Natural Hazards

Lori Peek (PhDSoc’05), a CU Boulder sociology professor, directs the university’s Natural Hazards Center. Author’s note: This Q&A was originally conducted and published for the 2017 winter issue of the Coloradan magazine. Floods, hurricanes and wildfires: 2017 has been devastating in the U.S. Have you been unusually busy? Yes. We have been compiling resources for community…

Talking Immigration with Ming H. Chen

Ming H. Chen, associate professor at Colorado Law, directs the CU Immigration Law & Policy Program and serves on the Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Author’s note: This Q&A was originally published for the Coloradan magazine in spring 2018. You’re working on a book titled Constructing Citizenship for Noncitizens. What’s it…

Film Buff

Author’s note: This story was originally written for the Coloradan magazine in fall 2017. For Michael Brody, launching a film festival in Crested Butte, Colo., has been a dream come true. It was in June 1983 on a bus in New Zealand that a stranger helped Michael Brody (IndSt’85) find his direction. Brody, then 22, was unsure what…