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, photos and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
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, photos and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
It’s hard to imagine 3 billion miles, the distance (give or take) between Earth and Pluto. That’s the equivalent of about 12,500 trips to our moon.
Many people think of science when they think of CU-Boulder: Five Nobel Prizes in the physical sciences; one of the world’s top geosciences faculties; an ever-deepening legacy in aerospace innovation and space exploration. It inspires.
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, photos and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
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, photos and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
From time to time, a person appears among us with a blend of qualities that seems possible only in theory — talent, courage, adaptability, generosity, perseverance, loyalty. We notice.
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, photos and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
Like some students, I’m new: I joined the Coloradan in August. It’s my privilege to be among you and to thank former editor Tori Peglar (MJour’00) and associate editor Christie Sounart (Jour’12) for their work on this issue.
There are stories tucked under Old Main’s cottonwoods, Folsom’s stands and Norlin’s steps. And their echoes can be heard from Cape Town to Kathmandu.
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, photos and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
Fifty years ago, Billy Kidd (Econ’69) and Jimmie Heuga (PolSci’73) became the first American men to win Olympic medals in skiing, claiming silver and bronze, respectively, in Innsbruck, Austria.
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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.
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.
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 March, June, September and December by the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
Years ago I read that Pueblo Indian children are told that wherever they walk, they leave their breath. That way each place they visit never forgets them. It captivated me because developing an intimacy with a place demands the same thing as a person — time, trust, reverence and care.
This year marked the 70th year the Norlin Charge has been read during commencement.
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 March, June, September and December by the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
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 March, June, September and December by the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
It was one of those perfect, bluebird Colorado days with six inches of fresh powder on the slopes.
VOLUME 17, NUMBER 2 DECEMBER 2012 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 March, June, September and December by the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. Permission
In this issue associate professor Leslie Irvine reveals an unusual source for restoring a sense of purpose and dignity among the nation’s homeless — pets.
Coloradan aims to connect, inform and engage readers in the life of the University of Colorado Boulder through regular communication with alumni, faculty and staff members and friends of the university.
On the morning of the horrific Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting, I awoke at 3 a.m. to a text alert on my phone from The Denver Post. Within hours the tragedy hit the Colorado community like an earthquake, its psychological seismic waves radiating across the country.
Coloradan aims to connect, inform and engage readers in the life of the University of Colorado Boulder through regular communication with alumni, faculty and staff members and friends of the university. It is published four times per year in March, June, September and December by the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
Remember your first “only in Boulder” moment?
Every family has its histrionic stories that shape the next generation. In my family’s tales, there are nuns who fled the church chasing romantic love, traveling folk singers, hippies who defied their parents by living in caves in Jerome, Ariz., and grandfathers who invited priests over to bless the bowl of holy water in the hallway.
Coloradan aims to connect, inform and engage readers in the life of the University of Colorado Boulder through regular communication with alumni, faculty and staff members and friends of the university. It is published four times per year in March, June, September and December by the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles and illustrations may be obtained from the editor.
I will never have the desire nor technical expertise to climb Mount Everest, but our story, “When Everest speaks” on page 6 in this issue is particularly close to my heart.
