The University of Colorado Hiking Club was founded April 1, 1919, to foster “a greater interest in the vast natural beauty that surrounds the University and to furnish an opportunity for the fullest enjoyment of [it].”
Chris Davenport (Hist’93) and Aspen ski mountaineers Christy and Ted Mahon made history this spring by summiting Colorado’s 13,824-foot Jagged Mountain and skiing down: They are the first (and so far only) people ever to climb and ski all the Centennials, Colorado’s 100 highest mountains.
On a cloudless spring day at Folsom Field, the final beam of the Champions Center moves into place during a “topping-off” ceremony.
The University of Colorado Boulder played its first intercollegiate baseball game in the spring of 1890. CU defeated the Colorado School of Mines, 5-4, in Boulder. This photograph shows the CU squad in 1894. CU baseball played its final game on May 6, 1980, a 15-4 loss to Northern Colorado. Five weeks later, the university eliminated varsity baseball and six other sports amid budget cuts and Title IX commitments. In its 90-year history, CU-Boulder’s baseball team established a winning record of 819 victories, 614 losses and 5 ties — and sat for some delightful pictures.
They go in peace for all humankind.
Members of the cast of CU-Boulder’s spring production of the Mozart opera Cosi fan tutte. Photography by Glenn Asakawa.
The CU-Boulder campus isn’t formally an arboretum, but it might as well be: At least 120 tree species grow on the 305-acre main property.
Jennifer Kay, assistant professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at CU, studies Earth’s polar regions. By mid-century, she says, unless climate change slows, the bears might not find any Arctic ice when they most need it.
For a short time, still within memory for some Baby Boomers, Boulder had its own ski run: Chautauqua Mesa Ski Area operated from 1949-52 and in 1962.
Boulder knows cyclists: Andy Hampsten, Tyler Hamilton, Ted King and the Phinney family have all blazed down the local roads and trails.
The CU Marching Band during Back to Boulder Homecoming Weekend in October. Photography by Peter Burke.
NBA superstar Chauncey Billups (Soc ex’99) played for CU from 1995-97. Photography courtesy CU Athletics.
Suzanne Heintz (DistSt’87) totes her family everywhere. Yes, it’s a family of mannequins. What of it?
Each fall the newest members of the Forever Buffs family connect — most for the first time — during the university’s Week of Welcome, which includes free activities in the CU Recreation Center, a Welcome Fest in the University Memorial Center and a concert on campus hosted by CU’s Program Council.
It was early winter when Capt. Francis Wolle (MEngl’16) entered the shattered city of Verdun with his men. Armistice had been declared in November, effectively ending World War I — far too late for Verdun and its outskirts, the scene of prolonged carnage in 1916. Riding in a Ford truck, Wolle’s group surveyed the aftermath for 20 days.
CU hosted its first official homecoming in 1914, 100 years ago.
Dynamic (organic) Duo – Lenny and Sara Martinelli operate a Boulder restaurant empire. At Three Leaf Farm, they also work the land.
When Eric Stough (Film’95), animation director and producer of South Park, spoke during spring commencement, he related his work as an animator to life, emphasizing the importance of each moment. “Class of 2014, stay in balance and keep a solid foundation,” he told the roaring crowd in Folsom Field. “We need you. Your diploma is an inanimate object, so be the animator and bring it to life.” The university awarded 5,891 degrees May 9.
On Oct. 15, 1983, an estimated 17,000 people shown here joined hands to encircle the plant’s 17-mile perimeter.
We all know that what happens in Vegas is supposed to stay there, thanks to the creative slogan penned by Jason Hoff (Jour’00) and a colleague.
Fifty years ago, Billy Kidd (Econ’69) and Jimmie Heuga (PolSci’73) became the first American men to win Olympic medals in skiing.
The school spirit enthusiastically displayed in the Coors Events Center during basketball games is arguably the greatest in the Pac-12. The source? The booming stretch of black and gold located behind the southern hoop in student sections 13-17 called the C-Unit. The C-Unit’s spirit has earned it national recognition. Hundreds of students — including Nick
From the end of Prohibition in 1933 until 1967, Boulder only allowed 3.2 beer to be served within city limits.
Robert Redford is pictured at his home in Sundance, Utah. Photo by Jonas Fredwall Karlsson/Trunk Archive.
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.
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.
