Marsha Ivins

Retired Astronaut Marsha Ivins Reflects on Her Time in Space

July 16, 2024

Marsha Ivins (AeroEngr’73) is a retired astronaut who has participated in five missions to space. This year, she was selected as a 2024 inductee for the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, one of the highest honors in the industry.

Chris Weidner climbing

Becoming a Boulder Climber

July 16, 2024

Local climber and writer Chris Weidner reflects on his first months participating in Boulder's incredible outdoor climbing scene.

Brass Queens

Brass Queens: Redefining the Landscape for Female Musicians in NYC

July 16, 2024

​​Ally Chapel (ArtHist’14) started an all-female New Orleans-style brass band called Brass Queens. She adopted the colors black and gold for her band in CU’s honor.

Shedeur Sanders

Shedeur Sanders Readies for Second Season

July 16, 2024

As football’s QB1 gears up for a second year leading the Buffs, he’s focused on embracing change and building on a transcendent debut season.

In Memoriam: Summer 2024

July 16, 2024

1940s Jeannie Lees Cochran (A&S’47) Gladys Garramone Dinwiddie (A&S’49) John S. Drendel (Law’49) Joseph W. Fountain (ArchEngr’41) Dorothy Beeman Fuller (CompSciAp’47) Catherine Curry Grinnan (Mktg’44) Betty Robins Hamlin (A&S’48) Marie S. Hinds (A&S’47) Bill J. Humble (MHist’49) Boyd R. McDonald (ElEngr’42) David R. Milek (A&S’49) Anita Chandler Nelson (Soc’47) James...

Colorado Map

CU's Precollegiate Development Program Celebrates its 40th Anniversary

July 16, 2024

This July, CU Boulder’s Precollegiate Development Program (PCDP) gives social and academic resources to Colorado middle and high school students — particularly first-generation students who live in geographically diverse communities — to help them prepare and succeed at the post-secondary institution of their choice.

Maria Kuntz

Editor's Note: Summer 2024

July 16, 2024

This summer, we examine powerful leadership skills: empathy, humility and emotional intelligence. I’d like to add one to that list — kindness. A few years back I found my favorite T-shirt: it’s charcoal gray with simple white lettering that reads, “kindness is magic.” Kindness takes many forms: asking about someone’s...

American journalist and CU alum Carl Quintanilla speaks with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston

CNBC Anchor and CU Alum Carl Quintanilla Says Boulder Deserves National Attention

April 10, 2024

Find out why CNBC anchor Carl Quintanilla is proud to feature his hometown metropolis in the network’s “Cities of Success,” and how CU Boulder shaped his career as a journalist.

the cover is orange and says "microagressions in medicine"

Microaggressions in Medicine

April 7, 2024

The first and only book-length treatment on microaggressions in medical contexts.

the cover depicts a man riding a motorcycle

Press Freedom and the (Crooked) Path Toward Democracy: Lessons from Journalists in East Africa

April 5, 2024

This book shows that much of what scholarship depicts about media systems of developing nations is wrong. In reality, the ebb-and-flow of political change, democratization and backsliding calls for more historically informed views of media systems that do not fit into the confines of existing theories.

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