/tags/death Death en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT /news/2025-01-07/new-digital-legacy-clinic-provides-tech-support-for-the-dead-and-dying In November, CU Boulder Professor Jed Brubaker launched a student-run, pro bono tech support service for the dead, dying and their family members. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT /news/2025-01-07/new-digital-legacy-clinic-provides-tech-support-for-the-dead-and-dying Gabe Allen /podcast/inthenoco/2025-01-07/your-facebook-or-instagram-account-may-outlive-you-a-new-cu-project-helps-people-plan-for-it When someone dies, their social media accounts can become a powerful online memorial after they’re gone. But managing those accounts can also become a hassle for grieving loved ones. A new clinic at the University of Colorado Boulder helps people manage their “digital legacies.” Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-01-07/your-facebook-or-instagram-account-may-outlive-you-a-new-cu-project-helps-people-plan-for-it In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner /news/2025-01-01/getting-comfortable-with-the-uncomfortable-coloradans-gather-at-death-cafes-to-discuss-mortality Death Cafes have proliferated across the Front Range and Western Slope. Attendees say that death is just another part of life, and we should talk about it more. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT /news/2025-01-01/getting-comfortable-with-the-uncomfortable-coloradans-gather-at-death-cafes-to-discuss-mortality Gabe Allen /podcast/inthenoco/2024-11-22/can-new-technology-reconnect-us-with-a-dead-loved-one-meet-cus-generative-ghosts-expert Have you ever yearned for just one more conversation with your deceased loved one? That possibility is closer than ever ... thanks to a technology known as a generative ghost. But would that encounter be moving ... or unsettling? That’s the focus of a CU Boulder researcher featured on today’s In the NoCo. Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:57:27 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-11-22/can-new-technology-reconnect-us-with-a-dead-loved-one-meet-cus-generative-ghosts-expert In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Brad Turner /podcast/inthenoco/2024-10-16/women-traditionally-played-a-key-role-when-a-family-mourned-a-denver-museum-offers-a-unique-look-at-why A spooky Halloween program in Denver takes visitors back in time to experience death and mourning in the Old West. “Victorian Death Experiences” looks at the traditional - and essential - role women have played when a loved one dies. We talk with the program’s curator on In The NoCo. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-10-16/women-traditionally-played-a-key-role-when-a-family-mourned-a-denver-museum-offers-a-unique-look-at-why In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner /news/2024-04-13/im-dying-youre-not-those-terminally-ill-ask-more-states-to-legalize-physician-assisted-death Lawmakers in at least 12 states are debating bills that would legalize physician-assisted death. The laws would allow terminally ill patients under specified conditions to end their lives with a doctor's help. Physician-assisted death is contentious and only 10 states and Washington, D.C., allow it. Sat, 13 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-04-13/im-dying-youre-not-those-terminally-ill-ask-more-states-to-legalize-physician-assisted-death Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America /news/2023-10-23/domestic-violence-deaths-continue-to-rise-in-colorado Deaths from domestic violence are at an all time high in Colorado. New data from the Colorado Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board shows there were 94 related deaths in 2022. Mon, 23 Oct 2023 21:57:24 GMT /news/2023-10-23/domestic-violence-deaths-continue-to-rise-in-colorado Emma VandenEinde /news/2023-03-15/bathed-to-the-bone-this-new-cremation-method-uses-water-instead-of-flame People are choosing alkaline hydrolysis for themselves and loved ones. The process is considered more environmentally friendly than traditional flame cremation. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:00:00 GMT /news/2023-03-15/bathed-to-the-bone-this-new-cremation-method-uses-water-instead-of-flame Alex Hager /film-reviews/2023-01-20/living-pales-when-compared-to-original-ikiru The new movie ‘Living’ is a remake of a 70-year-old masterpiece from Japan’s Akira Kurosawa about the death of a minor bureaucrat. KUNC Film Critic Howie Movshovitz said the new iteration doesn’t compare to the original. Fri, 20 Jan 2023 12:46:00 GMT /film-reviews/2023-01-20/living-pales-when-compared-to-original-ikiru Howie Movshovitz /arts-life/2021-09-19/body-composting-a-green-alternative-to-burial-cremation A Colorado company is hoping to usher in a new and more environmentally friendly era of mortuary science that includes the natural organic reduction of human remains. On Sept. 7, Colorado became the second state after Washington to allow human body composting, and Oregon will allow the practice next summer. Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMT /arts-life/2021-09-19/body-composting-a-green-alternative-to-burial-cremation Associated Press