Society, Law & Politics
- Real AI is lightyears away from the all-too-common sci-fi depiction of a heartlessly rational computer, though researchers are already grappling with ways to avoid the pitfalls you might see in the movies.
- While Democratic candidates swept recent statewide races, registered voters remain split on hot-button issues like fracking and whether businesses can deny services based on religious beliefs.
- Gov.-elect Jared Polis will archive his congressional papers in the CU СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ Libraries Special Collections, Archives and Preservation department.
- Companies involved in constructing the Dakota Access Pipeline lost at least $7.5 billion, according to a new CU СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ case study.
- New survey results by CU СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ political scientists give gubernatorial candidate and Democrat Jared Polis a 12-point lead over his Republican opponent Walker Stapleton.
- As a record number of women seek seats in Congress, CU СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ and Notre Dame researchers probe the motivations behind the trend.
- A majority of Republicans, independents and Democrats said they believed in human-caused climate change and the utility of reducing greenhouse gases.
- Colorado residents overwhelmingly support Dreamers, firmly disapprove of Trump, and would likely elect a Democrat for U.S. Congress if a vote were held today, found a recent survey.
- The University of Colorado Law School and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights announced today a partnership establishing an advanced program of study in international human rights.
- Professor Tiara Na'puti, a member of the indigenous Chamorro people of Guam, testified before a United Nations committee this week calling for its help in hastening decolonization of the beleaguered island.