Being a part of America’s oldest general-interest magazine, Harper’s Magazine, is an honor. The magazine first began printing in 1850. Stacey Clarkson (A&S’97) is the magazine’s art director. She has helped lead Harper’s to numerous art awards and has received awards for her work as picture editor. She lives in New York.

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As Facebook’s director of sales and account management, Kelly Keaveney Graziadei (Jour’97) has seen technology and the Internet’s impact on lives. In October 2013 she led a panel at CU-Boulder about Facebook’s influence on innovation and team leadership. Read more about her in this issue.

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Professional chefs’ attention to detail as they chop or season the meal inspires admiration in amateurs. “Top Chef” season five winner Hosea Rosenberg (EngPhys’97) awed judges on the show and has continued to gain respect in the Denver/Boulder area with his catering business, Blackbelly Catering, Events, and Farm.

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Mexican American writer Luis Alberto Urrea (Engl’97) received a Canadian award from the Blue Metropolis Foundation for his novel Queen of America. This book is a sequel to his bestseller, The Hummingbird’s Daughter, and tells the story of a young woman moving to America. Luis lives in Naperville, Ill., and is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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The World Economic Forum named Amy Cuddy (Psych’98) one of its 2014 Young Global Leaders. Each year 250 leaders under the age of 41 receive the distinction. Amy is an associate professor and Hellman Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School.

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“Go Buffs!” Although Sophia Leigh Gene, born Sept. 28, 2013, might not be chanting these words yet, her mother, Jennifer Baker Gene (Comm’99), is confident Sophia will be a Buffs fan one day. Jennifer and family live in Boca Raton, Fla.

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Many restaurants now offer gluten-free items, but in 2006 that wasn’t the case. That’s the year Jessica Hoyt(EthnSt’99) was diagnosed with celiac disease. With her husband, Jessica wrote a short film about the disease, “The Curse of Don Scarducci,” which depicts the effects and quirks of the disease. She lives in Stonington, Conn.

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Jenny Kehl (MPolSci’99, PhD’03) serves as director of the Water Policy Center. She also is the Lynde B. Uihlein endowed chair in water policy. Before joining UWM, Jenny worked at Rutgers University as an associate professor. She focuses on conflict in trans-boundary river and lake systems globally. She lives in Milwaukee.

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As president and COO of the Anthropedia Foundation, Kevin Cloninger (EPOBio’01, MEdu’03) and his staff aim to provide people with educational resources that promote health and decrease rates of lifestyle and stress-related illness. This spring, he visited CU-Boulder to connect with liberal arts students by giving a talk, “Applied Humanism: Using the Liberal Arts to Help People Live Well.”

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Olympic runner Kara Goucher (Psych’01) dropped her 12-year contract with Nike for a sponsorship with Oiselle, a seven-year-old Seattle-based women’s running apparel company. Kara also returned to Boulder to work with her former CU coaches, Mark Wetmore and Heather BurroughsĚý(·ˇ±Ę°żµţľ±´Ç’99).

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Earlier this year Suzanne Preston (Mus’01) and her husband left Louisville, Colo., and moved to Germany. The couple plans to stay there for three to five years.

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The Buck family welcomed future Buff Riley John Buck on Jan. 9, 2014. John Buck (Econ’02) and Jessica Israel Buck’s (Comm’03) healthy baby boy weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce. The family resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Journalist Jefferson Dodge (MJour’02) accepted a position at Colorado State University after spending several years as the Boulder Weekly newspaper’s managing editor. He works in the communications office, serving primarily the veterinary medicine college and the health and human sciences college. He lives with his family in Longmont, Colo.

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Brad Turner (Jour, Mus’02) has served as the digital producer for Colorado Public Radio classical service since 2013. Previously he worked as an editor at New West, a website covering the Rocky Mountains, and was an account executive for Pivot Communication.

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Have a taste for Mexican craft beer? The Baja Brewing Company, the original craft brewery in Baja California Sur, is now offering its flagship beer, Cabotella, throughout the U.S. Southwest. Co-founder and brewmaster Jordan Gardenhire (Bus, Span’03) first began brewing beer at CU-Boulder with the intention of bringing the craft brewing culture to Mexico. Cabotella can be found in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. For more information visit .

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Alec Schiffer (Mktg’04) was appointed managing director for the western division of Trammell Crow Residential, a company specializing in the development of multifamily rental and condominium communities nationwide. He is responsible for land acquisition and all phases of multifamily real estate development. He previously served as vice president of acquisitions at Strata Equity Group in San Diego.

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ł˘˛ą·É˛â±đ°ůĚýJonathan Lucero (Fin’04, Law’07) was elected to serve on the board of directors of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association. He works for a criminal defense and immigration law practice, Hernandez & Associates, in Denver. Jonathan resides in Westminster, Colo.

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WyoFile, an independent nonprofit news service that focuses on Wyoming people, places and policy, named Lorena Garcia (Film’05) executive director. Lorena’s background includes organizing for social justice in education, LGBTIQ rights, workers’ rights and youth leadership development. She also has presented a TEDx talk on Latina leadership.

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Pianist, conductor, soloist and opera coach Richard Masters (Mus’05) is an instructor in the performing arts school at Virginia Tech. He has been appointed diversity fellow for the university’s liberal arts and human sciences college. As chair of the college’s diversity committee, he promotes diversity and inclusion across campus.

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Looking for new décor to spice up a room? Check out Sarah Billstein’s (Fin’06) business, A Claim to Frame, which sells handcrafted and one-of-a-kind framed decorations. Sarah works full-time in finance for News Corp, but decided to turn her hobby into a business venture. She is offering CU alumni, faculty and students 25 percent off a framed creation. 

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