As described in the August cover story “The Nutty Professor,” Boulder professor Peter McGraw is hard at work trying to crack the humor code. He and his team at the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) have ...

That’s the message Stanley Abbott has for students and teachers who are feeling overwhelmed and behind just a month or so into the school year. The retired Purdue University professor celebrates the ...

The American Humor Studies Association (AHSA) announced that Diego A. Millan, assistant professor of English and Africana studies at Washington and Lee University, will receive the Jack Rosenbalm ...

The University of Colorado’s Peter McGraw thinks he’s got the “best job ever,” and for those who like to laugh, it might be hard to argue he’s wrong. McGraw, 47, is an associate professor of marketing ...

If you fancy yourself as a bit of a comedy genius you’d best get used to those awkward silences. “The best predictor of whether someone is going to be funny is by how often they’ll try to make people ...

Stephen Feinstein, director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and adjunct professor at the University, died Tuesday night after suffering a brain aneurysm. He was 65. Feinstein, who was ...

Researchers have known for years that newborns begin to smile spontaneously at about 6 weeks old, and start laughing at around 4 months. But until recently, the more complex question of when and how ...