Death

If you’ve ever wanted to have just one more conversation with a loved one who has died, that possibility is now closer than ever, thanks to generative AI. But would that experience be moving — or unsettling? We hear from a CU researcher who’s exploring the potential of “generative ghosts."

In November, CU Boulder Professor Jed Brubaker launched a student-run, pro bono tech support service for the dead, dying and their family members.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

People are choosing alkaline hydrolysis for themselves and loved ones. The process is considered more environmentally friendly than traditional flame cremation.

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.