From Floods to Funding
Living in the nation’s basement in regards to state funding presents challenges and opportunities for innovation.
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Monsters University
Lee Rase (Film’00) has worked at Pixar since 2005 on animated films such as Wall-E, Up and Monsters University.
Profile: Philip Hart (Soc’66)
Philip Hart (Soc’66) remembers discovering photos of his great uncle James Herman Banning in family albums of his mother’s basement. He was wearing flight goggles and posing in front of big planes. Banning was America’s first black aviator to fly coast-to-coast.
THEN: February 1968, Vietnam war
The last U.S. troops left Vietnam on March 29, 1973, in the wake of the cease-fire agreement engineered at the Paris Peace Accords. An estimated 58,000 Americans and 2 million Vietnamese died during the war. Sobering images like this one in the 1970 yearbook of the Khe Sanh airstrip fueled anti-war sentiment.
University Memorial Center Turns 60
Sixty years ago, the UMC opened as a living memorial to honor the service and sacrifice of all Colorado veterans. In the years that followed, students came to eat, shop and meet with friends, but it was not until 1976 when the student veterans association, along with the UMC Board, established a Veterans Lounge.
Profile: Luke Graham (Jour’06)
When he was a child Luke Graham (Jour’06) dreamed of being a center fielder for the New York Yankees. By the time he turned 13, he realized his dream wasn’t realistic and searched for other sports-related careers.
Profile: Colleen Glyde Julian (EPOB’97, MKines’01, PhD’07)
Colleen Glyde Julian (EPOB’97, MKines’01, PhD’07) knows a thing or two about living in rarefied air. On her way to becoming a three-time cross country and track and field All-American at CU-Boulder, she experienced firsthand how running at high altitude can leave you breathless.
Class Notes – December 2013
All the happenings in the lives of our alumni.
Deluge of 2013
Good news! The Red Lion restaurant made it through the great deluge of 2013.
Back to Boulder
During Back to Boulder Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 24-27, more than 1,000 alums participated in everything from classes to our pregame parties.
Post-It Note Adhesive
The sticky yellow square In 1968 Spencer Silver (PhDA&S’66), a senior chemist at 3M’s Central Research Labs, developed a peculiar adhesive. Made out of tiny bubbles, it was strong enough to hold papers together but weak enough that they could be pulled apart. It could be reused several times before it lost its stick. Unsure
NOW – September 12, 2013
A record 17.15 inches of rain fell on Boulder County Sept. 9-16, shattering the area’s annual average of 15 inches. Much of the city, including CU-Boulder, shut down for days as people were ordered off the streets and away from Boulder Creek. Residents, including Nick Carter pictured on 7th Street and University, worked to divert relentless water surges.
Editor’s Note – December 2013
We’re closing this year with a new look for the Coloradan, one that better reflects who we are as a university and as a Forever Buffs family. From a fascinating view of Monsters University through the eyes of Lee Rase (Film’00) to the alumni story behind Post-it notes, we hope you feel a renewed sense of wonder as you turn the pages.
December 2013 Obituaries
Like blades of prairie grass our alums are scattered across the world. All that fall are acknowledged here. Forever Buffs!
Digits
Numbers about our campus
Nation’s Oldest Art
The oldest art in the United States was most likely created when saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths still roamed the grassy plains, according to CU-Boulder researcher Larry Benson. He led a study dating the Winnemucca Lake petroglyph site in western Nevada to be at least 10,500 to 14,800 years old. Petroglyphs near Long Lake in central Oregon were previously thought to be the oldest at more than 6,700 years old.
Letters – December 2013
Observations, kudos and more from our Forever Buff readers.
Team Building
Traditionally, cu football head coaches haven’t fared well in their first game, but Mike MacIntyre proved to be the exception. When he led CU over Colorado State 41-27, he became the second Buff head coach in 81 years to win in his CU debut.
Sitcom secrets
Consumers who watch sitcoms and see product placement through covert marketing have better memories of the products and better attitudes toward the brands, according to three CU-Boulder-led studies.
Volume 18, Number 2, December 2013
Coloradan aims to connect, inform and engage readers in the life of the University of Colorado Boulder through regular communication with alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the university. It is published four times per year in spring, summer, fall and winter by the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
Forever Buffs Spirit Strong
Hundreds of alumni across the West rallied this fall to support the football team at the Alumni Association’s spirited Pac-12 pregame parties before the Buffs took on Oregon State, Arizona State, UCLA, Washington and Utah.
CU Volleyball Sets Victories
CU Volleyball Sets Victories Liz Kritza had gone without a victory over a nationally ranked opponent in her first 4.5 seasons as volleyball coach. But in an eight-day span, the Buffs knocked off two nationally ranked programs — No. 11-ranked UCLA and No. 1-ranked Washington.
Stats
Facts and figures about CU sports
Moneyless in Moab
Daniel Shellabarger Suelo (Anth ‘84) lives in a cave and doesn’t have a cent to his name. He’s very happy.
Reaching New Heights
This year the CU-Boulder Alumni Association recognized 10 of the university’s finest alumni, faculty, staff and students at the 84th Alumni Association Awards Ceremony during Back to Boulder Homecoming Weekend. The event, one of the longest-standing traditions at CU-Boulder, took place at the historic Hotel Boulderado Thursday, Oct. 24. Chris Vanderveen (Jour’96), a reporter at 9News in Denver, was the emcee.
Lion Conservation Efforts Backfire
Conservation efforts to protect the African lion whose species is dwindling in Kenya and Tanzania will fail if policies neglect to consider the Maasai pastoralists’ complex hunting relationship with the animal, say university researchers.
December 2013 – Cover
Mountaineer Tom Hornbein (A&S’52), right, and climbing partner Willi Unsoeld were the first people to climb the dangerous West Ridge route on Everest in 1963. Photo by National Geographic / Barry Bishop.
Trustworthy Decisions
While people who need instant gratification often are categorized as irrational and having poor impulse control, this generalization may be overlooking a key factor — trust.
Q&A: Ceal Barry
Athletic administrator Ceal Barry, the winningest women’s basketball coach in school history, completed her 30th year at CU-Boulder. Last summer she served as interim athletic director after the departure of Mike Bohn and before the hiring of Rick George.
Losing a Legend: Physics professor Al Bartlett: 1923 – 2013
“I hope people will recognize that I really care about people and about our future.” – Al Bartlett