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For Daniel Singer, studying economics at the University of Colorado became a lifelong line of demarcation. He was one person before coming here. After earning his doctorate, he became another person: more focused, more dedicated, better prepared to succeed. “Prior to the program, my intellectual life was implicit in my...

Carroll B. Christman’s landing in the world of donor development was “completely accidental,” she says. It’s become a happy accident. This fall, Christman was named senior director of development for the University of Colorado Foundation, the nonprofit fund-raising arm of CU. In her new role, Christman will oversee donor-development efforts...

Roe Green and Bud Coleman share a laugh next to a statue of Robert Frost on the CU-Boulder campus. Roe Green frames it this way: She has five oranges. She eats one. She saves one. She gives three away. The fruits of her kindness nourish the arts and more. Green’s...

Richard and Eileen Greenberg believe a major research university should maintain an excellent program in Jewish studies. So does David Shneer, an associate professor of history who runs the University of Colorado’s new Jewish Studies Program. When the economy collapsed last year, CU’s fledgling Jewish Studies Program could have suffered...

In fall of 1960, Jamie Kellam arrived on the University of Colorado campus to study dance. As in other universities of that time, dance was part of the Women’s Physical Education program, so dancers, women only, could get a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in dance. Students in...

James Balog vividly illustrates the rapid retreat of ice sheets and glaciers on Earth. His work, which has appeared on the cover of National Geographic and on PBS, turns climate-change skeptics into believers, he says. Balog’s time-lapse photography compresses months of ice retreat into a few minutes of dramatic footage,...

Ruth and Ken Wright have a long history of professional success. The pair also has an abiding passion for the poetry of Shakespeare. Their work and personal interests are as complementary as they are to each other. Ruth is an attorney who spent years as a state legislator and environmental...

Educational simulations developed at CU spread expert knowledge, understanding Bryan Long says he is dedicated to pushing forward, to making the world a better and more enduring place. Long, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Colorado and later an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute...

With a lot of help from Jane Butcher and many others Jane Butcher (center) works with students and staff to prepare for the 61st annual Conference on World Affairs. The conference begins April 6th, and is comprised of more than 200 sessions. In 1963, a young Jane Butcher attended a...

Nicole Gibson’s grandparents set aside money for her college. She’s keenly aware of her good fortune. Now she’s paying it forward. Gibson is a 2004 environmental-studies graduate of the University of Colorado who began funding a scholarship in 2005. The $1,000 Donald and Marjorie Gibson Scholarship is open to full-time...