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When Everest speaks

Photo by Neal Beidleman

As he plodded across Mount Everest’s knife-edge Summit Ridge on May 20, 2011, Neal Beidleman (MechEngr’81) realized something was not right.
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Shoulder to shoulder

Photo by Glenn Asakawa

Cheering on players amid sun, rain, snow and bitter cold, 87-year-old twins Betty Fitzgerald Hoover (A&S’46) and Peggy Fitzgerald Coppom (A&S’46) may hold the record for attending the most CU sports games ever.
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Changing the face of television

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The idea came to Howard Schultz (Comm’75) at the end of a long weekend as he crawled into bed in his Los Angeles home and glanced at his TV.
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WWII – Women at war

U.S. Navy

When Tom Brokaw wrote his paean to the Greatest Generation, he left them out. Filmmaker Ken Burns skipped them when he documented The War. They are the estimated 100,000 women who joined the military during World War II.
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Parent Power

Glenn Asakawa

One of the last parts of the brain to mature is the prefrontal cortex. What this means is that — please don’t take this the wrong way — the odds are that your 18-year-old isn’t playing with a full deck.
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What every politician should know

Anakary Valenzuela is one of the thousands of Latino youth who serves as an information leader in her family, promoting civic engagement. Associate professor of journalism Mike McDevitt and Mary Butler (MComm’11) co-authored a study on Latino youth and their civic influence within their families.
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Exercising to remember

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For those looking for another reason to get out and exercise, a CU-Boulder study reveals that just a little physical exercise can help protect us from long-term memory loss in old age.
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At the table with Steve Ells

Steve Ells (Art’88) vividly recalls the day in 2000 when his eyes were opened about factory farming.
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Forever Buff Jon Embree takes charge

When he received the offer in December to become the University of Colorado Boulder’s 24th head football coach, Jon Embree (Comm’88) was prepared. Oh, was he ever prepared.
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Taking note

Jennie Dorris (MMus’05) takes classical music to the coffee shop.
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