Winter 2015

At age 36, Trevor Thomas lost his sight. Then he became a professional hiker.

There are Americans serving long prison sentences for crimes they didn’t commit. Colorado Law is in the best position yet to set some free.

In all the kingdom of Jordan, there’s one lone microbrewery. It took a CU-Boulder engineer to make it happen.

Sarah Kauss’ S’well water bottles have style.

When CU-Boulder hosted October’s 2016 Republican Presidential Primary debate, CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla sat front and center.

When James Bond needs a new gizmo to carry out acts of spymaster derring-do, he heads straight for Q. CU scientists have a gadget team of their own.

Contenders for the Republican nomination for president prepare to debate at Coors Events Center before a live audience of about 1,000.

Even amid a massive die-off of life on Earth that’s been called “the sixth extinction,” scientists continue to discover new species.

Humans gifted with amazing brain, she says: “Let’s use it.”

Back in the mid ’60s CU’s membership in the United States National Student Association (NSA) was a hot issue on campus.

Increase of 22 percent bucks national trend.

It’s been a banner year for the University Press of Colorado, the nonprofit book publisher co-founded by CU-Boulder in 1965.

CU-Boulder researchers show the profound effects of nighttime caffeine.

The automobile age arrived in Boulder in October 1900, when a visitor rumbled through town on the way to nearby Magnolia.

Over decades CU-Boulder has earned a supreme reputation in skiing, starting with its first national championship, in 1959.

That's why former trumpeter Clyde Kennedy keeps coming back

On the crisp evening of Oct. 23 nearly 300 students arrived on campus clad in the plaids and flannels of fall.

The campus scheduled or hosted events this fall that included Jane Goodall, Bernie Sanders, the Dalai Lama (who had to cancel due to health reasons) and, of course, the third national Republican debate.

Former Buffs football coach to succeed Announcer Larry Zimmer

As a member of the Norwegian national ski team in 2010, Thea Grosvold (Acct, Fin’16) took a devastating fall that almost ended her racing days.

For Courtnie Paschall (Neuro, ElEngr’15), working on a drug trial for patients with schizophrenia while applying to 20 MD-PhD programs counts as light duty.

When Daniel B. Smith (Hist’77) became U.S. Ambassador to Greece in 2010 he embraced an honor that was also the greatest challenge of his career.

In a hyper scientific age, Brian Vogt (Class’81) could be the poster child for a life enriched by the humanities.

When Barack Obama became the first sitting president to visit CU-Boulder, there was no primary election underway or debate on his schedule.