Denys Van Renen (AeroEngr, CompSci; Engl’04) published three books, The Other Exchange: Women, Servants, and the Urban Underclass in Early Modern English Literature (2017); Nature and the New Science in England, 1665- 1726 (2018); and Beyond 1776: Globalizing the Cultures of the American Revolution (2018). Denys is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska, where he specializes in 18th-century British literature and representations of water, air and atmosphere.
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Austin Sol, the professional ultimate frisbee team Patrick Christmas (CompSci) founded in Texas in 2015, is now in its fourth season. Sol has a 35-player roster and is a member of the American Ultimate Disc League. Since 2001, Patrick has worked as a chief software engineer at National Instruments. He and the Sol appeared in the Coloradan’s March 2016 cover story, “Ultimate Goes Pro.” This year Patrick took a spring break trip with his family to Big Bend and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks, “a great trip that always seemed too far away when I lived in Colorado,” he wrote.
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Michael Maney (MComm) is local head of team member communications and engagement for Whole Foods Market in Austin, Tex. He previously held a similar position with Target.
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Nicholas Sandoval (ChemEngr), assistant professor of chemistry and biomolecular engineering at Tulane University, was awarded a National Science Foundation Career Award of $500,000 to develop new tools and techniques for studying Clostridium, a genus of bacteria. Nicholas leads a research group with four graduate students and one postdoctoral researcher. He writes that his research falls generally in the field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering.
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Sarah Kleinman (PolSci, Art), a doctoral candidate in art history at Virginia Commonwealth University, received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to do research in Trinidad and Tobago. At the University of the West Indies she’ll work on her forthcoming dissertation, “The Curatorial Practice and Exhibitions of Kynaston McShine.” McShine (1935–2018) organized some of the most consequential art exhibitions of the 20th century, writes Sarah, and is recognized as the first curator of color to work at a major museum in the United States.
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For Sarah Off (Mus), good music and doing good are all in a day’s work. After earning her undergraduate degree in violin performance at CU, where she studied with Lina Bahn and Judith Ingolfsson, Sarah continued her academic pursuits at Arizona State University, earning master’s and doctoral degrees in violin performance. Along the way, she co-founded the Mt. Blanca Summer Music Conservatory, a nonprofit organization that provides high-quality, affordable performance experiences for young musicians.
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Soil ecologist Kelly Ramirez (PhDEBio) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology. Her research characterizes the diversity and biogeographical patterns of soil microbes across the globe. In November 2016, she co-founded 500 Women Scientists with friend and colleague Jane Zelikova. The organization’s mission is to make science “open, inclusive and accessible, and to be the foremost organization for the transformation of leadership, diversity, and public engagement in science.”
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Kate Harris (Comm) is an assistant professor of organizational communication at the University of Minnesota. Earlier this year, she published her first book, Beyond the Rapist: Title IX and Sexual Violence on US Campuses. In the text, Harris urges schools to recognize that sexual violence is a systemic injustice that injures not only individual students, but also entire educational institutions. Her related research has won awards from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender; the National Communication Association; and the International Communication Association.
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Subini Ancy Annamma (MSpecEd; PhD’13) is an assistant professor of special education at the University of Kansas. Her research and pedagogy focuses on increasing access to equitable education for historically marginalized students and communities, particularly students of color with disabilities, by linking the ways the intersections of race, gender and disability are under surveillance and susceptible to punishment in public schools and juvenile incarceration.
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On March 20, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal (MEngLit) accepted one of 10 Whiting Awards at a ceremony at the New York Historical Society. The Whiting Foundation gives $50,000 each to 10 diverse emerging writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama. Vanessa was born in the Rio Grande Valley borderlands to formerly undocumented Mexican immigrants. She is the author of the collection Beast Meridian (2017) and the winner of the John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters. Her work has been featured in BuzzFeed, The Boston Review, The Rumpus, The Los Angeles Times, NBC News and elsewhere. She is pursuing a doctorate in English literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California, where she is raising her son with the help of a loyal dog.
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Zoe Yeros (Fin) is an analyst at the Chartis Group, a healthcare management consulting company. Before joining the Chartis Group, Zoe worked for DaVita, a healthcare company headquartered in Denver. She lives in Chicago.
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John Cevaal (CivEngr) joined Ascent Engineering Group in Winter Park, Colo. He is an engineer-in-training working on designing residential and commercial structures.
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Nick Mott (MJour) is a reporter at Montana Public Radio and a producer for the podcast Threshold, which is focused on tackling environmental issues. The podcast was founded by Amy Martin, a former CU Center for Environmental Journalism Scripps Fellow. Nick’s reporting has been featured in The Washington Post and on NPR’s Morning Edition. Threshold’s second season, “Cold Comfort,” won a regional 2019 Edward R. Murrow Award in the News Series category.
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Zoë Rom (MJour) won the Colorado Broadcasters Association Award for Best News Feature for her story “Carbondale Wild West Rodeo Is a Family Tradition.” Zoë is a morning host and producer for Aspen Public Radio. When she’s not telling stories, she’s running up mountains.
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For the past year, Kelsey Simpkins (MJour) has worked as the digital and engagement editor at Anthropocene magazine and at Future Earth, a research initiative on global environmental change and sustainability. She’s based in Boulder.
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Wide receiver Juwann Winfree (Soc) was selected by the Denver Broncos in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Winfree played in eight games as a senior and recorded 28 receptions for 324 yards and two touchdowns.
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Michelle Ray (EnvDes’19) joined the design firm SmithGroup in 2018 as a mixed-use specialist in the Phoenix office. In her position, she will co-lead the firm’s MixedUse Convergence team, which provides clients with “an adaptive framework to navigate the complex challenges and transformative opportunities facing development projects,” according to the firm’s website. Michelle is a founding member of the Women’s Leadership Group for the American Institute of Architects. She also co-founded Arizona Kids Build, an award-winning program teaching young students how the built environment affects human well-being, the environment and society.
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