Casey

Career diplomat makes a world of difference

Feb. 27, 2017

It was during a summer-long family trip to Europe that 13-year-old Mary Ann Casey cemented her career plan: diplomacy. "You embark overseas as a citizen of a single country; you return home as a citizen of the world," says Casey.

Stanton

CU Boulder family’s living history dates to 19th century

Feb. 27, 2017

Timothy William Stanton matriculated at the University of Colorado Boulder on Sept. 5, 1877, the school’s first day of classes — ever. Stanton was a senior in high school, attending a college-prep school located in Old Main, the only building on campus.

Trumbo movie poster

Free screening of ‘Trumbo’ honors blacklisted CU alum

Jan. 29, 2016

Trumbo the man is highlighted in “Trumbo,” the movie, which is being featured in a free screening on the CU-Boulder campus Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at Meunzinger Auditorium. Poet, author and film historian Bruce Kawin will speak prior to the film. For more information about the screening, click...

Original art work that is part of the MFA exhibition that is the result of a collaboration between the CU Museum of Natural History and MFA students. The exhibition is titled (Re)Collecting: Translating Archive and Excavating Memory . Photo courtesy of the CU Museum of Natural History.

CU museum’s collections inspire MFA exhibit

Jan. 21, 2016

Original art work that is part of the MFA exhibition that is the result of a collaboration between the CU Museum of Natural History and MFA students. The exhibition is titled (Re)Collecting: Translating Archive and Excavating Memory . Photo courtesy of the CU Museum of Natural History. For the past...

Striking a postmodern Hamlet-like pose, Lisa Solberg contemplates art, life, the universe and everything in her STALKER installation. Photo by Abby Ross.

Classically trained artist is über-cool icon

Dec. 3, 2015

Lisa Solberg's performance installation art, which clearly is not boring, is a natural evolution. “Art is actually life, and I think most people are yearning for a change in perspective, a jolt of inspiration, a fresh breath of air. I strive to make art that would evoke a similar shock to jumping in an ice-cold body of water.”

CU-Boulder Alternative Breaks students work on the community well in Sontule, Nicaragua (2010). Photo courtesy of Roman Yavich.

Choosing Nicaraguan nonprofit work over New York banking

Sept. 14, 2015

Roman Yavich had accepted an offer to work for an investment bank after graduating from CU-Boulder with degrees in economics and business. But he won a Fulbright Fellowship to study the effect of tourism on the Nicaraguan community, economy and environment. Yavich chose philanthropic work in Nicaragua over a potentially lucrative career in New York. “I never looked back.” Both Nicaragua and tourism have benefitted from his decision.

CU alum Ivan Orkin in one of his Tokyo ramen restaurants. Photo by Sam Verkaik.

Alumnus uses degree to combine passions for food and Japanese

Sept. 9, 2015

Ramen restaurateur, chef and author Ivan Orkin has used his degree in Japanese Language and Literature (’87) almost every day since graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder. Initially, he thought it was “crazy” to follow his wife’s suggestion to open a ramen shop. Now he’s succeeding in Tokyo and New York.

Ray McKinnis finishes the New York Marathon, in which he has twice won the race-walking master’s division. Photo courtesy of Ray McKinnis.

Boulder set early pace for race-walker’s ‘charmed life’

Sept. 1, 2015

Race-walking champ Ray McKinnis, who had polio, attributes athletic success and love of learning to his Boulder childhood.

Henry Prescott with his new Specialized Roubaix, which he’ll ride across the continent.

Grad rides across U.S. to help those with Parkinson’s

April 30, 2015

On May 16, alumnus Henry Prescott will begin a 43-day, transcontinental cross-country bicycle ride that will start in Seattle and end in Portland, Conn. His aim is to raise money to support people living with Parkinson’s Disease, and the fund-raising ride he created is called Cycle Sea to Sea for PD. Pretty good for a guy who doesn’t think of himself as a cyclist.

Kira Gressman, seen here In front of a Chilean Health Center, CESFAM Victor Bertin Soto, in Arica, Chile. Kira visited a different health center every week in Arica and shadowed professionals such as a psychologist, nurse, paramedic, and kinesiologist. Photo courtesy of Kira Gressman.

Grad sees medicine through humanistic lens

April 30, 2015

Kira Gressman’s experiences abroad in Chile inspired some ambitious goals at home, shaping her educational plans in the hope of effectively and compassionately delivering Western medicine while respecting traditional beliefs.

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