project in the field"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="text-align-center"><strong>Photo Credit</strong>: Shin Arunrugstichai</p> </span> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><span>“If we lose these bees, we’re going to lose a lot of food,” Ramsey said, adding that the impacts of food insecurity can be far-reaching. “When people are hungry and don’t have necessities, conflict arises, which spills over and makes the world a more difficult place to live.”</span></p><p><span>Beekeepers have been using pesticides to control the mite, but the pesticides also harm the bees and the environment.</span></p><p>“There are so many honey bee colonies in the U.S., and with each of them being an additional place where chemicals are being applied, it keeps us on this pesticide treadmill that we would love to get off,” Ramsey said.</p><p><span>In his latest effort, Ramsey is exploring if he can tweak the bees’ genes to make them immune to </span><em><span>Varroa</span></em><span> and reduce pesticide use. He has previously discovered that bees in Southeast Asia, where </span><em><span>Varroa</span></em><span> originated, are largely resistant to the mite’s attacks, partly because of the genes they carry. If scientists could transfer these genes to honey bees in other parts of the world, it might help bees develop immunity against </span><em><span>Varroa</span></em><span>.</span></p><p>The <a href="https://www.ramseyresearchfoundation.org/current-projects" rel="nofollow">Honey Bee-nome Project</a> took Ramsey to Thailand, Bangladesh and Taiwan this summer, where he sampled local bees’ genomes, as well as other bee parasites and diseases that are threatening bee health. The <em>Tropilaelaps</em> mite, for example, is a cousin of <em>Varroa</em> that can spread even faster across colonies. These mites, originally from Southeast Asia, have begun to spread beyond the continent. Ramsey is closely monitoring their progression to the West in a bid to find a solution before they arrive in the U.S.</p><p><span>Solving the honey bee crisis will need diverse perspectives, and this holds true for many other significant challenges humanity faces today, Ramsey said.</span></p><p>“One of the clearest things that we’ve seen in biology is that a robust ecosystem is a diverse ecosystem. I’m glad that I get to be one of the quirky human beings who gets to focus on solving the bee problem and bring the different perspectives to the table in the entomology community,” Ramsey said.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principal investigator</strong><br><span>Samuel Ramsey</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Funding</strong><br><span>National Geographic Wayfinder Grant; Project </span><em><span>Apis m.</span></em><span> research grant; U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)–Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Cooperative Agreement</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br><span>BioFrontiers Institute; Hiveflow; Manuka Doctor</span></p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong>&nbsp;<br><a href="/asmagazine/2024/06/11/fight-honey-bees" rel="nofollow">Fight for the honeybees</a><br>&nbsp;</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>In an age where environmental threats loom large, a ɫƵ entomologist is pioneering an effort to save one of nature’s most crucial pollinators—the honey bee. </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/honeybees-3.png?itok=iaywxfag" width="1500" height="1001" alt="Samuel Ramsey"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 20:41:31 +0000 Allison Jane Miller 1367 at