Features

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Life as a Chalk Artist

Chris Carlson's art will rise up and grab you. Chalk it up to an open mind.

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Environmental Justice For All

Low-income and minority families still bear the brunt of toxic pollutants. Jill Harrison wants to know why.

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Hello, I'm Mark Kennedy

CU's new president, a former congressman who later led the University of North Dakota, talks about his small-town youth, the future of work and his vision for CU.

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The Sound of Silent Film

Rodney Sauer bought a cultural treasure sight unseen — a vast trove of silent film-era musical scores. Then he gave it all away.

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CU Boulder's Roof Tiles Are a Campus Staple

From up close and from miles away, CU Boulder's red-orange tile rooftops signal it's no ordinary place.

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The Fine-Tuned Musician

Making music is a physical pursuit. The CU Music Wellness Program helps performers stay fit.

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Tom Garfinkel Is Made for Miami

Tom Garfinkel, a big success in the business of the NFL, proves a Buffalo can become a Dolphin.

Departments

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NOW — Summer 2019

If it’s icky, slimy or smelly, it’s fair game.

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When the Government Speaks

Colorado Law professor Helen Norton examines the nature, complexities and limits of government expression — including whether the president may block you on Twitter.

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Icebound

CU researchers will join a year-long Arctic expedition to study the changing Earth from an icebound ship

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Sewall of Sewall Hall

On Sept. 5, 1877, the day CU opened, Joseph Sewall was on the steps of Old Main to shake every hand.

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What's in My Phone: Adam Bradley

English professor Adam Bradley is the author of The Poetry of Pop and co-author of The New York Times bestseller One Day It’ll All Make Sense, the 2012 memoir of rapper and actor Common.

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Mining for Gold in Space

A metal-extracting bacterium could change mining as we know it.

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Campus News Briefs — Fall 2019

Super microscope, Buff Stampede beer and nail salon hazards

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Artifact — Visiting Cards

Visiting cards, also known as calling cards, were popular among both men and women in the 19th century.

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21st-Century Residence Hall

In August, more than 700 CU Boulder students moved into the university’s newest and largest residence hall, Williams Village East.

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How Tulagi Got Its Start

During winter break 1971, around Christmas, a disheveled band took the Tulagi’s stage on The Hill. The heater was broken, the club was frigid, the crowd was small. One of the musicians strummed a banjo in gloves.

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Rock Stars

CU Boulder’s backyard, a natural playground of canyons and rock faces, draws and inspires rock climbers from around the world, including many Buffs.

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Coloradan Updates Its Circulation Policy

Changes affect recent undergraduate alumni and graduate alumni of all years.

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Up, Up and Away

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences includes a bioastronautics lab, a payload operations center with a real-time communications link to the International Space Station and an indoor drone testing space.

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What Keeps the Chancellor Up at Night?

The mental health and wellness of our students.

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It's a Woman's World

Animated by a team trip to Europe during the World Cup, CU soccer has enthusiasm to burn.

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Sports Briefs — Fall 2019

CU Women's Track and Field, Golf and more.

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Interview with Buffs Coach Mel Tucker

First-year head football coach Mel Tucker talks about clean slates, preparing to win and “turning it loose” at Folsom Field.

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Brain Health

Linda Sasser researched memory as a CU doctoral student and built a career as a national speaker helping people improve their brain health and strengthen their memory power.

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High to Low

In June, pilot and lawyer Kent Holsinger of Denver set a world flight speed record for the 528-mile route between North America’s highest- and lowest-situated airports.

Lee Knight

The Bull-Riding Musician

Lee Knight of Denver is a front-end software developer by trade, and also a musician, youth minister, choir director — and bull rider.

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Wine Absurdities

In 2018, Denver attorney Jordan Lipp wrote Is There Apple Juice in My Wine?: Thirty-Eight Laws that Affect the Wine You Drink, detailing some of the odd, unique and unknown facts about wine.

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Feedback

Lynn Baker, Bill Brundige, The Silver & Gold, CU's new president and more.

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Then — May 1911

It wasn’t much to look at, but it was the start of a CU Boulder institution. The first issue of this magazine appeared as The Colorado Alumnus in May 1911.